By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
2025 World Championships
July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming)
Singapore, Singapore
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Day 3 Prelims Warmth Sheet
There was an excessive amount of anticipation for this meet, and it has definitely delivered, particularly over the primary two days. With simply 4 occasions on faucet this session, day 3 might look like it may’t dwell as much as the last few days, however the warmth sheet definitely seems to say in any other case, as we see the primary particular person appearances of some of the celebs from Paris, whereas others make their return for an additional shot on the medals.
After claiming the double distance crown on the 2024 Doha Worlds, Eire’s Daniel Wiffen additional made 2024 a golden 12 months as he claimed the title on the Paris Olympics. Wiffen has already gotten the cobwebs out within the 400 free, and whereas he will probably be desperate to defend his titles, he will definitely have a goal on his again. The final occasion of the morning, the boys’s 800 free, is prone to be one of many hardest occasions to qualify for the ultimate. Six of the eight finalists from Paris return to the sector, led by the USA’s Bobby Finke, who gained the occasion on the Tokyo Video games however was relegated to silver in Paris. Neither of the 2 is the highest seed, nevertheless, because the German distance group is seeking to reassert itself. Lukas Martens gained the 400 free on evening 1, however it’s his teammate Sven Schwarz who leads the way in which as the highest seed.
Martens gained’t be the one swimmer seeking to put themselves in an excellent place to make a run at one other gold medal. After an exciting remaining final evening within the males’s 100 breaststroke, Qin Haiyang makes his return to the pool within the males’s 50 breaststroke. The 2023 champion on this occasion, regardless of successful the 100, has his work lower out for him as he’s seeded simply seventh with Ilya Shymanovich, Ivan Kozhakin, and Simone Cerasuolo seeded forward of him, in addition to final evening’s runner-up and the World Junior file holder Nicolo Martinenghi.
From the 9 heats of fifty breaststroke, we pace alongside into the Ladies’s 200 freestyle, an occasion the place the reigning Olympic Champion, Mollie O’Callaghan, is the highest seed. With a number of absences, notably the opposite medalists from Paris, compatriot Ariarne Titmus and Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey, O’Callaghan would possibly set her sights on making one other run at WR, as she is seeded simply .25 off the mark, however don’t rely out her competitors as the sector is ripe with athletes seeking to make some giant time drops. Canada’s Mary-Sophie Harvey earned her first particular person medal final evening within the 200 IM, and like MOC, she swims a really again half heavy race, so she will by no means be counted out, nor can the #3 seed Barbora Seemanova, who as robust 100 free swimmer, might bounce out in entrance and look to cruise into the semis tonights. Whereas all these swimmers draw consideration, most eyes will possible be centered on the penultimate warmth the place the USA’s Claire Weinstein is scheduled to swim. The American teenager entered the 400 free on day 1, however withdrew from the race mere minutes earlier than it was scheduled to start out.
With each the Olympic gold and silver medalists absent, the boys’s 200 fly seems to be vast open. Luca Urlando is the highest seed, however will probably be seeking to keep away from a repeat of his Olympic efficiency, the place he did not advance out of the prelims. His American compatriot, Carson Foster, is the #3 seed and the pair sandwich the Olympic bronze medalist Ilya Kharun, who was simply .01 away from a possible spot within the 50 fly remaining.
High Seeds
Males’s 50 Breast – Ilya Shymanovich (NAA)
Ladies’s 200 Free – Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS)
Males’s 200 Fly – Luca Urlando (USA)
Males’s 800 Free – Sven Schwarz (GER)
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