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Forbes
7 hours ago
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- Forbes
Katie Ledecky Wins Sixth 1500-Meter Freestyle World Title
Singapore, Singapore - July 29: World Champion Katie Ledecky of USA competing in the Women 1500m ... More Freestyle Final Swimming event on day 19 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at WCH Arena on July 29, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Albert ten Hove/Marcel ter Bals/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images) In the last five years, swimmers have begun to catch, or even surpass, Katie Ledecky in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle. But at the 2025 World Aquatic Championships, Ledecky proved once again that there is no one better in the 1500-meter freestyle. She won her sixth world title in the event on Tuesday at the championships in Singapore, finishing in 15:26.44. Ledecky attacked the race, opening well under her world record pace. She flipped at the 800-meter mark in 8:09.85, which would be the 13th fastest swim in that distance. Except Ledecky kept swimming, another 700 meters left in her race. Ledecky fell off her world record pace during the final third of the race. Still, she finished over five seconds ahead of her competition, swimming the fifth fastest time of her career. 'I love this race,' Ledecky told World Aquatics after securing the gold medal. 'This is the race where I broke my first world record in 2013. Lots of great races and memories over the years, happy to do it [again] The win continued Ledecky's 15-year-undefeated streak in the 1500-meter freestyle. She has not lost this race since she was 13 years old. In that time, she has won the event's world title six times, only missing the 2019 edition due to illness and the 2024 World Championships to prepare for the Olympic Games. The event was introduced to the women's Olympic schedule for the Tokyo Games and Ledecky won the race there and then again last summer in Paris. But like her other races, swimmers are starting to catch up. Despite winning by over five seconds, this was Ledecky's closest 1500-meter freestyle victory at the Olympic or World Championship level since 2013. Italy's Simona Quadarella, who won this race at the 2024 World Championships in Ledecky's absence, unleashed a lifetime best by nearly ten seconds. She swam 15:31.79, becoming the second-fastest performer in history by surpassing the European record Dane Lotte Friis swam in 2013. Her swim slots in as the 12th fastest performance in the women's 1500-meter freestyle, breaking Ledecky's hold on the top 25 times in event history. Quadarella used a strong back half to earn her silver medal. But Ledecky had company over the opening third of the race as well. Bronze medalist Lani Pallister went out under world record pace with Ledecky. The Australian said after the race 'I was just trying to stick with her for as long as I [could] and see how long I could hold on for.' Over a decade into her career, Ledecky is still setting the pace in women's distance freestyle. Ledecky seems to welcome the challenge from her competitors. 'It's great to push the sport forward all together,' she said. 'Simona had the second-fastest performer swim of all time tonight. Lani had a great time tonight and earlier this year. All the events in the distance freestyles are moving forward, both on the women's and men's side…it's fun to be a part of.' Singapore, Singapore - July 29: Gold for Katie Ledecky of USA, Silver for Simona Quadarella of ... More Italy, Bronze for Lani Pallister of Australia during the medal ceremony after competing in the Women 1500m Freestyle Swimming event on day 19 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at WCH Arena on July 29, 2025 in Singapore. (Photo by Albert ten Hove/Marcel ter Bals/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images) As her competitors inch closer to her on the scoreboard, Ledecky's gold medal tonight pushed her into more historic territory in the medal table. This was Ledecky's 22nd World Championship gold medal. It is her 28th medal of any color, moving her out of a tie with Ryan Lochte for the second most World Championship medals. Only Michael Phelps has more, having won 33 World Championship medals during his career. Ledecky is also nearing Phelps in gold medals, now just four behind his 26 career world titles. She will not be able to catch him in either gold or total medals at these World Championships. Ledecky has just two events remaining on her schedule. First, she will compete in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay for the U.S., before facing Summer McIntosh in the 800-meter freestyle for their second individual showdown of the week. The 800-meter freestyle race between them is one of the most hotly anticipated events of the competition. Ledecky broke her 800-meter freestyle world record in May with an 8:04.12; McIntosh rattled that mark a month later at Canadian Trials, swimming 8:05.07. That event final will take place Saturday, August 2.
NBC Sports
2 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
McIntosh pulls away for 200m IM gold at worlds
Summer McIntosh secured her second gold at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, speeding past the competition to win the women's 200m IM ahead of Alex Walsh of the U.S. and Canada's Mary-Sophie Harvey.
