Summer McIntosh, World Aquatics Championships
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The prelims of the third day of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships kicked off from Singapore. The events for Tuesday’s prelims session are the men’s 50 breaststroke, women’s 200 freestyle, men’s 200 butterfly and men’s 800 freestyle.
Nobody swims the 1500m freestyle better than Katie Ledecky. The American turned in yet another dominant performance Tuesday, winning the event at the World Aquatics Championships with one of her best times.
Men win 10m platform synchronised event while women win 3m springboard, but Tang Qianting fails to defend 100m breaststroke title.
Chinese divers Wang Zongyuan and Chen Yuxi have adapted to new partners, adding synchro diving golds at the World Aquatics Championships.
Romanian swimmer David Popovici has won the gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle final at the World Championships in Singapore. The Romanian athlete won with a time of 1:43.53, ahead of American Luke Hobson (1:43.
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Chinese 12-year-old prodigy Yu Zidi misses out on 200m IM bronze medal by 0.06 seconds as Summer McIntosh wins second gold in Singapore.
Legendary American swimmer Katie Ledecky took gold, Italy's Simona Quadarella the silver and Australia's Lani Pallister the bronze.
It's been a tough go for Team USA at the World Aquatics Championships, but the team won't leave the event without a gold medal. Gretchen Walsh secured the squad's first gold Monday, winning the 100m butterfly and setting a championship-record time in the process.
Janton missed semifinals for his sole individual event by 0.09 seconds, but there is a possibility that he will swim on relays later in the week.
Gretchen Walsh won her first individual long course world title by nearly breaking her own 100m butterfly world record. Walsh clocked 54.73 seconds at the World Swimming Championships, just off her own record of 54.60 from May 3. She owns the top eight times in history.