United States girls finish with 4x100m medley world file to shut twenty second World Aquatics Championships

Men’s 50m backstroke – Kliment Kolesnikov blasts championship file

Few persons are higher at crossing one size of the pool backwards than Kliment Kolesnikov. The world file holder tied the second quickest efficiency in historical past on the ultimate night time of the twenty second World Aquatics Championships, swimming 23.68.

Holding eight of the ten quickest swims in historical past, Kolesnikov broke the championship file set all the way in which again in Rome 2009 by Liam Tancock.

“I tried not to look at the results board, because I was a bit scared of looking,” Kolesnikov mentioned. “It’s the final day, everyone seems to be nervous, everybody desires to win. For me, particularly because the world file holder. I attempted to go as quick as I can, however on the identical time I didn’t see anybody on the edges, as a result of it’s the backstroke.

“I just touched the board as fast as I can… I didn’t want to watch. I just tried to figure out by the sound what’s happening around. Three seconds after, I checked the board and I got an unexpected result. I was expecting my timing 23.9, or 23.8, and then you realise that you did 23.68 or something? I was like come on, 12 thousandths of a second to my personal best, and it was like why couldn’t I go faster?”

Pavel Samusenko joined Kolesnikov on the rostrum with joint silver with South Africa’s Pieter Coetze (24.17), who broke his third African file of the week. Coetze gained medals in all three backstroke races this week, following up gold within the 100m and silver within the 200m.

“It’s not my PB,” Samusenko mentioned. “I’ve got better results, but on these competitions at this level, it’s my best. I’m glad to be second, not fourth like I was at previous championships. I’m very happy. Confidence, for sure. I know myself that I can, and now I’m going to be better and better. The Olympics are another competition, but now with more confidence and emotions.”

“I’m very proud, I’ve always been pretty even across all distances even though I mainly train for the 200, so getting a medal across all three distances is amazing and if you told me this a week or two ago I’d say I would be super happy with that too,” Coetze mentioned.

The three medalists had been all a stroke in entrance of the remainder of the finalists, leaving Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk (24.51) manner again in fourth because the World Junior champ from 2022 was a tenth off his nationwide file.

Quintin McCarty (24.58) completed fifth for the United States in his World Championships debut at age 22, as he completed forward of Greece’s Apostolos Christou (24.59), Australia’s Isaac Cooper (24.61), and 200m champ Hubert Kos (24.62) of Hungary.

Women’s 50m breaststroke – Ruta Meilutyte wins her fourth straight

Like the aforementioned Kolesnikov, we haven’t seen anybody higher at crossing one size of the pool breaststroke than Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte (29.55), who gained her fourth World title within the 50m breaststroke at age 28.

“I got emotional singing the national anthem, it means a lot to me, as well as for my country, and I love my country, and I’m just really grateful to be able to do it at this level,” Meilutyte mentioned.

Meilutyte began her successful streak in Budapest 2022 and has continued it tonight. Having first gained silver in Barcelona 2013 as a 16-year-old, Meilutyte gained over the likes of China’s Tang Qianting (30.03), matching her silver from Doha 2024 on this occasion.

“Today’s exhibiting was inside expectations,” Tang mentioned. “All the mental pressure and fatigue really accumulated over the meet, I felt very tired, not as excited or well-motivated as I was earlier in the meet. But I didn’t want to leave any regrets in Singapore.”

Italy’s Benedetta Pilato (30.14) gained the bronze medal for her fifth straight medal on this occasion at Worlds, starting her streak as a 14-year-old again in Gwangju 2019. Pilato, age 20, nonetheless has but to win a World title in her profession.

“I’m very happy with my performance,” Pilato mentioned. “This year has been very difficult for me so today has been very good.”

Fellow Italian Anita Bottazzo (30.21) completed fourth forward of American Lilly King (30.25), swimming the ultimate race of her profession. King, the champion from Budapest 2017 and Gwangju 2019, made certain to attend round to embrace Meilutyte on the end as these two have shared a variety of name rooms and medal ceremonies of their careers.

