- Final gaya kupu-kupu putri 50 meter
- Final gaya bebas 50 meter putra
- Final gaya punggung 200 meter putri
- Semifinal gaya dada 50 meter putri
- Final gaya kupu-kupu 100 meter putra
- Semifinal gaya bebas 50 meter putri
- Semifinal gaya punggung 50 meter putra
- Final gaya bebas 800 meter putri
- Final estafet gaya bebas campuran 4×100
Sesi dimulai dengan final gaya kupu-kupu 50 meter putri, di mana Gretchen Walsh telah memposisikan dirinya untuk meraih gelar juara dunia individu keduanya di kejuaraan ini. Kita juga akan melihat Walsh di semifinal gaya bebas 50 meter putri malam ini, tetapi gaya kupu-kupunya terlihat jauh lebih kuat daripada gaya bebasnya dan ia menjadi favorit di nomor 50 meter, meskipun Roos Vanotterdijk berada di posisi kedua dan bisa saja memberikan kejutan besar setelah penampilan fantastisnya di kejuaraan ini.
Sprint berlanjut dengan final gaya bebas 50 meter putra. Juara Olimpiade Cameron McEvoy berada di lintasan empat setelah berenang dengan catatan waktu 21,30 di semifinal. Peraih medali perak gaya bebas 100 meter Jack Alexy berada tepat di belakangnya dengan catatan waktu 21,32. Mereka adalah dua unggulan teratas, tetapi peraih medali perak Paris, Ben Proud, berada di lintasan tujuh dan di lintasan pertama, Santo Condorelli, telah membuktikan dirinya sebagai wildcard.
Gaya punggung 200 meter putri akan menjadi pertarungan lain antara Kaylee McKeown dan Regan Smith . Mereka akan berada di sisi kolam yang berlawanan, masing-masing di jalur enam dan dua. Di tengah kolam, unggulan teratas Peng Xuwei dan unggulan ketiga Claire Curzan berharap dapat mengalahkan kedua favorit tersebut.
Bahasa Indonesia: Setelah jeda singkat dengan final stroke 200, kembali ke babak medali untuk sprint dengan final gaya kupu-kupu 100 putra. Butuh waktu berenang di bawah 50,90 untuk mendapatkan tempat di delapan besar, menyiapkan final yang mendebarkan. Pemegang rekor dunia jarak pendek Noe Ponti memimpin dan berusaha untuk mendapatkan emas Kejuaraan Dunia jarak jauh pertamanya di acara yang ia selesaikan di urutan ke-4 musim panas lalu di Olimpiade. Josh Liendo dan Ilya Kharun , peraih medali perak dan perunggu Paris, berada di lapangan bersebelahan di jalur lima dan enam. Di sisi lain Ponti, adalah juara dunia 2023 Maxime Grousset dan pemegang rekor Italia Thomas Ceccon . Matt Temple, Andrei Minakov, dan Simon Bucher melengkapi final.
Final gaya bebas 800 meter putri yang berlangsung tepat setelah gaya kupu-kupu 100 meter putra sudah sepantasnya menjadi perlombaan yang paling dinantikan pada sesi tersebut, tetapi final gaya kupu-kupu 100 meter putra juga seharusnya menjadi perlombaan yang sangat menarik–di mana kemenangan dapat diraih dari mana saja.
Acara terakhir sesi ini adalah final estafet gaya bebas campuran 4×100 meter. AS tidak main-main di babak penyisihan, menurunkan Simone Manuel dan Kate Douglass . Mereka jelas difavoritkan, terutama karena pemegang rekor dunia Australia gagal lolos ke final.
