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🎙️ SWIMMING WITH BOBBYASTANA NIGHT 3 — THE $100,000 SHOWDOWN! 🏆🔥

2026 Swimming World Cup | Grand Finale & Full Tour Wrap

What. A. Finish! 🇰🇿

Three cities, nine nights of racing, and the entire men’s World Cup title comes down to the FINAL RACE in Astana!

Pieter Coetze v Egor Kornev. Two world record breakers, $100,000 on the line, and one incredible showdown in the men’s 50 backstroke!

Coetze delivers under pressure, completing his backstroke Triple Crown sweep and securing the overall World Cup title, while Kornev finishes a sensational tour with victory in the 50 butterfly.

👑 Marrit Steenbergen makes HISTORY! Four Triple Crowns, another dominant 100 freestyle performance, and a staggering $178,000 in prize money!

Bobby and Will Rollo break down the biggest moments from the final night, including Kirill Prigoda’s breaststroke brilliance, Carson Foster’s heartbreak in the 400 IM, and distance domination from Lucas Henveaux and Singapore’s Gan Ching Hwee.

💰 FINAL WORLD CUP EARNINGS

MEN: 🥇 Coetze $162K | 🥈 Kornev $128K | 🥉 Henveaux $73K

WOMEN: 🥇 Steenbergen $178K | 🥈 Yu Yiting $118K | 🥉 Vanotterdijk $81K

Plus, we discuss the future of the Swimming World Cup, wildcard qualification, and what these performances mean heading into the World Short Course Championships in Beijing!

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Three weeks. Three cities. One unforgettable World Cup.

Catch you back on deck! 🏊‍♂️

🎙️ ASTANA NIGHT 1 — McEVOY STRIKES BACK! Steenbergen’s European Record & World Cup Crowns! 🇰🇿🔥

The final stop of the 2026 Swimming World Cup is underway, and Night 1 in Astana delivered!

Cameron McEvoy gets the final word over Egor Kornev in a thrilling 100 freestyle showdown, denying the young superstar a World Cup Crown. Bobby breaks down the Professor’s explosive opening 50, their growing rivalry and what it means heading into Beijing.

Marrit Steenbergen smashes another European Record in the 200 freestyle, Pieter Coetze completes his 100 backstroke sweep, and the battle for the men’s overall World Cup title is separated by just 0.3 points!

Plus, Kirill Prigoda wins a nail-biting 50 breaststroke, So Ogata snatches a dramatic 200 butterfly victory, and Shaine Casas holds off Alberto Razzetti and Luke Barr in another epic 200 IM battle.

Bobby and Will Rollo also unpack the World Cup Crowns, life-changing prize money, wildcard qualification opportunities and why the upcoming World Short Course Championships in Beijing could be one of the fastest meets we’ve ever seen!

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🇰🇿 Two nights to go. Catch you back on deck!

🎙️ Tashkent Night 3 — KORNEV WORLD RECORD! Coetze Almost Does It Again! 🇺🇿🔥

What a way to finish the Tashkent leg of the 2026 Swimming World Cup! Egor Kornev steals the headlines with a sensational 21.28 WORLD RECORD in the 50 butterfly, taking down Noè Ponti’s mark with an extraordinary display of underwater speed. Bobby breaks down the performance, including that explosive 9.60 opening 25 metres, and shares his perspective from calling the race live.

Just 24 hours after his own world record in the 50 backstroke, Pieter Coetze produces another remarkable swim, clocking 48.21 in the 100 backstroke, an African record and just 0.05 outside the world record! Meanwhile, Marrit Steenbergen continues her incredible World Cup campaign with a 50.32 European record in the 100 freestyle, putting herself in a commanding position heading into Astana.

Plus, Luke Barr takes down Caspar Corbeau again in the 200 breaststroke, Taylor Ruck turns the tables on Anna Peplowski, and Yu Yiting, Roos Vanotterdijk and Carson Foster continue their winning ways.

Two stops down, one to go! With World Cup Crowns, major prize money and overall titles on the line, Bobby looks ahead to the final stop in Astana, Kazakhstan, and the race towards the World Short Course Championships in Beijing.

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Next stop: Astana 🇰🇿 — Catch you back on deck!

🎙️ Tashkent Night 2 — WORLD RECORD! Coetze Makes History, McEvoy & Kornev Dead Heat! 🇺🇿🔥

Night Two of the 2026 Swimming World Cup in Tashkent delivered one of the most exciting sessions of the tour! Pieter Coetze stole the headlines with a stunning 22.09 WORLD RECORD in the 50 backstroke, taking down Kliment Kolesnikov’s mark and announcing himself as one of the most exciting sprinters in the world. Bobby breaks down Coetze’s incredible progression, his improved underwater skills, and why there’s potentially much more to come.