“Ruta and I, we’ve been through a lot together,” King said. “We’re a part of the very exclusive club and the mutual respect we have for each other is pretty amazing, so always love watching her kick some ass and respect the hell out of her and her journey, and just excited to see her continuing to do her thing.”

King was one of many captains of the American staff that got here down with acute gastroenteritis, inflicting a number of scratches and “off” performances, however the staff nonetheless gained the medal tally regardless of the challenges.

“This week has definitely been rocky but I think we’ve all had a really good attitude towards things because there are a lot of things that are just out of your hands and the illness that has spread has kind of been one of those things this week,” King mentioned after the medley relay warmth this morning. “We just take it day by day and we definitely worked our way into the meet. I mean, last night’s session was absolutely unbelievable, so I’m really proud of this group and how they’ve handled it and are taking strides in the right direction.”

King has known as it a profession after six Olympic medals and 14 World Championships medals.

“I bring the same energy I bring to practice every day, and I come in with a good attitude, even when we’re in for a (bad) situation,” King mentioned. “I really try to come in and have a good attitude, make my day better, and really just try to elevate the competition around me.”

“I hope I leave the sport better than I found it,” King mentioned after her swim. “I used to be form of a voice for the younger women which can be perhaps slightly overconfident or cocky or mentioned the incorrect factor each every now and then or simply aren’t afraid to be themselves, in order that’s form of what I’m hoping I go away the youth of the game with. Just carry slightly dose of Lilly to the swimming world.”

Estonia’s Eneli Jefimova (30.29), the World Junior champ from 2023, completed sixth forward of Israel’s Anastasia Gorbenko (30.45) and Finland’s Veera Kivirinta (30.68).

Women’s 50m freestyle – Meg Harris finishes the Australia 50m freestyle sweep

Australia’s Meg Harris gained her first ever World title on Sunday night time within the 50m freestyle, taking down the 2 quickest swimmers on the earth within the course of. Harris flew a bit underneath the radar this week, turning within the fourth quickest time within the semis after the highest time within the heats, as she had a dominant exhibiting within the last.

Harris swam 24.02 in successful Australia’s first 50m freestyle World title since Kazan 2015 because the staff gained each the lads’s and ladies’s 50m freestyles this week, following up McEvoy’s gold from final night time. Harris, age 23, has gained 5 gold medals in relays in her profession, however gained her first particular person for Australia’s eighth gold medal of the championships.

“I’m sure I’ll process it later, but I’m so happy, like, that’s the most fun I’ve had in a race,” Harris mentioned. “For a while, I’ve been pretty nervous, especially, like, specifically training for this, but decided to try and relax and talk to the girls in marshalling. And it seemed to work. So I’m happy with that.”

China’s Wu Qingfeng (24.26) and Cheng Yujie (24.28) heard the cheers from the Chinese supporters within the crowd after they touched the wall and noticed the lights on their Omega blocks mild up.

“I didn’t think so much about medals, I just wanted to put a good race out there,” Wu mentioned. “My experience in Singapore… it’s just about taking each day as they come. I’ll take this medal and work hard on myself and improve further.”

“The time is within expectation, but my placing is probably better than what I thought,” Cheng mentioned. “I really like competing on the international stage. I feel that when I compete domestically, I tend to fear losing. It’s a boost to my confidence. It’s the first time I’ve broken through my best, and to do it at a world championships is great validation.”

Americans Gretchen Walsh (24.40) and Torri Huske (24.50), who got here into this meet ranked first and second on the earth rankings, completed fourth and sixth, respectively, as they each had the 4x100m medley relay afterward within the night time.

Milou Van Wijk (24.47), the following dash star for the Netherlands, completed fifth forward of Belgium’s Florine Gaspard (24.63).