BUTTERFLY WANITA 50 – Final
- Rekor Dunia: 24,43 — Sarah Sjostrom, Swedia (2014)
- Rekor Dunia Junior: 25,46 — Rikako Ikee , Jepang (2017)
- Rekor Kejuaraan: 24,60 — Sarah Sjostrom, Swedia (2017)
- Juara Dunia 2023: Sarah Sjostrom, Swedia — 24,77
Terakhir:
- Gretchen Walsh (Amerika Serikat) — 24,83
- Alexandria Perkins (Australia) — 25,31
- Roos Vanotterdijk (Belgia) — 25.43
- Angelina Kohler (Jerman) — 25,50
- Arina Surkova (NAB) — 25,59
- Lily Price (Australia) — 25,61
- Silvia Di Pietro (Italia) — 25.64
- Erin Gallagher (Afrika Selatan) — 25,66
Gretchen Walsh , favorit berat di lomba ini, menunjukkan kemampuannya di final gaya kupu-kupu putri 50 meter. Ia kembali mencatatkan waktu di bawah 25 detik, mencatatkan waktu 24,83 detik untuk memastikan double emasnya di nomor sprint gaya kupu-kupu minggu ini.
Walsh adalah satu-satunya perenang di lapangan yang memecahkan rekor 25 detik yang dibanggakan. Hampir setengah detik di belakangnya, Alexandria Perkins dari Australia meraih medali perak, medali kedua Kejuaraan Dunia untuk nomor renang jarak jauh perorangan dalam kariernya (dan kejuaraan ini, karena ia meraih perunggu di nomor 100 meter gaya kupu-kupu). Perkins menyamai rekor Oseania yang dipegang Holly Barratt . pada tahun 2019 untuk meraih medali tersebut, dengan catatan waktu 25,31 detik.
Roos Vanotterdijk kembali naik podium untuk kedua kalinya minggu ini setelah jadwal yang padat. Vanotterdijk mengawali penampilannya yang gemilang di nomor gaya kupu-kupu 100 meter dengan tiga rekor Belgia dalam tiga putaran dan satu medali perak. Kini, catatan waktunya 25,43 detik telah membawanya kembali ke podium Kejuaraan Dunia.
Meskipun Perkins dan Vanotterdijk bertukar langkah, mereka adalah tiga perenang yang sama yang mencapai podium gaya kupu-kupu 100 meter putri awal minggu ini.
GAYA BEBAS 50 MURID PRIA – Final
- Rekor Dunia: 20,91 — Cesar Cielo, Brasil (2009)
- Rekor Dunia Junior: 21,75 — Michael Andrew, Amerika Serikat (2017)
- Rekor Kejuaraan: 21,04 — Caeleb Dressel, Amerika Serikat (2019)
- Juara Dunia 2023: Cameron McEvoy , Australia — 21,06
- Juara Olimpiade 2024: Cameron McEvoy , Australia — 21,25
Terakhir:
- Cameron McEvoy (Australia) — 21.14
- Ben Proud (Inggris Raya) — 21,26
- Jack Alexy (Amerika Serikat) — 21,46
- Leonardo Deplano (Italia) — 21,52
- Egor Kornev (NAB) — 21,53
- Andrej Barna (Serbia) — 21.60
- Ji Yuchan (Korea Selatan) — 21.71
- Santo Condorelli (Amerika Serikat) — 21.73
Dua anak tangga teratas podium gaya bebas 50 meter putra sama dengan yang ada di Olimpiade Paris musim panas lalu, tetapi Cameron McEvoy dan Ben Proud melaju lebih cepat malam ini di Singapura.
McEvoy, juara bertahan Olimpiade dan juara dunia 2023, mencatatkan waktu tercepat ketiga dalam kariernya untuk mendominasi nomor splash dan dash putra. Ia mencatatkan waktu 21,14, waktu tercepat di dunia musim ini dan penampilan tercepat ke-11 dalam sejarah. McEvoy sendiri hanya pernah mencatatkan waktu 21,06 di tahun 2023 dan 21,13 saat ia berenang di semifinal Kejuaraan Dunia 2024.
Proud meraih perak dengan catatan waktu 21,26 detik, lebih cepat empat ratus detik daripada saat ia meraih perak di Paris, medali Olimpiade pertama dalam kariernya. Ini adalah renang tercepat keempat dalam karier Proud yang gemilang dan hanya terpaut 0,01 detik dari catatan waktu yang ia catat tahun lalu di British Trials (yang merupakan renang tercepatnya dalam enam tahun).