The men’s 100 freestyle produced another extraordinary battle between Cameron McEvoy and Egor Kornev, with the pair sharing gold in a 45.24 dead heat! Bobby analyses their contrasting racing styles, McEvoy’s remarkable consistency on his low-volume training programme, and what it means for the World Cup Crown heading into Astana.

Plus, Michael Houlie claims his breakthrough World Cup gold in the 50 breaststroke, Shaine Casas takes down a stacked 200 IM field, and Marrit Steenbergen continues her dominance with another backstroke victory. We also unpack Siobhan Haughey’s impressive 200 freestyle win, the developing overall World Cup standings, and the athletes positioning themselves for a big payday in Astana.

With world records falling, rivalries intensifying and World Cup Crowns on the line, the Silk Road Tour is delivering!

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Next up: Tashkent Night 3! 🇺🇿

🎙️ Tashkent Night 1 — The Professor Does It AGAIN! 🇺🇿

Cameron McEvoy is getting dangerously close to the world record! Night One in Tashkent delivers another spectacular performance from the Australian sprint king, who blasts 20.13 in the 50 freestyle, breaking his own World Cup record and moving within just 0.23 seconds of the world record. Bobby breaks down McEvoy’s incredible form, his developing rivalry with Egor Kornev, and whether we could see the first sub-20-second swim of the tour.

Elsewhere, Marrit Steenbergen continues her dominance with another backstroke victory, Pieter Coetze takes another step towards a World Cup Crown, and Kirill Prigoda makes it two from two in the 100 breaststroke. Plus, Luke Barr continues his breakout tour, Yu Yiting produces a commanding 200 butterfly victory, and Kasia Wasick edges Taylor Ruck in another thrilling sprint finish.

Two stops into the Silk Road World Cup Tour, the racing is heating up, the rivalries are building, and the World Cup Crowns are starting to take shape!

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Baku Night 3 — That’s a Wrap 🇦🇿

The first stop of the 2026 Swimming World Cup is complete, and Baku certainly delivered. Bobby wraps up the final night of racing and the standout performances that closed out an incredible opening stop on the Silk Road Tour.

Egor Kornev keeps rolling after his world-record heroics, Luke Barr completes a breakout meet with another huge victory, and Marrit Steenbergen finishes a perfect four-from-four in Baku. Plus, Yu Yiting caps off an impressive week with another IM victory as some of the biggest storylines of the World Cup begin to take shape.

One stop down. Two to go. Next stop: Tashkent 🇺🇿

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Baku Night 2 — Kornev Has Arrived

Night two of the 2026 Swimming World Cup in Baku belonged to Egor Kornev. The 22-year-old Russian produced the first world record of his career, blasting 44.84 in the 100 freestyle to equal Kyle Chalmers’ world record — less than an hour after a 22.23 World Cup Record in the 50 backstroke. Bobby breaks down how Kornev did it, the developing rivalry with Cameron McEvoy, and why there could be plenty more to come.  

Plus, Luke Barr continues his breakout World Cup with another IM victory, Marrit Steenbergen collects her third gold medal in Baku, Siobhan Haughey delivers in the 200 free, and Qin Haiyang edges Michael “The Hooligan” Houlie by just 0.03 in another stacked breaststroke battle. Bobby also dives into Mona McSharry, Yu Yiting, Chen Juner and Roos Vanotterdijk as the storylines build heading into the final night in Baku.  

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The 2026 Swimming World Cup is underway in Baku — and night one delivered straight away.

Bobby breaks down all the action from the opening finals, led by an incredible men’s 50 freestyle battle between Cameron McEvoy and Egor Kornev, with McEvoy returning to short-course racing after 11 years and producing a huge 20.22. We unpack one of the finishes of the night in the men’s 100 IM, where Luke Barr, Shaine Casas and Pieter Coetze were separated by just three hundredths, plus a massive double from Marrit Steenbergen, Kirill Prigoda taking down a stacked men’s 100 breaststroke field, and all the other performances and storylines that caught Bobby’s eye from Day 1.

Plenty of fast swimming, ridiculously tight racing and some big statements to kick off the Silk Road World Cup Tour. Baku Day 1 — let’s get into it.

The Swimming with Bobby podcast is back! In this 2026 World Cup Preview, Bobby Hurley is joined by fellow Aussie and commentary partner Will Rollo to break down everything to watch across the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup — three stops along the Silk Road in Baku, Tashkent and Astana. They dive into the biggest names, races and rivalries, the return of short-course racing, the new wildcard pathway to the World Short Course Championships in Beijing, and why this year’s tour could produce some seriously fast swimming.  

From Cam McEvoy racing short course for the first time in 11 years and Egor Kornev’s explosive speed, to Pieter Coetze, Marrit Steenbergen, Michael Houlie and a strong returning Russian contingent, Bobby and Will make their predictions on who to watch, which world records could fall, and the storylines that could define the next three weeks. Plus, Bobby draws on his experience racing more than 50 World Cup stops to explain what makes this tour so unique.