Shockingly, Poland’s Kasia Wasick (24.74), the highest seeded swimmer from the semis and the bronze medalist from Doha 2024 and silver medalist from Budapest 2022, completed eighth.

Men’s 1500m freestyle – Ahmed Jaouadi doubles up for Tunisia’s third 1500m World title

Tunisia is as soon as once more the house of males’s distance swimming. 20-year-old Ahmed Jaouadi doubled up within the distance occasions this week in Singapore, taking out the 1500m last on the ultimate night time of competitors at 14:34.41.

There was plenty of anticipation over this race as any of the highest 5 to 6 seeds may have realistically taken the gold medal. For the primary 500 meters, hardly anyone made a transfer throughout the board. American Bobby Finke, the two-time Olympic champion and world file holder, had but to win a 1500m World title, as he set the tempo main for 650 meters.

At 700m, Germany’s Sven Schwarz, one of many breakout performers of the 12 months, took over the lead from Finke, with Jaouadi in pursuit proper subsequent to him. The 3-time champion from open water swimming two weeks in the past, Florian Wellbrock of Germany was proper there as effectively, as was Turkiye’s Kuzey Tuncelli, the world junior champ from 2023 and maybe a future star on this occasion as effectively.

Australia’s Sam Short, the silver medalist from the 400m freestyle every week in the past, wasn’t out of it both as illness pressured him out of the 800m last earlier within the week.

By 1000 meters, Wellbrock and Tuncelli couldn’t dangle on to the tempo and received dropped from the pack. Short was there, however he was dropping contact as effectively, leaving it a 3 man race as effectively.

Finke, holding regular with Schwarz and Jaouadi, seemed poised for an additional massive end as has grow to be synonymous together with his identify. But by 1400, Jaouadi discovered one other gear, splitting 54.49 on the ultimate 100 meters to win the gold medal – Tunisia’s third after Oussama Mellouli (2009) and Ahmed Hafnaoui (2023).

“It was hard for every one of us, for the three of us, me, Bobby Finke and Sven Schwarz to compete,” Jaouadi mentioned. “I think it came down to the one who wanted the gold medal more to win, and I won.”

Jaouadi moved as much as sixth all-time within the course of together with his win, as Schwarz matched his silver from the 800m, with second place right here at 14:35.69, shifting as much as ninth all-time. He got here house in 55.47.

“It’s absolutely amazing,” Schwarz mentioned. “I can’t believe I was able to do this and I’m really proud of myself to get two medals here. I need some time to process this and we’ll see what will be next.”

Finke, coming house in 55.56, gained bronze at 14:36.60, including to his silvers from Budapest 2022 and Fukuoka 2023. It is the third quickest swim of his profession.

“Sadly, I couldn’t win the gold here,” Finke mentioned. “It’s probably the pressure I’m putting on myself to keep getting back up to that point. It’s kind of unfortunate, because I’ve always been able to perform well throughout the past year… being able to get the best time in one of my best events. But I can’t always do that. I guess this year was kind of my down year. But you know, it’s just all about getting back on that podium and the end goal is securing the gold at the 2028 LA Olympics in my home country.”

Australia’s Short completed fourth at 14:43.08 forward of Wellbrock (14:44.29) and Tuncelli (14:52.44).

Hungary’s Zalan Sarkany (14:55.17) completed seventh forward of France’s Damien Joly (15:19.06).

Men’s 400m IM – Leon Marchand leaves little doubt in 400m IM outdoors smoke

France’s Leon Marchand, recent off a world file within the 200m IM earlier within the week, dominated in typical vogue within the 400m IM last, taking his third World title at 4:04.73, main from begin to end. Marchand swam from lane one after a morning swim that seemed slightly bit painful as he swam 4:13. Was it attainable he was susceptible, leaving room for somebody within the center to take benefit and pull the upset?

Of course not, why would we ever doubt Leon Marchand? In successful the ultimate by three and a half seconds over Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita (4:08.32), Marchand grew to become the second man to ever win the 400m IM World title 3 times, becoming a member of Japan’s Daiya Seto within the course of.

