By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
2025 World Championships
July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming)
Singapore, Singapore
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Ethan Ekk hacked three seconds off within the 400 free to complete ninth, simply 0.13 seconds off a spot within the ultimate. He set his earlier finest of three:49.57 at Canadian Trials in June, and appears to have timed his taper completely as he turned Canada’s #2 swimmer all-time within the occasion. He set the Canadian Report within the 200 again in 1:56.54 final month, and may very well be an under-the-radar contender to make the ultimate there.
Jack McMillan dropped 1.6 seconds within the 400 free to go 3:47.28 to position 14th. He turns into Nice Britain’s Eleventh-fastest swimmer within the occasion, and stands him in good stead for the 4×200 free relay later within the week. With Tom Dean not trying in high kind on the 4×100 free relay, he could also be required for the finals squad there.
NAB’s Daria Klepikova hacked a second off her finest within the 100 fly over the course of the day, inserting 4th within the semi-finals in a brand new Russian Report of 56.42. She had a few large swims on the 4×100 free relay as effectively right this moment, anchoring the finals staff in 52.68 as they completed sixth.
Nice Britain’s Greg Butler hacked four-tenths of a second off his finest within the 100 breast right this moment, going 59.87 within the heats earlier than dropping right down to 59.53 within the semi-finals to position thirteenth. That’s large information for his or her medley relay, which was trying somewhat gentle on breaststroke with no Adam Peaty or James Wilby this yr.
Ching Hwee Gan set a Nationwide Report for Singapore within the ladies’s 400 free, hacking 2.5 seconds off her earlier finest to go 4:09.81 and break 4:10 for the primary time. The previous Indiana Hoosier positioned third within the 1650 at this yr’s NCAA championship, and had an enormous lengthy course swim this morning.
Mio Narita is the third seed into the ladies’s 200 IM ultimate tomorrow, and hacked half a second off her earlier finest to go 2:09.16. She has seemed stronger within the 400 beforehand, however is a medal contender right here after closing quickest of anybody within the semi-finals in 30.42. She has moved up one spot to #4 on the all-time Japanese rankings.
Simon Bucher took his Austrian Report within the 50 fly down beneath 23 seconds within the males’s semi-finals tonight, however simply missed out on a spot within the ultimate in tenth place. He was 22.95, which is an efficient signal forward of the 100 fly later within the week the place he will probably be aiming to dip beneath 51 seconds for the primary time from his 51.18 PB
China could also be an out of doors contender for the rostrum within the males’s 4×200 free, however an enormous a part of any medal try might effectively be teen Zhang Zhanshuo. He set a brand new finest in each heats and finals of the 400 free right this moment, ending fifth in 3:44.82, and if he continues in that form of kind may very well be the second star they’ve been on the lookout for alongside Pan Zhanle.
Lithuania had a few large swims within the males’s 4×100 free relay, reaching their first ever world ultimate because of an enormous nationwide report, and it was a pair of NCAA swimmers driving them. Ohio State’s Tomas Navikonis (47.47) and Arizona’s Tomas Lukminas (47.83) have been sub-48 this morning, earlier than Navikonis switched to the leadoff leg the place he set a brand new flat-start better of 48.37.
We noticed another large splits from groups that didn’t wind up within the high eight. Spain’s Luka Hoek le Guenedal (47.68), Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk (47.48), France’s Yann le Goff (47.55) and Germany’s Kaii Winkler (47.52) have been all sub-48 this morning, whereas Sergio de Celis Montalban (Spain), Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri (Luxembourg) and Sander Sorensen (Norway) all broke their nationwide information on leadoffs.
Croatia’s Jere Hribar was one other swimmer who broke the nationwide report main off the prelims relay, as he broke 48 seconds for the primary time in 47.93. That makes him a contender for the semi-finals at the least individually, and continues his good kind this summer season after taking silver on the European U23 Championships final month.
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