World Swimming Championships 2025: Katie Ledecky wins showdown with Summer McIntosh to take 800m freestyle crown for twenty third world title – Kaylee McKeown completes backstroke double

Katie Ledecky, the GOAT of feminine swimming, stays the unbeaten 800m queen, profitable her seventh consecutive gold medal within the occasion on the World Aquatics Championships on Saturday, 2 August.

Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh, who has emerged as the best menace to Ledecky’s reign, needed to be content material with third place.

Ledecky is now three medals away from matching Michael Phelps’ report haul of 26 golds on the world swimming showpiece.

In the ultimate occasion of the night, the quartet of Jack Alexy, Patrick Sammon, Kate Douglass and Torri Huske set a world report of three:18:48 to win the combined 4×100 freestyle relay gold.

Earlier, Gretchen Walsh and Kaylee McKeown continued their glowing performances within the pool, racing to double gold medals at these championships.

The 22-year-old Walsh added the 50m title to her breakout win within the 100m butterfly on the world gala on Monday, the place she clocked the second quickest time in historical past over the longer distance.

Australia’s McKeown, in flip, celebrated one other dash double within the ladies’s 200 backstroke last, beating long-time rival Regan Smith (USA) as soon as once more.

Olympic champion Cameron McEvoy (Australia) added 50m freestyle gold to his stellar CV whereas Frenchman Maxime Grousset added the 100m butterfly title to the 50m from earlier on the championships.

The night time will finish with an exhilarating combined 4×100 freestyle relay, with Team USA qualifying from this morning’s classes in prime spot.

Walsh certified for tomorrow’s 50m freestyle last to maintain her bid for 3 titles in Singapore alive, whereas Olympic champion Bobby Finke booked his place within the males’s 1500 freestyle last alongside Tunisia’s 800 free winner Ahmed Jaouadi, and open water swimming king Florian Wellbrock of Germany.

The World Aquatics Championships — beforehand often known as the FINA World Championships and also known as the World Swimming Championships — have been held since 1973. The Singapore version marks the twenty second staging of the occasion.

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