Olympic swimmer Dylan Carter splashed to his second 2025 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup medal when he recently captured bronze in the men’s 50-metre freestyle event in Westmont, Illinois, USA.
After producing the fastest qualifying time of 20.97 seconds in the heats, Carter improved his performance in the final, swimming out of lane four, as he clocked 20.89s.
The Canadian pair of Ilya Kharun, with 20.72s, won the gold medal, and Josh Liendo, with 20.87s, won silver.
In the heats, Carter swam out of lane four of heat six and was fastest to the finish line ahead of Kharun (21.18s).
The 29-year-old, Trinidadian and Tobago swimmer missed out on his second World Cup 50m backstroke medal after placing fifth in the final.
Carter clocked 23.17s, with gold going to Hungarian Hubert Kos (22.91s), silver to CLB’s Kasper Stokowski (22.92s), and bronze to Italian Thomas Ceccon (22.94s).
Earlier, Carter advanced to the 50m backstroke medal race after topping heat five of six. He was fastest to the wall in 23.04s and second overall in the qualifying heats.
Only Kos bettered his time in the heats.
In the opening leg of the World Cup in Indiana, Carter earned bronze in the 50 m backstroke and placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly.
