Canada’s Masse finishes 4th in ladies’s 100m backstroke at world swimming championships

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Canadian Olympic medallists Kylie Masse and Taylor Ruck completed off the rostrum within the ladies’s 100-metre backstroke remaining on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Tuesday.

Australia’a Kaylee McKeown received the race in a course report 57.16 seconds, whereas Americans Regan Smith (57.35) and Katherine Berkhoff (58.15) completed with silver and bronze, respectively.

McKeown is the two-time defending Olympic champion on this race and in addition within the 200 backstroke. She additionally beat Smith a yr in the past in Paris with Smith taking silver.

Masse, from LaSalle, Ont., was fourth (58.42) whereas Ruck, of Kelowna., B.C., was seventh (59.59).

Masse, 29, received this occasion at each the  2017 and 2019 world championships, and proprietor of 9 world long-course medals. 

“I really didn’t know what to expect in the 100 just because I hadn’t done much compared to what I was doing for the last quad. I was really surprised ]to make the team with a 58.18] at trials and was kind of hoping to build off of that coming into here,” mentioned Masse.

“But I really can’t complain and I have to keep things in perspective with that tonight. To be fourth in the world and still be up there, competitive with the top and with those girls who I know are incredible swimmers, it’s something that I’m really proud of.”

WATCH | McKeown wins 100m backstroke, Canada’s Masse simply misses out on a medal:

Australia’s McKeown wins world 100m backstroke as Canada’s Masse simply misses out on a medal

Australia’s Kaylee McKeown received the ladies’s 100m backstroke remaining on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, whereas Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., completed in fourth and Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., completed in seventh place.

Ruck, a three-time Olympian, was competing in her first worldwide remaining within the occasion since ending fourth in 2019.

Canada’s Ilya Kharun certified for the ultimate of the males’s 200m butterfly. The Montreal swimmer was second in his semifinal with a time of 1:54.43, which was the fifth-fastest time among the many semifinal heats.

Kharun topped the rostrum in the identical occasion throughout 2024 worlds in Budapest, additionally profitable bronze in it on the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

“I can definitely go a lot quicker. My plan going into tonight was just to make it into the final. I hadn’t really pushed myself until that final 50. It was all right, I’ve just got to be quicker tomorrow night,” Kharun mentioned.

Kharun bounced again from lacking the 50m butterfly remaining by an agonizing 0.01 of a second to complete ninth on Monday.

“I was really made at myself and just mad at everything, but I just had to turn it around and think of it as more experience,” Kharun mentioned.


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Fellow Canadian Ella Jansen certified for the ladies’s 200m freestyle remaining together with her efficiency in Tuesday’s semifinal.

The 19-year-old swimmer completed fifth in her semifinal, touching the wall in 1:57.60.

“My goal has been to advance, whether that was a semi or a final, I just wanted to get a second swim at worlds. I’ve had a lot of trouble in the past swimming fast in the morning, so this morning was a really big step for me,” mentioned Jansen. “I knew that regardless of what happened tonight I was going to be proud of myself.”

Jansen’s teammate Mary-Sophie Harvey didn’t advance to the ultimate, ending seventh in her semifinal in a time of 1:58.57.

Harvey, of Trois-Rivières, Que., received bronze within the 200m particular person medley on Monday, sharing the rostrum with winner Summer McIntosh. 

“I didn’t really do any free warmup, there was a big question mark of if I was going to swim it tonight or not,” mentioned Harvey. “Sadly, it was just not there.”

McIntosh, the famous person teen from Toronto, returns to the pool on Wednesday morning for the ladies’s 200m butterfly semifinal.

The 19-year-old continues her drive for 5 gold medals at these world championships having already received the 400m freestyle on Sunday and 200m IM on Monday.

