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Canada captured bronze within the combined 4×100-metre medley relay Wednesday on the world aquatics championship for its fifth medal in Singapore.
The workforce of Kylie Masse, of LaSalle, Ont., Oliver Dawson, of Grande Prairie, Alta., Toronto’s Josh Liendo and Taylor Ruck, of Kelowna, B.C., completed in three minutes 40.90 seconds, simply forward of the Netherlands.
Neutral Athletes B — a workforce of Russian swimmers competing below a impartial flag — gained gold in a meet-record 3:37.97, with China taking silver in 3:39.99. Russia is competing below a impartial banner resulting from ongoing worldwide sanctions following the nation’s invasion of Ukraine.
WATCH | Canada wins medley relay bronze:
Canadians Kylie Masse, Oliver Dawson, Josh Liendo and Taylor Ruck swam to a bronze medal within the 4×100-metre combined medley relay closing, on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
“It’s awesome,” Masse instructed CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux of the rostrum end.
“This race is so unpredictable and even leading into tonight I had no idea what to expect. I think we were all just really excited and knew we had a lane and an opportunity.”
Masse, who earns her tenth profession medal to maneuver again right into a tie with Summer McIntosh for many ever at long-course worlds, led off with a strong 58.69 within the backstroke. Swimming towards six males and Australian champion Kaylee McKeown, Masse touched eighth.
But Dawson, who swam the breaststroke leg started the Canadians’ comeback. By the time Liendo’s completed the breaststroke portion, Canada was sitting in fourth.
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“You just have to get ready,” Liendo stated of the time he wanted to make up. “You see everyone else going [and] you have to put the blinders on and catch people.”
The veteran Ruck, swimming the anchor leg, then rallied Canada again to the bronze medal with a powerful freestyle efficiency.
After Liendo noticed Ruck had moved into third, he was smacking the deck and wall as he cheered her on. The four-time Olympic medallist’s anchor cut up of 52.94 ended up being her quickest in three years.
“I definitely was feeling all the emotions, said Ruck. “Having my teammates undergo it, after which the roar of the group and all that sort of stuff. The depth and power was there, so I simply wished to not go too, too quick and be sure to’re executing the race. It will be sort of tempting to only spend all of the power the primary 50.”
WATCH | Canadians excited to reach the podium:
Kylie Masse, Oliver Dawson, Josh Liendo and Taylor Ruck spoke with CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux after winning the bronze medal in the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay final, at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
Asked if he was nervous, Dawson said, “I wasn’t 100 per cent nervous, however I used to be a bit nervous.
“I’ve done the work to be able to do this and I know my teammates have as well,” added the Grande Prairie (Alta.) Piranhas swimmer, coached by his father Alex Dawson, whose nationwide workforce workers tasks included this relay workforce.
“Honestly, so many years on this team it makes it more and more special every time that your team has your back like that,” stated Ruck.
WATCH | Ready Room: MacLean Campbell, Heroux react to Canada’s relay medal:
On Day 4 of the world swimming trials Canada’s 4×100 medley combined relay squad charged to a bronze medal giving Kylie Masse her tenth world lengthy course medal. Frenchman Leon Marchand set a brand new world document within the males’s 200 fly semi and we let you know what to look ahead to on Day 5 of swimming worlds.
McIntosh into 200m butterfly closing
Meanwhile, Olympic champion McIntosh cruised into the ultimate of the ladies’s 200m butterfly.
The 18-year-old Toronto native certified second in a time of two:06.22 behind Australia’s Elizabeth Dekkers (2:06.13).
“I just needed to make the final using the least amount of energy: mental, emotional, physical, all the things,” stated McIntosh.
McIntosh captured gold on the 2024 Olympics, and gained world titles in 2022 and 2023.
McIntosh has already gained gold medals in each the 400m freestyle and 200m particular person medley occasions in Singapore. She’ll swim for a 3rd butterfly title on Thursday at 7:02 a.m. ET.
“I’m just going to rest, recover tomorrow morning and then get ready for the final tomorrow night, which I’m really excited about,” she stated.
WATCH | McIntosh advances to 200m buffterfly closing:
Toronto’s Summer McIntosh will compete for her third gold medal of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Thursday, after advancing to the ladies’s 200-metre butterfly closing with the second quickest time within the semifinals.
Kharun misses podium
Earlier within the day, Ilya Kharun of Montreal positioned fourth within the males’s 200 butterfly, ending in 1:54.34 — simply 0.17 seconds off the rostrum after profitable Olympic bronze in Paris.
It’s an occasion he earned a bronze medal on the Paris Olympics in 2024.
