Mary-Ambre Moluh Breaks 2nd French Record in as Many Days with 58.25 100 Backstroke

2026 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Women’s 100 Backstroke — Final

• World Record: 57.13 — Regan Smith, USA (2024)
• World Junior Record: 57.57 — Regan Smith, USA (2019)
• French Record: 58.79 — Emma Terebo (2024)
• French European Championships Qualifying Time: 1:00.27

Top 3 Finishers

Riding the recent hand from final evening’s 50 backstroke French Record of 27.20, Mary-Ambre Moluh has accomplished it once more, this time, in double the space, and in dominant vogue; downing the 100 again nationwide mark in 58.25, over half a second quicker than the previous mark held by Emma Terebo in 58.79.

Coming into the occasion’s last, she was the lone swimmer within the prelims to dip underneath that 1:00 barrier in 59.66, simply forward of Beryl Gastaldello in 1:00.25, although the ultimate informed a special story; three ladies would dip underneath that barrier, although solely Moluh would handle to be underneath 59 seconds.

That time additionally marks an enormous drop for the rising Cal junior, whose earlier greatest was earlier this month in Portugal at 59.01, placing her simply behind Terebo within the All-Time rankings amongst French swimmers.

Fastest French 100 Backstroke Performers All-Time (LCM)

1. Mary-Ambre Moluh – 58.25 (2026)
2. Emma Terebo – 58.79 (2024)
3. Pauline Mathieu – 59.13 (2025)
4. Beryl Gastaldello – 59.17 (2024)
5. Laure Manaudou – 59.50 (2008)

Moluh is the newest beneficiary of the Cal backstroke development, which has seen a number of Olympic and World Champions come by its waters during the last a number of years. Just this previous season for Cal, Moluh completed 4th on the NCAA Championships (SCY) within the 100 again (49.95) after touching third a number of weeks earlier on the ACC Championships (SCY) in 49.64.

This time now strikes her as much as fifth on the planet this season within the 100 again, which has been a closely contested occasion throughout the planet for the whole lot of the calendar 12 months to this point.

Moluh now strikes with .17 seconds of the European Record set by Great Britain’s Kathleen Dawson in 2021. While North Americans Katharine Berkoff, Kylie Masse, Kathleen Baker, Regan Smith, and Isabelle Stadden, plus Australians Mollie O’Callaghan and Kaylee McKeown, have made 57s appear commonplace, no European lady has been higher than 58.08.