US girls set world report in relay at swim worlds, whereas Summer McIntosh wins fourth gold | Swimming

Summer McIntosh capped an excellent world championships with the 400 meters particular person medley (IM) title and a fourth particular person gold medal, whereas the United States set a world report within the girls’s 4×100 medley relay to win the ultimate title in Singapore on Sunday.

France’s Leon Marchand roared to victory within the males’s 400 meters IM, whereas the United States topped the medals desk with 9 golds, another than Australia.

France completed third with Canada fourth, all 4 of their golds gained by 18-year-old McIntosh, who missed out on changing into solely the third swimmer to win 5 particular person medals at a world championships, becoming a member of Michael Phelps (2007) and Sarah Sjostrom (2019).

McIntosh blitzed the sector within the 400 IM with a time of 4:25.78, the world record-holder coming dwelling greater than seven seconds forward of joint silver medallists Jenna Forrester of Australia and Japan’s Mio Narita.

China’s 12-year-old prodigy Yu Zidi completed simply off the rostrum once more having additionally come fourth within the 200 IM and 200 butterfly.

Olympic champion McIntosh’s third 400 IM world title added to her 200 IM, 200 butterfly and 400 freestyle golds on the World Aquatics Championships Arena in Singapore, with solely the 800 freestyle gained by the nice Katie Ledecky eluding her.

The United States’ irritating championships ended on a excessive be aware with a report within the girls’s 4×100 medley relay within the final occasion of the eight-day championships. The Americans swam a time of three minutes, 49.34 seconds, breaking their very own previous report mark of three:49.63.

The Americans battled a case of “acute gastroenteritis” picked up at a coaching camp in Thailand. The illness clearly affected the group’s up-and-down performances within the eight days in Singapore. The Americans had solely 5 gold medals by way of six days, however gained 4 within the final two as group well being appeared to enhance.

“This is the best way to end the meet,” Gretchen Walsh mentioned. “And I feel like we have such a good opportunity when you have this stacked group of women closing it out on a relay like this.

“We’re going to put it all in the pool and we’re going to leave Singapore with a smile on our faces,” she added.

Regan Smith, Kate Douglass and Walsh swam the primary three legs with Torri Huske taking the anchor.

Marchand, dubbed the “French Phelps”, almost missed the 400 IM ultimate after a gradual warmth within the morning however was again to his finest within the night, clocking 4:04.73 to complete properly away from Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita, the Paris Olympics runner-up behind Marchand.

It was a stripped-back program from Paris the place Marchand gained 4 particular person titles however he made it depend with the 200 IM world report on the best way to the title earlier within the week.

Two years after Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui gained the 800 and 1,500 freestyle on the Fukuoka championships, compatriot Ahmed Jaouadi accomplished the double by successful the 1,500 in 14:34.41 forward of German Sven Schwarz and American Olympic champion Bobby Finke.

Jaouadi shaved almost 9 seconds off his private finest and mentioned it was a battle.

“I wasn’t the only one. My body was in a lot of pain,” he added. “But by way of my thoughts is that I need this medal and I wish to win it.“

The massive names could dominate the headlines however Australian relay stalwart Meg Harris grabbed the highlight for herself as she gained 50 freestyle gold in 24.02 forward of Chinese duo Wu Qingfeng (24.26) and Cheng Yujie (24.28).

The 23-year-old Harris clinched her first particular person title on the worldwide stage after sharing two Olympic and 5 world relay golds within the final 4 years.

No Russian athletes competed ultimately yr’s world championships in Doha however the nation’s swimmers have racked up medals in Singapore below a impartial flag.

Russians had been allowed to compete on situation they haven’t publicly supported the invasion of Ukraine and haven’t any affiliation to the Russian army.

Russian Kliment Kolesnikov stormed to the lads’s 50 backstroke title in 23.68, simply 0.13 off his world report, whereas compatriot Pavel Samusenko took a silver together with South African Pieter Coetze, every ending in 24.17.

Russian swimmers then mixed to win a shock gold within the males’s 4×100 medley, giving the world report (3:26.78) an enormous shake with a time of three:26.93, a second away from France.