American Luca Urlando, a breakout star, gained the gold medal in 1:51.87, whereas Poland’s Krzysztof Chmielewski took the silver in 1:52.64. Australian Harrison Turner earned the bronze with a time of 1:54.17.
Kharun, identified for his back-end velocity, led after the primary 50 metres earlier than falling again.
“I just need to move on to the next race. I’ve got to do more training in that and that’s it,” stated the 20-year-old.
WATCH | Urlando wins 200m butterfly, Kharun 4th:
American Luca Urlando gained the boys’s 200-metre butterfly closing on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, whereas Montreal’s Ilya Kharun missed out on a medal, ending in fourth place.
Canadians Ingrid Wilm and Masse each advance to the ultimate of the ladies’s 50m backstroke. Fellow Canadian Tristan Jankovics did not qualify for the ultimate of the boys’s 200 IM.
Marchand breaks 200m IM world document
Leon Marchand broke the world document within the 200m IM, clocking 1:52.69 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte.
The Frenchman set the mark swimming within the semifinals and, in principle, may break it once more in Thursday’s finals.
Marchand gained 4 Olympic gold medals a yr in the past in Paris, however he is swimming solely the 200 and 400 medley — and relays — in Singapore. Planning the lighter schedule in what he calls a “transition year” retains him recent to chase the world marks.
Marchand did not simply break the 14-year-old document, he shattered it.
“What’s crazy is that it’s a whole second — and it’s still hard to believe,” he stated. “1:52 on the 200 meters — that’s insane.”
Marchand will swim the 400 IM on Sunday, the ultimate day of the world championships. He holds that document of 4:02.50 set within the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka, Japan.
“Today I felt really good before the race,” he stated. “In the water, I felt light, I was taking in a lot of water and technically everything felt clean.”
Asked about swimming a lighter schedule he replied in understatement: “It was probably the right decision.”
Marchand was about 1.8 seconds below the world document after 150 meters and powered residence with the ultimate freestyle leg.
Though this race didn’t yield a world title — that may come on Thursday within the closing — it did win Marchand a examine for $30,000 US.
“In the end I went out hard from the start,” he stated. “But I stayed super-relaxed. I didn’t make many mistakes. I didn’t realize I was going that fast but I gave it absolutely everything. Arms at full speed all the way to the wall. At that point I wasn’t even thinking about technique anymore.”
WATCH | Marchand smashes world document:
France’s Leon Marchand broke the world document within the 200-meter particular person medley semifinals on Wednesday in Singapore, with a time of 1 minute 52.61 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte.
Jaouadi savours 1st world title after melancholy battle
Ahmed Jaouadi stated he spent months battling melancholy following a disappointing finish to 2024 however the Tunisian was all smiles after profitable the 800m freestyle title within the third-fastest time ever on the world championships in Singapore.
Jaouadi had completed third within the occasion on the Budapest quick course world championships final December and the 20-year-old was so disheartened by the consequence he didn’t return to coaching till March.
However, his efficiency on the Singapore Sports Hub proved he had no motive to doubt himself.
Jaouadi reached the wall in seven minutes, 36.88 seconds, a time that sits behind solely China’s Zhang Lin (7:32.12) and fellow Tunisian Ous Mellouli (7:35.27) within the all-time checklist.
Both Zhang and Mellouli achieved their marks in 2009 carrying high-tech “supersuits,” which are actually banned.
“Actually it means a lot. It’s the third-best time ever,” stated Jaouadi.
“It feels great. Especially this season. I didn’t go back to training until March. I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare for this. After Budapest, I got into some kind of depression and I wasn’t ready to go back to training at some point.
“It makes me actually glad. During the final days of coaching, I used to be anticipating this, and I knew that I’ll go quick. But sooner or later, I did not have a number of confidence going by way of.
“My team, my staff, the people around me knew how to control things and helped me through this.”
Jaouadi made his transfer after the midway mark to beat the German pair of Sven Schwarz and Lukas Martens within the closing and win his first main title.
“I just pushed my head down. I saw that as soon as I started to push down on my arms, I started to go faster than the others, I started to pull away,” he added.
Jaouadi devoted his gold medal to compatriot and Tokyo Olympics 400 freestyle champion Ahmed Hafnaoui, who was given a 21-month suspension in April by the Aquatic Sports Integrity Unit for 3 whereabouts failures.
“This one was for Hafnaoui,” Jaouadi added.
“He’s having some hard times now and I’d like to offer it for him.”
Reporter Devin Heroux shall be on website in Singapore talking to Canadians following their races, and can be a part of The Ready Room show live on YouTube each day after finals, with Brittany MacLean Campbell internet hosting from Toronto. The present will embrace Canadian highlights, athlete interviews and evaluation.
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