Summer McIntosh Opens World Champs With Double

World Championships, Day 1 Women’s Prelims: Summer McIntosh Opens With Double

The 2025 World Championships might be a historic week for Summer McIntosh. It begins off for the Canadian teen from Day 1 in Singapore.

McIntosh shall be within the water twice within the first session on the World Aquatics Championships Arena with 4 swims on the primary day of the meet.

McIntosh’s warmth within the 200 particular person medley, the fourth of 4, goes off at 10:15 a.m. native time. She’ll be within the water for the fourth and remaining warmth of the 400 free at 11:59 a.m. The evening session is tighter, with the 400 free remaining at 7:33 p.m. in Singapore with the 200 IM semifinals at 8 p.m. on the dot.

McIntosh has a large program forward, chasing 5 particular person gold medals. She enters with newly minted world data in each IMs and the 400 free, plus an opportunity to duel with Katie Ledecky within the 800 free and take purpose at a hallowed, super-suited 200 fly world file. It might be a meet that vaults the Canadian into the stratosphere of swimming historical past. It all begins just about as quickly because the meet does.

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200 particular person medley

Summer McIntosh delivered an uneventful opening swim, which is simply fantastic by her given what’s forward. She went 2:09.45, luxuriously into the semifinals with the second quickest time. First went to Australian Tara Kinder, who beat her head-to-head within the remaining warmth by .01 seconds.

Alex Walsh certified third in 2:09.50. Mary-Sophie Harvey was fourth in 2:09.95. The different American, Phoebe Bacon, completed twelfth to make the semifinals.

Yu Yiting, who chosen the 200 IM-100 butterfly double, was fifth in 2:10.33. Also into the semifinals is China’s 12-year-old Yu Zidi.

There was a tie for sixteenth place requiring a swimoff between Emma Carasco of Spain and Tamara Potocka of Slovakia. Carrasco gained the swim-off in 2:12.21, eight hundredths faster than the deadlocked time from prelims. Potocka went 2:12.99.

100 butterfly

The 100 fly took a blow with the withdrawal of Torri Huske, however her fellow American picked up the slack. Gretchen Walsh led the way in which in prelims in 55.68. She was inside .15 seconds of the meet file set in 2017 by Sarah Sjostrom, a file you’d need to assume it dwelling on borrowed time with the world file holder lurking.

Germany’s Angelina Kohler completed second, driving behind Walsh within the sixth and remaining warmth. She went 56.49, and Roos Vanotterdijk of Belgium was additionally fast in that occasion in 56.66. Fourth was Mizuki Hirai of Japan.

China’s Yu Yiting navigated the double by ending fifth in 56.83. Zhang Yufei completed seventh in 57.11 to get by way of. Rikako Ikee can also be into the semis in 57.75. The highest-profile miss may nicely be Louise Hansson of Sweden in twenty second.

400 freestyle

The 400 free is about who shall be there and who won’t be there Sunday evening.

Katie Ledecky shall be there, posting the quickest time in prelims in 4:01.04. Summer McIntosh shall be there, the Canadian navigating her double by tying with Li Bingjie for third in 4:03.11.

But Claire Weinstein of the United States won’t, a DNS, presumably because of the sickness sweeping by way of the U.S. camp. And neither is reigning world champion Erika Fairweather, disqualified for motion firstly.

Fairweather completed fourth within the third warmth of 4, gained by Katie Ledecky with Li second and Yang Peiqi third (and fifth general). Fairweather’s time of 4:03.39 would’ve positioned her sixth, however she was DQed for movement firstly. That means solely 4 members of the sub-4 membership – Ledecky, Li, McIntosh and Lani Pallister – shall be within the remaining.

Pallister gained the fourth and remaining warmth in 4:02.36 to remind everybody she’s a medal risk. Fellow Aussie Jamie Perkins was sixth. Germans Isabel Gose and Maya Werner spherical out the ultimate eight.

Special point out for Ching Hwee Gan, the Singaporean swimmer who gained the second warmth and completed thirteenth general.

400 free relay

For all of the consternation surrounding the American swimmers, the 4 chosen for the 400 free relay took care of enterprise in prelims.

Erin Gemmell, Kate Douglass, Anna Moesch and Simone Manuel went 3:33.57 to stop any unhealthy surprises and safe the A workforce the middle lane in tonight’s remaining. Gemmell was the quickest flat begin in both warmth at 53.52, faster by seven hundredths than even Italy’s Sara Curtis. Douglass was the quickest within the race by splitting 52.04 and making all of it however not possible to guide her off the ultimate aspect. Moesch debuted at Worlds in 53.80, and Manuel got here dwelling rock stable in 54.21.

The evening’s remaining can have Torri Huske so as to add, plus Gretchen Walsh. Douglass, Manuel and Gemmell will vie for 2 spots.

Second in prelims was Australia, which gained the second warmth in 3:34.64. Olivia Wunsch, Abbey Webb, Hannah Casey and Milla Jansen led a younger squad that has Mollie O’Callaghan and Meg Harris ready within the wings.

Third was the Netherlands, Marrit Steenbergen bringing them dwelling in 52.37 to get third in 3:35.47, ending second within the first warmth to the U.S. China and France each made the ultimate out of the second warmth, China in 3:35.36 (with Zhang Yufei held in reserve) and France in 335.76. The Neutral Athletes B, Italy and Hungary spherical out the ultimate, the latter edging Canada by .46 seconds.