The whole lot to know concerning the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore

SINGAPORE — The 2025 World Aquatics Championships is a chance for the most effective swimmers on the planet to shine within the lead as much as the 2028 Olympics.

Here’s all the things you’ll want to learn about this 12 months’s championships, data on who’s competing, and when, in addition to tips on how to watch all the motion in Australia.

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When is the 2025 World Aquatics Championships?

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships start on Friday, July 11 and conclude on Sunday, August 3. The championships include six disciplines: swimming, open water swimming, inventive swimming, diving, excessive diving, and water polo. Swimming competitors will happen from Sunday, July 27 to Sunday, August 3.

Where are the 2025 World Aquatics Championships?

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships will happen in Singapore. It marks the third consecutive championships held in Asia, following Fukuoka, Japan (2023) and Doha, Qatar (2024). These championships have been initially scheduled for Kazan, Russia, however have been relocated to Singapore on February 9, 2023.

The majority of competitors will happen on the Singapore Sports Hub, which was initially constructed for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. A brief pool venue has been constructed on the advanced for swimming and inventive swimming competitors.

Where can I watch the World Aquatics Championships in Australia?

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships can be broadcast in Australia on the 9Network and the 9Now streaming platform. The broadcaster will present each warmth and remaining all through the championships.

What time will the swimming finals happen?

As is commonplace in swim competitors, heats will happen through the day periods with semifinals and finals staged within the night periods. The night periods will start at 7 p.m. native time (9 p.m. AEST).

Who are the largest names competing in Singapore?

Over 2,500 athletes from 210 nationwide federations will compete throughout the six disciplines of water polo, diving, inventive swimming, open water swimming, excessive diving, and swimming.

The largest names competing in swim competing embody French nationwide icon Leon Marchand, who will participate within the 200m and 400m medley occasions, American famous person Katie Ledecky, and Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh.

From an Australian perspective, Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan will function within the 100m and 200m freestyle occasions in addition to a number of relay groups. Backstroke star Kaylee McKeown can be in motion within the 50m, 100m, and 200m races, and like O’Callaghan will participate in a number of relay squads. Rio Olympic 100m champion Kyle Chalmers may also be in motion, as will speedy center distance improver Lani Pallister.

Why is Ariarne Titmus not competing in Singapore?

Australian star Ariarne Titmus declared she could be taking a 12-month break after the Paris Olympics, that means no look at these championships in Singapore.

The four-time Olympic champion, 24, is eyeing a return to the pool later this 12 months as she begins her lengthy preparation for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

Like many prime swimmers, Titmus didn’t compete eventually 12 months’s world championships in Doha, however gained two gold medals, a silver, and a bronze on the earlier championships in Fukuoka in 2023.

What’s the swimming schedule for the world championships?

Swimming heats will happen through the day periods, whereas semifinals and finals can be staged within the night. Here’s the schedule for all swimming finals:

SUNDAY, JULY 27
Women’s 400m freestyle
Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay
Men’s 400m freestyle
Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay

MONDAY, JULY 28
Women’s 100m butterfly
Women’s 200m medley
Men’s 100m breaststroke
Men’s 50m butterfly

TUESDAY, JULY 29
Women’s 1500m freestyle
Women’s 100m backstroke
Women’s 100m breaststroke
Men’s 200m freestyle
Men’s 100m backstroke

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
Women’s 200m freestyle
Men’s 800m freestyle
Men’s 50m breaststroke
Men’s 200m butterfly
Mixed 4x100m medley relay

THURSDAY, JULY 31
Women’s 50m backstroke
Women’s 200m butterfly
Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay
Men’s 100m freestyle
Men’s 200m medley

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
Women’s 100m freestyle
Women’s 200m breaststroke
Men’s 200m backstroke
Men’s 200m breaststroke
Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
Women’s 800m freestyle
Women’s 200m backstroke
Women’s 50m butterfly
Men’s 50m freestyle
Men’s 100m butterfly
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
Women’s 50m freestyle
Women’s 50m breaststroke
Women’s 400m medley
Women’s 4x100m medley relay
Men’s 1500m freestyle
Men’s 50m backstroke
Men’s 400m medley
Men’s 4x100m medley relay

Who are Australia’s present world file holders?

Australia boasts numerous reigning Olympic champions in varied lengthy course distances and disciplines, in addition to six present world information:

Women’s 200m freestyle – Ariarne Titmus (1:52.23, Brisbane, 2024)
Women’s 50m backstroke – Kaylee McKeown (26.86, Budapest, 2023)
Women’s 200m backstroke – Kaylee McKeown (2:03.14, Sydney, 2023)
Women’s 100m relay – Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon (3:27.96, Fukuoka, 2023)
Women’s 200m relay – Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus (7:37.50, Fukuoka, 2023)
Mixed 100m relay – Jack Cartwright, Kyle Chalmers, Shayna Jack, Mollie O’Callaghan (3:18.38, Fukuoka, 2023)