“Physically, it was really tough,” Marchand mentioned. “I felt heavy in the water, especially at the bottom without fins. But I kept going and gave everything I had, because I really wanted to connect with my body. Afterward, it was hard to recover in just 30 minutes. But given what was at stake, I was determined to perform well in the relay with the team. In the end, I recovered well. I came out of it okay. Actually, I even feel kind of lifted by the whole experience.”

“I’m unsure what to say in regards to the race… I felt actually good throughout warm-up, and I believed I may get near my file. Unfortunately, I’m nonetheless a bit off. It exhibits I’m missing some coaching on the 400 IM. It’s form of what I anticipated. After my 200 IM, I knew I nonetheless had plenty of energy, however perhaps not as a lot endurance as I used to.

Marchand, coached by Bob Bowman, took on an abbreviated schedule after an prolonged break from the pool, in comparison with his 4 occasion gold medal sweep at a house Olympics final 12 months, however he confirmed why he’s nonetheless the most effective swimmer on the earth with this swim.

“So now it’s time to train,” Marchand mentioned. “It was still a great race. During the breaststroke leg, I don’t know what happened — my legs just gave out all of a sudden. It was really hard, but I managed to hang on from start to finish. I didn’t look too much at the others. At the Olympics, I usually try to control what’s happening around me because I want to be Olympic champion… but this time, it felt like a different kind of race.”

Marchand was named swimmer of the meet by World Aquatics on the finish of the night time.

Matsushita, the World Junior champ from 2023 and the Olympic silver medalist, gained the race for silver in a lifetime finest, forward of Ilia Borodin (4:09.16).

Matsushita, age 20, is coached by Norimasa Hirai.

“One of my goals was to at least win a medal, so I think I achieved the minimum result,” Matsushita mentioned. “But to be honest, I’m frustrated with the silver medal. I truly believed I would break the Japanese national record (4:06.05), so I feel a bit disappointed in myself. Still, I do feel that winning a silver medal is an honorable achievement.”

Borodin, age 22, gained his first medal on the worldwide stage in lengthy course after he was the World Short Course champ in December.

“Next time, I will be better,” Borodin mentioned. “I’m not happy with my time – it’s not my best. Next time.”

The race went on with out American Carson Foster, who scratched the occasion as a consequence of an ankle harm earlier than the 200m IM. He gained silver in Budapest 2022 and Fukuoka 2023.

Japan’s Asaki Nishikawa (4:10.21) completed fourth in his World Championships debut at age 19 because the Japanese have a powerful nucleus of youngsters shifting ahead to 2026 and past.

Maxim Stupin completed fifth total at 4:12.46 forward of Hungary’s Gabor Zombori (4:12.51), Great Britain’s Max Litchfield (4:12.77) and Australia’s Brendon Smith (4:13.28).

Women’s 400m IM – Summer McIntosh wins fourth gold in dominating last particular person swim

Canada’s Summer McIntosh grew to become the primary girl since Katie Ledecky in Kazan 2015 to win 4 particular person gold medals on the identical World Championships. After a considerably shocking bronze in final night time’s thrilling 800m freestyle, McIntosh left no doubts within the pool within the 400m IM, main from begin to end to take her third World title within the occasion at 4:25.78, the third quickest of her profession as she holds the 4 quickest instances in historical past.

McIntosh was named swimmer of the meet by World Aquatics on the finish of the meet.

“I think it was very obvious that my goal was five golds,” McIntosh said. “Time just didn’t matter. I just wanted to get my hand on the wall the first five times. I fell short of that, but I think it’s just going to keep me hungry and push, and keep moving forward. Even if I were to get five golds, I would still want more. That’s just my mentality.”

McIntosh, coached by Fred Vergnoux, gained the ultimate by seven seconds, with Australia’s Jenna Forrester (4:33.26) and Japan’s Mio Narita (4:33.26) dead-heating for the silver medal.

