Marchand, Casas, Kós end 1-2-3 in 200m IM at swimming worlds

SINGAPORE — Léon Marchand of France received gold within the 200-meter particular person medley on the swimming world championships on Thursday — and it had a Texas taste to it.

American swimmer Shaine Casas claimed the silver and Hubert Kós of Hungary took the bronze. The high trio all practice with American Bob Bowman on the University of Texas in Austin.

Bowman is legendary for coaching legendary American swimmer Michael Phelps.

Marchand, who shattered the 200 IM world report simply 24 hours earlier within the semifinal, virtually did it once more as he completed in 1 minute, 53.68 seconds. That was simply off his Wednesday mark of 1:52.69.

Both occasions blew away the previous mark of 1:54.00 set 14 years in the past by American Ryan Lochte.

“It was a bit tough today, but it was great,” Marchand mentioned. ‘I do know Shaine all the time goes out tremendous quick so I knew I could not be far off him. It was a battle all the way in which to the tip, in order that was cool for me.”

Marchand won four individual titles a year ago in the Paris Olympics, but is only swimming for two individual golds in Singapore.

He already holds the 400 IM record of 4:02.50, from the 2023 worlds. That one may go on Sunday on the eighth and closing day.

“That’s nonetheless an entire new problem,” Marchand added of the 400. “I do know I’ve gained quite a lot of energy, however I’m unsure but it makes an enormous distinction over the 400. We’ll see.”

He also praised Bowman and said it was difficult to come back after his draining record swim.

“I used to be going for the title and I used to be racing my teammates,” Marchand said. “We’re sharing the rostrum collectively. That simply reveals how good a coach Bowman is at swimming.”

Summer McIntosh of Canada won the 200-meter butterfly for her third gold of the championships. She was on pace to break the world record after 150 meters but couldn’t hold on, finishing in 2:01.99. The record is 2:01.81 set in 2009 in the super-suit era by Liu Zige of China.

McIntosh will also start training this fall under Bowman at Texas.

American Regan Smith took silver (2:04.99), with bronze for Elizabeth Dekkers of Australia (2:06.12). Yu Zidi, the 12-year-old Chinese prodigy, was fourth in 2:06.43. It was her second fourth-place finish at the worlds.

“My coach and I, our objective was to interrupt the world report,” McIntosh said, openly disappointed she just missed it. “That’s what I’ve been coaching for — I missed it by that little, and I do know that I tousled the final 15 meters of my race. I did not attain my objective in the present day.”

It was, however, the second fastest time in history.

David Popovici of Romania took the 100 freestyle in 46.51, the second fastest time in history behind the 46.40 set last year by Pan Zhanle of China. Pan failed to reach the final. American Jack Alexy was the silver medalist (46.92) and Kyle Chalmers of Australia claimed the bronze (47.17).

Popovici was the bronze medalist a year ago in Paris in the 100 and he won the 200.

“Usually the one who wins is the one who can isolate themselves from others.” Popovici said of his race tactics. He also talked about constructing imaginary walls between his lane and the others.

“I think about I’m alone and do what I skilled for,” he mentioned.

American Katharine Berkoff of the United States took the 50 backstroke (27.08), simply edging teammate Regan Smith (27.25) with bronze going to Wan Letian of China (27.30). It was Smith’s second silver of the evening and the Americans’ fourth gold.

The Americans have now received 4 golds over 5 days. The crew appears to nonetheless be battling a abdomen bug picked up at its coaching camp in Thailand, however head coach Greg Meehan has instructed crew well being is bettering.

Gretchen Walsh of the U.S. pulled out of the ladies’s 100 freestyle.

The girls’s 4×200 freestyle relay went to Australia (7:39.35), with silver for the United States (7:40.01) and bronze for China (7:42.99). It was Australia’s fifth gold and it tops the medal desk.

Yu will get a bronze, having swum within the preliminaries.