The Province
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Province
Summer McIntosh wins first gold medal at worlds in her quest for five
Published Jul 27, 2025 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 4 minute read From left to right: Silver medallist China's swimmer Li Bingjie, gold medallist Canada's swimmer Summer Mcintosh, and bronze medallist U.S.' swimmer Katie Ledecky celebrate on the podium of the women's 400m freestyle swimming event during the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 27, 2025. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP via Getty Images SINGAPORE — For Summer McIntosh of Canada, it's one gold medal won at the swimming world championships with four to go. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors McIntosh is aiming to win five gold medals in individual events at the worlds in Singapore, and the first one came Sunday in the 400-metre freestyle on the first of eight days in the pool. Only legendary American Michael Phelps has ever won five individual medals in the worlds. He also did it at the Olympics. McIntosh won but did not break her own world record, winning in 3 minutes, 56.26 seconds. Li Bingjie of China took silver (3:58.21) with a late charge to leave American Katie Ledecky (3:58.49) with bronze. A year ago in the Olympics, Ledecky also took bronze in the 400. McIntosh was the silver medalist with gold for Australian Ariarne Titmus of Australia. Titmus is taking a year off and did not swim and has since lost her world record in the event to McIntosh. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. For Ledecky, a nine-time Olympic gold medalist, it was her 27th medal in the world championships in an astonishing career. She won her first Olympic gold in 2012 in London, and then started adding world championship medals beginning in Barcelona in 2013. About 25 minutes after winning the 400, McIntosh came back and qualified first in the 200 individual medley, clocking 2:07.39. American Alex Walsh was second in 2:08.49. That final is Monday. 'I've never done a double like that,' McIntosh said. 'I think the 400 free, at past world championships and Olympics, I haven't been at my best. And I haven't been where I wanted to be. So, to finally stand in the centre of the podium is promising for the rest of the meet.' The Canadian added: I think I'm at my best. I'm in the best shape of my life. So now I just have to act on that and put it into all my races.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The shock of the first day might have been Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi, who was the seventh fastest in qualifying and will swim in the final. Asked her reaction, she replied: 'Oh, I'm in,' unaware she had advanced. 'I will continue to work harder,' she added. 'I hope to find a breakthrough at these world championships and show my potential.' Asked for her reaction to the competition, she added. 'You can feel it's quite intense. I try not to think so much and just give it my all.' The 200 IM might not even be her best event with the Chinese likely quicker in the 400 IM and the 200 butterfly. Meanwhile, the United States is swimming with what appears to be a weakened team after officials acknowledged Sunday that some members of the team had come down with 'acute gastroenteritis' at a training camp in Thailand prior to arriving in Singapore. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Nikki Warner, a spokeswoman for USA Swimming, would not say how many fell ill in Thailand. She cited health confidentiality rules. She said all American swimmers had traveled to Singapore. In the other early individual final Sunday, Lukas Martens of Germany won the men's 400 free in 3:42.35, edging Sam Short of Australia who was .02 behind. Bronze went to Kim Woomin of South Korea in 3:42.60. Martens is the defending Olympic champion and also holds the world record of 3:39.96. McIntosh, who won three gold medals a year ago at the Paris Olympics, holds the world record in the 400 free — 3:54.18. She will face off again with Ledecky in the 800 free later in the meet, probably the most anticipated race in Singapore. Though she holds the 400 free world record, McIntosh had failed to win gold in the event in the Olympics or previous world championships. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. McIntosh will also be after gold in the 200- and 400-individual medleys, and the 200 butterfly. Famed Olympian Michael Phelps is the only swimmer to have won five individual gold medals at a world championships. The other two gold medals Sunday were in the relays. The United States was the favourite in both and failed to win either. The Australian women took gold just ahead of the United States in the 4×100 freestyle relay. The Aussies clocked 3:30.60 with 3:31.04 for the US. The Netherlands took bronze in 3:33.89. On the men's side in the 4×100, Australia also took gold in 3:08.97. Italy took silver in 3:09.58 with bronze for the United States in 3:09.64. There were three other semifinal results on Sunday. Qin Haiyang of China took the 200 breaststroke in 58.24 with Paris Olympic champion Nicolo Martinenghi second in 58.62. The Italian was initially disqualified for moving on the blocks, but was later reinstated on appeal. Gretchen Walsh of the United States and Roos Vanotterdijk of Belgium tied in the 100 butterfly in 56.07, and Maxime Grousset of France took the men's 50 fly in 22.61. Check out our sports section for the latest news and analysis. Vancouver Canucks Sports Vancouver Whitecaps News BC Lions
NBC Sports
3 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Walsh wins women's 200m IM semifinal
Alex Walsh won her semifinal in the women's 200m IM at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore to qualify for the final and set up a showdown with Canada's Summer McIntosh.
Barnama
3 days ago
- Sport
- Barnama
Malaysian Divers Fall Short In Synchro Final At Worlds
By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz SINGAPORE, July 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's national divers Elvis Priestly Clement and Lee Yiat Qing had to settle for 11th place in the mixed 10-metre (m) synchronised event final at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships at the OCBC Aquatic Centre here today. The pair, who made their world championships debut in the mixed 3m and 10m team event yesterday, delivered a commendable effort across five dives but managed to finish ahead of only one team in a competitive 12-team field, scoring a total of 247.86 points. bootstrap slideshow The gold medal went to China's Zhu Yongxin and Xie Peiling with 323.04 points, while silver was claimed by North Korea's Choe Wi Hyon and Jo Jin Mi (322.98 points). Aleksandr Bondar and Anna Konanykhina of Russia, who are competing as Neutral Athletes B (NAB), finished third with 311.88 points. Meanwhile, another two Malaysian world championships debutants Nurqayyum Nazmi Mohamad Nazim and Yong Rui Jie failed to advance to the men's 1m springboard final, after finishing outside the top 12 in the preliminaries. Rui Jie finished 41st, while Nazmi -- who won bronze at the 2024 World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships -- placed 44th out of 59 divers. Earlier, national swimmer Khiew Hoe Yean failed to advance to the final of the men's 400m freestyle event after finishing 28th overall in the heats at the World Aquatics Championships Arena. The two-time SEA Games gold medallist clocked 3 minutes 51.11s to finish ninth in Heat Three. He will next compete in the men's 100m, 200m, and 800m freestyle events in the coming days.
