"VAN" (Sports Desk - 10.10.2026) :: In 100m Freestyle final, there was anticipation over whether Kornev could claim the World Record for himself. The race did not play out in the same way this week however with Kornev citing a nagging back injury that started last week.
Australia’s Cameron McEvoy took it to him on the first 50m. McEvoy, fresh off a 20.13 in the 50m yesterday, turned at 21.42 to Kornev’s 21.68, and held the lead at the 75m turn.
Kornev fought for all he was worth and hit the pad at the exact same time as McEvoy, each hitting the wall at 45.24. McEvoy improved on his lifetime best to sit 11th all-time while Kornev claimed his second win in a row.
Even despite the back pain, McEvoy believes the best is yet to come for his rival.
“I think he’s going to go insanely fast in two months’ time,” McEvoy said of Kornev. “This is just a warm-up for Egor. So I’m happy I can fight with him and be a good foe right now, but I believe that, in two months’ time, he’s going to drop something pretty special.”
Kornev leads the overall standings with 113.7 points with one day left of this stop in Uzbekistan ahead of Coetze (108) and American Carson Foster (106.9).
Foster was second in two events today, behind fellow American Shaine Casas in the 200m IM and Belgium’s Lucas Henveaux in the 800m Freestyle.
Casas took down a tight field in that 200m IM to win at 1:51.81 while Foster (1:52.21) held on to second.
“That race is kind of like my baby,” Casas said. “I made the Olympic team and I won Worlds in it. I’m second all-time. So I think that’s the one I can lean on the most when things are going a little bit crazy. And right now, I would say things are a little chaotic for me personally, you know, with moves and all that stuff. But I’m happy to get a win.”
Casas most recently left his training base at the University of Texas as he continues to train at age 26.
Henveaux swam the 800m Freestyle earlier in the day at 7:37.83, winning over Foster (7:40.38) and Ilia Sibirtsev (7:40.77) representing host nation Uzbekistan. It’s the first medal at this year’s World Cup for a host nation and a big moment for Sibirtsev, who had only been training for two months because of a previous blood clot.
“I was just hoping to bring a medal just to show the crowd swimming, for us, does exist,” Sibirtsev said. “And just to show young generations that, hey, there's swimming over there, not only soccer, you know, [there are] other sports, so come swim."
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