WATCH l CBC Sports’ The Ready Room recaps Day 2 of swimming finals: 

McIntosh & Harvey go 1 & 3 in 200m IM, Masse & Ruck make 100m backstroke remaining | THE READY ROOM

On day two of the swimming world championships, Summer McIntosh collected her second gold medal in Singapore, and teammate Mary-Sophie Harvey joined her on the rostrum profitable bronze. Brittany MacLean Campbell and Devin Heroux let you know all the pieces it’s essential to know from the pool in Singapore.

Ledecky extends 1,500 freestyle dominance

Katie Ledecky delivered one other masterclass in distance swimming to gather her sixth world title within the 1,500m freestyle on Tuesday, and whereas she was by no means threatened within the remaining she felt her rivals have been serving to her push the game ahead.

The American nice has now received 22 world titles and her gold on Tuesday took her general medal tally to twenty-eight, second solely to compatriot Michael Phelps’s 33.

Ledecky, who has received 9 Olympic gold medals, was nicely beneath her personal world report tempo for a lot of the race on the Singapore Sports Hub however eased off within the final 200 meters to the touch the wall in quarter-hour and 26.44 seconds.

That was greater than 5 seconds away from silver medallist Italian Simona Quadarella, whose time of 15:31.79 made her the second quickest swimmer within the occasion — although it’s nonetheless slower than 11 of Ledecky’s occasions.

“I just wanted to try to get out fast, but comfortable enough that I can build from there. Happy with the time, happy with the swim,” Ledecky mentioned.

“That was an awesome swim from Simona. Second fastest performer ever. The distance races are really quick right now. Just good to see how much we can push the sport forward. It’s great to push the sport forward all together …

“All the occasions within the distance freestyles are shifting ahead, each on the ladies’s and males’s aspect.”

Australian Lani Pallister hung on Ledecky’s hip for a good portion of the race but could not sustain the pace and finished as the bronze medallist.

“I sort of had a way that I used to be most likely out fairly quick, as a result of Lani tends to take it out quick, and simply having her proper by my aspect for such a protracted portion actually saved me on my toes and saved me shifting ahead,” the 28-year-old added.

“I used to be hopeful that as I sort of prolonged, I used to be in a position to maintain that tempo. I wasn’t fairly certain the place I used to be at.”

Ledecky, who finished third behind McIntosh in the 400 on Sunday, is set to come up against the Canadian sensation again in the 800m later this week.

New IOC president watches from stands

Watching from the stands was new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry. She was joined by former president Thomas Bach. Coventry was an Olympic gold-medal winner for Zimbabwe in 2004 and 2008 in the 200-meter backstroke.

The Americans had the top qualifying times going into four finals and won one gold and three silver medals with very close finishes in all three.

The United States team have been battling what officials called “acute gastroenteritis” picked up at a training camp in Thailand before arriving in Singapore.

American head coach Greg Meehan said much of team had turned the corner.

“We’re taking it a day at a time,” he said in an interview with American network NBC. “Obviously, this isn’t how we thought the primary few days of this competitors would go. But I’m actually happy with our workforce, our medical workers working time beyond regulation. You don’t desire your medical workers working time beyond regulation.”

“If you have been in our workforce space you’ll by no means know that the general majority of the workforce has gone by one thing over the previous few days,” Meehan added, saying the team “vibe” was good.

McIntosh, who won two gold medals the first two days, did not race on Tuesday, Day 3 of the competition.

Paris Olympic champion David Popovici of Romania won the 200m freestyle, overtaking American Luke Hobson in the last 50 meters for the victory. Popovici swam 1:43.53 with Hobson across in 1:43.84. Tatsuya Murasa of Japan was third in 1:44.54.

“I feel it was higher than the Olympics to be trustworthy,” Popovici said of the victory. “You know why? Because I skilled rather a lot for the Olympics. But this coming for a extra relaxed yr, easygoing yr after the Olympics. I do not know. I really feel very happy with myself.”


Reporter Devin Heroux will be on site in Singapore speaking to Canadians following their races, and will join The Ready Room show live on YouTube every day after finals, with Brittany MacLean Campbell hosting from Toronto. The show will include Canadian highlights, athlete interviews and analysis.

 


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