“This year has been a bit interrupted for me,” Forrester mentioned. “I had a back injury, a shoulder injury that took me out for a while. So this prep was very, very short. It really has come down to my mindset. I’m having a lot of fun with training. And I feel like I really had the pressure off tonight. And I just wanted to perform for myself and my loved ones.”

Forrester upgrades her bronze from Fukuoka 2023, whereas Narita, the World Junior champ from 2022, wins her first senior medal on the world stage. Narita, age 19, dropped two seconds on her lifetime finest. Narita is coached by Yusuke Ebisawa.

“I’m just filled with happiness,” Narita mentioned. “Looking on the splits, my first half was within the 2:14 vary, which could have been a bit nerve-wracking if I had been watching from the surface. But being in an outdoor lane, I couldn’t actually see the opposite swimmers, which allowed me to focus alone race plan. I’m glad I used to be in a position to decide up the tempo proper on the finish.

“To be honest, in today’s prelims, the earlier heats were fast, and I was nervous, so my mindset wasn’t settled, which led to a 2:15 first half split. But in the final, I think I stayed calm and focused on my own race without being distracted by others.”

China’s Yu Zidi swam to her third fourth place end this week in Singapore, matching her efforts from the 200m IM and 200m butterfly. Yu, age 12, swam 4:33.76 in reducing her lifetime finest by nearly two seconds.

The Americans, Emma Weyant (4:34.01) and Katie Grimes (4:36.52), couldn’t match their podium appearances from Paris as they completed fifth and sixth, respectively.

Japan’s Waka Kobori (4:38.05) completed seventh forward of Great Britain’s Freya Colbert (4:40.21).

Men’s 4x100m medley – Neutral Athletes B out-match France

The Neutral Athletes B took the final males’s race of the championships, successful the medley relay at 3:26.93 in breaking the European file. The staff of Miron Lifintsev (52.44), Kirill Prigoda (57.92), Andrei Minakov (50.17), and Egor Kornev (46.40) out-matched the French staff, who seemed poised for a gold from the surface lane.

“You know, it’s a very special moment for us,” Minakov mentioned. “We won the World (short course) championships in December with the world record. So it’s the same four guys, four of us, we set the same standard. You know we came here to win. We knew it’s going to be a great rivalry. But you know, it’s always good to come out on top.”

After successful six particular person medals this week in Singapore, France gained silver within the relay at 3:27.96 with the staff of Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (52.26), Leon Marchand (58.44), Maxime Grousset (49.27), and Yann Le Goff (47.99).

“It was really cool,” Ndoye-Brouard mentioned. “The crowd was cheering for the French people. It was a really good race and we got to stand on the podium. So I think we succeeded at it.”

Grousset, the gold medalist from the 50m and 100m butterfly, matched his quickest break up ever as solely Caeleb Dressel (49.03, 2021) has break up quicker in historical past.

The United States, behind a monstrous anchor leg from 100m silver medalist Jack Alexy (45.95), gained the bronze at 3:28.62 with the staff of Tommy Janton (53.37), Josh Matheny (59.00), Dare Rose (50.30), and Alexy. Aside from three disqualifications through the years in 2001, 2007, and 2013, the Americans have by no means missed the rostrum on this relay on the World Championships. Alexy grew to become the second in historical past to swim underneath 46 on a relay.

“It hurt a lot,” Alexy mentioned of his anchor leg efficiency. “It was my objective to go 45 and I had fairly respectable swims going 46. I knew that 45.5 was in me and I’m simply actually pleased I may end off sturdy and assist these guys (within the staff) get a podium. It’s a staff effort. The morning actually with Campbell, and Dare and Tommy and Josh with me.

“A lot of people have been doubting (our performance in) this relay specifically and I’m really proud of these guys for getting the job done and getting on the podium.”

