Jordan Crooks of the Cayman Islands became the first swimmer to break 20 seconds in the 50-meter freestyle at the world short course championships on Saturday in Budapest, Hungary.

Crooks broke his own record from only hours beforehand. In the morning heats, he timed 20.08 seconds, breaking the all-time best held by American Caeleb Dressels by .08s.

Crooks did even better in the evening semifinals, posting 19.90s. The final is today, when he will defend his title.

Another Dressels record was beaten in the men’s 100 butterfly final by Noe Ponti of Switzerland, who won in 47.71.

Gretchen Walsh had another big night, winning the 100 butterfly final and her 50 freestyle semifinal by surpassing her own world records.

That’s nine world records this week for the American, with one day to go.

The 2017 world record in the women’s 400 individual medley was beaten by Summer McIntosh of Canada by nearly 3 1/2 seconds to rest on 4:15.48.

The 25-meter pool is half the length of an Olympic pool.

GOLF

Patty Tavatanakit delivered the birdie putts and Jake Knapp kept their UCLA team in front with one big par save after another, leading them to a 6-under 66 in the more difficult foursomes and a two-shot lead in the Grant Thornton Invitational in Naples, Fla.

Tavatanakit holed a pair of 12-footers late on the front nine at Tiburon Golf Club. When their games got off track, Knapp made a series of testy par putts that kept the momentum going.

They were at 20-under 124, two shots ahead of Tom Kim and Jeeno Thitikul in the unofficial event that pairs players from the PGA Tour and LPGA.

Marcus Kinhult will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship as the Swede bids to win his first title on the European tour in 5 1/2 years.

Kinhult got up and down for birdie from a greenside bunker at the par-5 No. 18 to shoot 3-under 69 in the third round in Malelane, South Africa. He was 14 under for the tournament.

Kinhult’s second-round lead was trimmed by one stroke at Leopard Creek Country Club, with Ryan van Velzen moving into second place after a bogey-free 65 that included an eagle 3 at the 13th when he chipped in from a bunker.

SOCCER

The San Diego Wave announced they have signed UCLA defender Quincy McMahon to a three-year deal.

McMahon was a four-year starter for the Bruins, scoring eight goals in 86 matches and contributing to their 2022 national championship club. She was named MVP of the Big Ten Tournament this fall.

McMahon has played for the United States at the U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-23 levels.

The Wave’s signing of McMahon is part of a new way of doing business in the National Women’s Soccer League. The NWSL has done away with the annual draft, opting instead to allow clubs to sign eligible players as free agents. The Wave last month signed University of Texas star forward Trinity Byars to a two-year contract through the 2026 season, with a mutual option for 2027. — San Diego Union-Tribune

Bochum’s goalkeeper was struck on the head by an object apparently thrown from the stands at Union Berlin and both Bundesliga teams left the field on Saturday. When the game resumed, they ran down the clock without trying to score.

Patrick Drewes was preparing to take a goalkick at 1-1 in added time when he was hit by an object with a similar size and shape to a cigarette lighter. He sat down and was given medical treatment.

The referee suspended the game and led both teams off the field.

Nearly half an hour later, the game resumed and Drewes was replaced by striker Philipp Hofmann. With about 3 minutes left of the game, both teams agreed to not try to score. Players passed the ball around the field, walked and had conversations with opponents while waiting for the refs to call the game.

Hofman indicated more than one lighter had been thrown around the time of the incident.

WINTER SPORTS

Olympic champion Marco Odermatt won a weather-affected men’s World Cup giant slalom in Val d’Isere, France, to earn his first points in the discipline this season.

Tough conditions with dense snowfall and flat light on the challenging Face de Bellevarde course worsened near the end of the race, causing Odermatt to lose more than 3 seconds on the fastest racer in the final run.

Still, the Swiss standout managed to just hold on to his first-run advantage and won the race by a small margin.

Austrian skiers Patrick Feurstein and Stefan Brennsteiner completed the podium, trailing Odermatt by 0.08 and 0.12 seconds, respectively.

Cornelia Huetter of Austria navigated the tricky and steep terrain to win the first-ever women’s World Cup downhill held on the Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colo..

Huetter finished in 1 minute, 32.38 seconds to hold off Italian ski racer Sofia Goggia by 0.16 seconds. Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland wound up in third place.

Mikaela Shiffrin is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery on Thursday to clean out a puncture wound she received in a giant slalom crash two weeks ago.

Shiffrin posted an update on Instagram as her teammates took on the Birds of Prey course in the women’s downhill race at Beaver Creek. She added in her post: “Biggest bummer right now is that I can’t get up to the finish to watch my teammates race @bcworldcup in person. But I’m watching and cheering on TV!”

There’s no timetable for Shiffrin’s return to racing after suffering bruises and the deep puncture to her hip area — but no ligament or bone damage — in a crash Nov. 30 in Killington, Vt.

Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby of the U.S. won a bronze medal in a World Cup women’s doubles luge race in Oberhof, Germany, their second podium finish in three races this season.

Forgan and Kirkby benefitted from the German sled of Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina skidding and losing time in the final meters of their second run.

“We’re so happy to get back on the podium,” Forgan said. “I’m really happy to have two good runs today.”

Forgan and Kirkby — who are third in the women’s doubles World Cup standings through three races — finished sixth and seventh in two World Cup races at Oberhof track last season.

“I thought the conditions were way better than last year,” Kirkby said. “It was great turnout and lovely weather here in Oberhof for a World Cup.”

USA Luge had a top-five in the women’s singles race, with Ashley Farquharson grabbing the fifth spot for her best finish of the season.