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2026 GIANT OPEN
March 20th – March 22nd Olympic Aquatic Center, Saint-Denis, France LCM (50m) SwimSwam Preview #1 SwimSwam Preview #2 Entries Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap Live ResultsThe last day of action at the 2026 Giant Open in France saw 19-year-old John Shortt capture a new Irish record in the men’s 100m backstroke.
Racing in the final last evening, Shortt stopped the clock at speedyt 53.37 to take the silver behind winner Apostolos Christou of Greece.
Christou, the reigning Olympic silver medalist in the 200m back, got to the wall first in 53.09 while Frenchman Yohann Ndoye-Brouard rounded out the podium in 54.15.
As for Shortt, his 53.37 effort knocked significant time off the former Irish standard of 53.73, which retired Olympian Shane Ryan put on the books in 2019.
Shortt nearly evenly split his swim, opening in 26.51 and closing in 26.86.
After last night’s race, Christou now ranks 4th in the world while Shortt takes over the 6th slot. Ndoye-Brouard already ranked 10th on the season, courtesy of his quicker 53.67 notched at January’s Pro Swim Series in Westmont.
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Xu CHNJiayu11/1252.392Hubert Kos HUN52.6312/053PieterCOETZERSA52.7303/204ApostolosCHRISTOU GRE53.0903/225OliverMORGANGBR53.1403/136JohnSHORTT IRL53.3703/227ThomasCECCONITA53.3803/208Blake Tierney CAN53.5212/059HidekazuTakeharaJPN53.6603/1910Yohann Ndoye BrouardFRA53.6701/14View Top 26»Earlier at this competition, Shortt lowered his own Irish record in the 200m back, registering a lifetime best of 1:56.09.
Shortt is the existing national standard holder in the SCM 100 back (50.10), 200 back (1:47.89) and 200 IM (1:55.80).
Along with winning the 100m and 200m back at last year’s World Junior Championships, the teen’s resume includes taking gold at the 2025 European Short Course Championships in the 200m back and 2025 European Junior Championships gold in the 100m back.
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