“Watching that swim in the last 30 metres I knew he was going to pull it together and do what he needed to do and I’m very grateful to be a part of this relay and stand next to these guys as well,” Janton mentioned. “It was an honour to be up there with them and he pulled through and got a 45. Second person to ever go 45, it’s truly an accomplishment.”

The Italians completed fourth at 3:28.72 behind the staff of Thomas Ceccon (51.80), Nicolo Martinenghi (58.42), Federico Burdisso (51.17), and Carlos D’Ambrosio (47.33).

Canada (3:29.75), Great Britain (3:30.63), Korea (3:32.32), and the Netherlands (3:32.35) additionally swam within the last behind notable splits from Oliver Morgan (52.74), Caspar Corbeau (58.69), Ilya Kharun (49.83), and Josh Liendo (46.90).

Women’s 4x100m medley – United States ends meet with world file

The American girls completed the World Championships with an exclamation level behind a world file within the 4x100m medley relay, taking the mark to three:49.34 with the staff of Regan Smith (57.57), Kate Douglass (1:04.27), Gretchen Walsh (54.98), and Torri Huske (52.52).

“I think we’re really happy with that swim,” Douglass mentioned. “I think we all knew that if we all swam a really good race, we had the possibility of breaking that record. And I think we just wanted to go out on a high note, considering all the challenges. And I definitely think just with the momentum we kind of gained through the second half of the meet, this was possible. I know Torri was thinking about it, and when she heard Kate’s split, knew that that was definitely on the table for us. And I think we were just gonna put everything we could out there in the pool just so that we could end on such a great note and with another back-to-back world record from last year to this year. I think it’s a really cool thing to see our progression just as a team in this event.”

Walsh grew to become the primary girl to separate quicker than 55 seconds on a relay because the Americans gained this relay for the fifth time within the final six World Championships.

Most, if not all, conversations across the American staff this week centered across the staff’s battle with acute gastroenteritis from coaching camp, forcing the staff to scratch some occasions and never carry out at their finest. But the staff rebounded to shut the meet within the quickest medley relay of all-time, in addition to successful its ninth gold of the championships, probably the most of any nation this week.

“​​It’s not over till it’s over,” Smith mentioned of dealing with the meet in the course of the sickness. “I’d say Team USA always knows how to finish with a bang. And I think it just sends a really positive message out to the viewers at home who didn’t really believe in us. This is the beginning of a very long quad, and it’s going to be a very successful quad, and we prove that we had a higher gold medal tally than we had in Fukuoka under insanely terrible circumstances, to put it bluntly. So I’m so excited for our future.”

“There was a recurring message that the team morale was really high, and I agree wholeheartedly in that, I’ve never felt so closely bonded to a team before in my international senior-level meet career,” Walsh mentioned. “So even though there were highs and lows, I feel like it brought us really close together. And that’s something, a camaraderie that maybe the USA hasn’t seen in a couple of years. And I think that that, more than anything, is going to set us up really, really well for this quad, for an Olympics in our home country, just to have that kind of team atmosphere, team spirit, and just love for one another is going to be huge, and a big part of why I think we are going to be so successful.”

Australia gained the silver at 3:52.67 with the staff of Kaylee McKeown (57.69), Ella Ramsay (1:06.49), Alexandria Perkins (56.26), and Mollie O’Callaghan (52.23) because the staff gained a medal in each girls’s relay this week.

China gained an exciting race for bronze at 3:54.77 with the staff of Peng Xuwei (59.94), Tang Qianting (1:05.48), Zhang Yufei (56.32), and Cheng Yujie (53.03) over the likes of Neutral Athletes B (3:55.17) and Canada (3:55.63).

Germany (3:56.02), Japan (3:57.63), and Great Britain (3:57.95) additionally swam within the championship last. The quickest splits outdoors the medalists got here from Kylie Masse (58.77), Anna Elendt (1:04.90), Mizuki Hirai (56.46), and Taylor Ruck (52.99).