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France 24
6 hours ago
- France 24
McIntosh wins fourth Singapore gold with 400m medley title
The 18-year-old Canadian phenomenon romped to victory in a championships-record 4min 25.78sec, with Australia's Jenna Forrester and Japan's Mio Narita sharing silver (4:33.26). China's 12-year-old Yu Zidi was narrowly out of the medals in fourth in 4:33.76. World record-holder McIntosh was red-hot favourite beforehand and she was never in trouble as she added to her Singapore triumphs in the 200m medley, 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle. McIntosh's only defeat of the championships came on Saturday when she finished third in the 800m freestyle, with Katie Ledecky dominating that event once more. McIntosh won three golds, including in both individual medley events, at the Paris Olympics a year ago. She came to Singapore in superb form, having broken three world records in a matter of days in the Canadian trials, including in the 400 medley (4:23.65). Along with McIntosh, Yu has been one of the names of the competition. Huge cheers went up for her from the large number of Chinese fans as she entered the arena for the final on Sunday, the last day of competition. Yu this week became the youngest swimmer in history to win a world championships medal with bronze in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay. She came fourth in all three of her individual races. But not everyone thinks Yu should be competing in Singapore. Some in the sport have raised questions about the mental and physical impacts of high-level training and competing at an age when she is still developing as a person. Under current World Aquatics rules, the minimum age is 14 but younger swimmers can compete at the championships if -- like Yu -- they are fast enough.
LeMonde
11 hours ago
- LeMonde
'Struggling' Léon Marchand targets second gold at swimming worlds
Leon Marchand admitted he was "struggling" on the final day of the world championships on Sunday, August 3, after qualifying for the 400m individual medley final with an uncharacteristically sluggish swim. The French superstar broke the world record and won gold in the 200m individual medley earlier this week in Singapore, but he was seventh fastest in the 400m medley heats with a time of 4min 13.19sec. Marchand, who broke Michael Phelps's 400m individual medley world record at the world championships in Japan two years ago, said his performance "worries" him ahead of Sunday night's final. "I would have preferred to set the best time this morning and it didn't go as planned, I was struggling a bit," said the 23-year-old. "Strange, because I slept well, I felt fine this morning, but that's swimming – sometimes you dive in and you don't feel good." Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita set the fastest time in 4:10.39, almost three seconds quicker than Marchand. Marchand is swimming a lighter program than usual in Singapore, competing only in the individual medley and relay events. His heat on Sunday morning was only his fifth swim of the championships. "It worries me, but I have a lane tonight so in the end it's OK," said the Frenchman. Summer McIntosh was fastest in the women's 400m individual medley heats, the morning after her epic battle with American great Katie Ledecky in the 800m freestyle final. McIntosh saw her bid to join Phelps as the only swimmers to win five individual golds at a single world championships end after finishing third behind Ledecky and Australia's Lani Pallister. McIntosh said she "got all of my thoughts and emotions out last night," before coming through the 400m individual medley heats in 4:35.56. "I'm really just focusing on the 400m and putting a good time down and touching the wall first," said the 18-year-old Canadian, who has already won three golds in Singapore. "There's more reflection that I can do from what happened last night in the 800, but I think that's reflection that will be happening at the start of next season." Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi also qualified for the final in a third-fastest time of 4:36.49, less than a second behind McIntosh. Yu won her heat and will be appearing in her third individual final in Singapore. She finished fourth in both the 200m individual medley and 200m butterfly and picked up a bronze medal as a member of China's 4x200m women's freestyle relay team. Yu became the youngest swimmer in history to win a world championships medal.
LeMonde
a day ago
- LeMonde
French swimmer Maxime Grousset clinches third world title in butterfly
Léon Marchand is not the only athlete to thrill French swimming fans. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Maxime Grousset went largely unnoticed – he did not win any individual medals. However, the World Swimming Championships in Singapore have brought him back into the spotlight as the second main figure in French swimming, nearly on par with "King Léon." Earlier in the week, "Max'" had set the French team in motion by winning the 50m butterfly, his second world title after the 100m butterfly in Fukuoka, Japan, in 2023. The third title came soon after, just five days later, as he won another 100m butterfly final, setting new French and European records (49.62 seconds) on Saturday, August 2. He finished just ahead of his friend, Switzerland's Noè Ponti (second, 49.83 seconds), and Canadian athlete Ilya Kharun (third, 50.07 seconds). Grousset, the distance's second-best performer of all time, became the first French swimmer to swim the 100m butterfly in under 50 seconds. "What did I just do? That's crazy!" he said, looking ecstatic after his race. "He set the pace for the others from the very start of the race; he had already partly won. He raced like a boss," said Denis Auguin, national technical director of the French Swimming Federation (FFN), immediately after the race.
