Intros underway for the women's 100-meter backstroke final.
There is smiling high-flying, Claire curse and 17 year old
from Cary, North Carolina freshman to me at Stanford next
year. Real a bronze already. At this meat fifth in the 100 fly
already
looking for her. First individual, long course,
world metal. That woman has
a bunch including two goals from the last two, worlds of
this event, kindly massive Canada. Look at it. Become
the first woman to Pete here
in the hundred back
Regan Smith though, fastest in the prelims, and the semis
for the former world record holder
in this race took bronze and Tokyo,
for the Minnesota native,
who's already on the swim Squad at Stanford Rowdy, the full
field of eight, you've got here at to sot, it was seventh in
Tokyo on the hundred with her ties to the Tennessee swimming
program.
Some other youngsters in the mix, the teenagers and Lanes,
Two and seven. Certainly Smith
purrs, add and Moss got to be the top three factored in?
Yeah, they are. Certainly the huge favorites to get Metals
here. Moss
has the speed of Smith,
does she have enough to get home right now? Smith is
a second ahead of her off the semifinals huge favorite here
in Regan Smith and Wayne for
Moss can be there at the 50
Just don't think anybody can come close
to what Regan Smith has done up to this point. Anyway,
the last 50
and curse and could get on the medal stand, but she's gotta
get out with not necessarily at the feet of got to get out
there and close to mosque and Smith because she could come
home the last 50
right now moss. And that red soup, a hand of Regan Smith
chasing that world record line
and those two making the turn separated by less than a tenth
person in. Third, right on it. They were right on world record
pace, and mosses, right there with the right now, heading
into the three-quarter, Mark
Regan Smith world record, holder in the 200 and defending
World Champ, didn't qualify for the us and that event. Can she
take it home here and get another world Crown this time
on the hundred? Try not is really keeping it close trying
to hold off boss
at the end Curson into the mix to the wall. They go and Smith
will get it done gold for Reagan. Miss Moss with silver
and person ends up with bronze.
Boy, that was tight.
It was a lot closer that you can see the expression on Regan
Smith faces.
I think she's thrilled to be a world champion, but I also
think she knows that she could have been faster. It was not
her best race 58 to from the clock perspective. Again,
that's what we have to judge ourselves in so many ways.
Halfway point, you could just see that she had
it there she was exactly right on what she went in
the semi-final. Just didn't quite have the pop that last 50.
Kylie Moss did golly Moss was faster. She got faster and
faster from prelim the semi to final
and then Claire Kazan. Look at her over there Jason what
a swim for that young 17 year old to get up there on the medal,
stand for her, only three to break 59,
great job, there for kurz, an
no three-peat for Moss, Regan Smith takes goal,
Old first United States winter in the women's 100 back since
Missy Franklin in 2013. And some of the other
USA swimmers
and other competitors looking on as we scan the arena here in
Budapest,
and waiting to hear from the Victor, and another American on
the podium
and Claire kurzon
as they celebrate
their medals, the latest here for the United States.
And our Knicks Accardi
is with the two Americans who have earned the latest medals
for the United States.
One. All right, for the first time the u.s. gets to medals in
the women's 100-meter backstroke at the World
Championships. Let's start with the gold medalist Reagan
could you feel Kylie coming on and what were those last
meters? Like yeah I knew it was a really close race and I was
hurting a lot. But I just
I was just telling myself to get my hand on the wall and
I did it and again, yeah, it was a close race but I'm really
happy and I'm really glad that Claire stuck in there too for
bronze. It was just a great race for you. Say
how is this one different from the 200 back gold that you got
three years ago? Oh gosh. It. It's just,
it's just weird to be on the older side of things. Like
I got youngsters here now, it's just so crazy. But
yeah, I'm just, I'm really proud to get another gold medal
Hat. Real Championship Games is just really special,
Claire, your first individual medal and a long course
championships. You said going in this was the event. You were
most looking forward to. How did it play out for you?
I'm really happy with that swim any time. I'm with Reagan and
all those Elite girls and backstroke. It's always a good
race and I'm really happy to get a medal for Team USA.
Congratulations.
Thank you.