Leon Marchand Leads 200 IM Prelims at World Champs

World Championships, Day 4 Prelims: Leon Marchand Leads 200 IM in 1:57.53

At the Paris Olympics, it appeared like hardly a day handed with out Leon Marchand being within the water – and thus profitable gold medals, and taking calls from worldwide dignitaries, and so forth. and so forth.

But the French all-conquering hero of final summer season’s Olympics has dialed again his expansive program this summer season on the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore to give attention to the person medleys. With the modified program transferring the 400 IM deeper into the week, meaning Marchand has been a spectator for the primary three days in Singapore. But that ends Wednesday morning, with Marchand contesting the 200 IM, the place he has explicitly focused the world report.

Marchand led the best way with a time of 1:57.63, the quickest of the prelims heats within the 200 IM within the fourth morning session. Also in motion have been backstroke medal-winning American ladies Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff, a duel between Kyle Chalmers and Pan Zhanle within the 100 free and the return of Summer McIntosh to the water within the ladies’s 200 butterfly. The session will conclude with the blended medley relay prelims.

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Women’s 50 backstroke

The traditional suspects are all assembled, minus the scratched Kaylee McKeown. Another veteran Kylie – Kylie Masse of Canada, led the best way in 27.46 seconds. Katharine Berkoff of the U.S., contemporary off a bronze within the 100, tied with China’s Wan Leitan for third in 27.59. Regan Smith, the silver medalist within the 100 again, was fifth in 27.67.

The second-fastest time was put in by Neutral Athelte Alina Gaifutdinova in 25.75. Ingrid Wilm was eighth to make it again, with Maaike de Waard ninth, Danielle Hill tenth, Roos Vanotterdijk twelfth and Mary-Ambre Moluh thirteenth.

Just 0.51 seconds separated the 16 finalists, and a swim-off was required to cull that from 17 to 16. Lauren Cox of Great Britain and Mexico’s Celia Pulido tied for sixteenth in 27.97, then Cox got here previous Pulido within the swim-off on the second half, profitable in 27.64.

Men’s 100 freestyle

David Popovici set the tempo in a jumped prelims of the lads’s 100 free, quickest of the 110 swimmers who took half in 47.41 seconds. All of the large names are roughly represented, although some had a rougher go of it than others.

Second was Kyle Chalmers of Australia, profitable a quick twelfth and last warmth in 47.48. He was adopted carefully by the Neutral Athletes Egor Kornev (47.51) and countryman Flynn Southam (47.73) in his semis warmth. Fourth in that warmth and sixth general was Pan Zhanle of China in 47.86, with Maxime Grousset of France, the Heat 10 winner, fifth in 47.84.

Matt Richards delivered a robust time to complete seventh in 47.89. It took sub-48 for the highest eight, with Sun-Woo Hwang rounding it out.

Also by are Americans Patrick Sammon (ninth) and Jack Alexy (tied for tenth with Nandor Nemeth). Gui Caribe obtained by in fifteenth in 48.27. Speaking of Tennessee sprinters, Lamar Taylor was the quickest swimmer from outdoors the circle-seeded heats, with a nationwide report 48.52, three tenths faster than he was in Paris.

Men’s 200 particular person medley

Leon Marchand led the best way with a simple, breezy 1:57.63. He pushed arduous for the primary 150 or so earlier than shutting it down within the last 50 meters.

Sensing Marchand’s type, the sector went with him within the last warmth of 5, which produced the highest 4 finishers. Second was Kosuke Makino in 1:57.74. Shaine Casas certified simply in third in 1:57.76, and Marchand’s Arizona State and Austin buddy Hubert Kos was fourth in 1:57.93.

Great Britain’s Duncan Scott gained the fourth warmth in 1:58.00 for fifth general, adopted Ilia Borodin and Alberto Razzetti. The warmth variations meant Carson Foster, who gained the third warmth (the primary of the circle-seeded heats) was simply eighth in 1:58.19. He was adopted by Lewis Clareburt, Tomoyuki Matsushita and Wang Shun.

Women’s 200 butterfly

An occasion with 27 complete entrants contained no surprises in culling it to 16. Summer McIntosh led the best way in a ho-hum 2:07.07, almost handed when she shut it down coming dwelling by Brittany Castelluzzo of Australia. Regan Smith, on the again finish of a double, was third in 2:08.17. Elizabeth Dekkers gained the primary warmth of three to complete fourth in 2:08.45, a half-second up on Yu Zidi, the Chinese 12-year-old. Caroline Bricker was eighth to make the semis.

Mixed medley relay

The solely two groups to win this occasion on the Olympics are out in prelims. The U.S. is out in tenth place. Great Britain was twelfth.

So who’s in?

Italy, with the group of Christian Bacico, Ludovico Viberti, Costanza Cocconcelli and Sara Curtis, who led the best way in 3:42.19. The Netherlands, with a strong squad of Maaike de Waard, Caspar Corbeau, Nyls Korstanje and Milou van Wijk in 3:42.56. And China in in 3:42.81, with Xu Jiayu, Dong Zhihao, Yu Yiting, Cheng Yujie and at the least two modifications looming. There’s additionally Australia, which went 3:43.11 and will make 4 alterations.

Canada, Japan, Neutral Athletes B and Poland spherical out the ultimate eight. Which, once more, doesn’t characteristic the Americans.