Alexy berjuang keras melewati ombak untuk meraih perunggu dan menempatkan dirinya di podium keduanya minggu ini. Ia berenang dengan catatan waktu 21,32 di semifinal untuk lolos ke posisi kedua, tetapi catatan waktu 21,46-nya malam ini cukup cepat untuk meraih perunggu. Alexy meraih perak di gaya bebas 100 meter di Singapura; ia juga meraih medali di gaya bebas 50/100 meter di Kejuaraan Dunia 2023.
GAYA BELAKANG 200 M WANITA – Final
- Rekor Dunia: 2:03.14 — Kaylee McKeown , Australia (2023)
- Rekor Dunia Junior: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith , Amerika Serikat (2019)
Rekor Kejuaraan: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith , Amerika Serikat (2019)- Juara Dunia 2023: Kaylee McKeown , Australia — 2:03.85
- Juara Olimpiade 2024: Kaylee McKeown , Australia — 2:03.73
Terakhir:
- Kaylee McKeown (Australia) — 2:03.33 *Rekor Kejuaraan
- Regan Smith (Amerika Serikat) — 2:04.29
- Claire Curzan (Amerika Serikat) — 2:06.04
- Peng Xuwei (Tiongkok) — 2:07.22
- Anastasiya Shkurdai (NAA) — 2:08.09
- Liu Yaxin (Tiongkok) — 2:09.71
- Dora Molnar (Hongaria) — 2:09.74
- Lise Seidel (Jerman) — 2:10.01
Ia mungkin merasa terlalu sakit untuk diwawancarai setelah lomba, tetapi Kaylee McKeown tetap menjaga momentum positif bagi Australia di nomor gaya punggung 200 meter putri. Ia meraih dua medali emas dalam dua nomor untuk negaranya, setelah McKeown meraih medali emas 50 meter gaya bebas McEvoy dengan memenangkan nomor gaya punggung 200 meter.
Ia mempertahankan medali emas Olimpiadenya dengan rekor kejuaraan 2:03,33, terpaut 0,19 detik dari rekor dunianya. Rekor kejuaraan sebelumnya adalah 2:03,35 oleh Regan Smith , yang merupakan rekor dunia saat ia berenang di atasnya.
Smith mengambil perlombaan dengan keras, membalik dalam 28,95 pada 50 dan 1: 00,61 pada 100. Orang Amerika berlari 1-2 di titik tengah, dengan Claire Curzan di posisi kedua dengan catatan waktu 1:01,07 dan McKeown di posisi ketiga dengan catatan waktu 1:01,34. McKeown memperkecil ketertinggalan di jarak 50m ketiga, naik ke posisi kedua hanya terpaut tiga ratus detik di belakang Smith. Ia melesat di 50 meter terakhir dengan catatan waktu 30,83 detik untuk memastikan kemenangan.
McKeown kini telah memenangkan gaya punggung 100 dan 200 meter di tiga kejuaraan jarak jauh utama terakhirnya: Kejuaraan Dunia 2025, Olimpiade 2024, dan Kejuaraan Dunia 2023. Tentu saja, ia juga merupakan juara bertahan Olimpiade dua kali di kedua kejuaraan tersebut.
Smith berenang dengan catatan waktu terbaik musim ini, 2:04,29, untuk meraih medali perak individu ketiganya di kejuaraan tersebut, kembali di bawah batas waktu 2:04. Meskipun ia tidak mampu menahan McKeown, ia hampir dua detik di depan peraih medali perunggu, rekan setimnya, Curzan. Curzan menyapu bersih gaya punggung putri di Kejuaraan Dunia 2024, tetapi gagal lolos kualifikasi Olimpiade Paris. Medali perunggu ini (2:06,04) menandai kembalinya ia ke podium di kejuaraan internasional jarak jauh senior yang penuh sesak.
Gaya Dada 50 m Putri — Semifinal
- Rekor Dunia: 29.16 — Ruta Meilutyte , Lituania (2023)
- Rekor Dunia Junior: 29.30 — Benedetta Pilato , Italia (2021)
- Championship Record: 29.16 — Ruta Meilutyte , Lithuania (2023)
- Juara Dunia 2023: Ruta Meilutyte , Lituania — 29.16
Finalis:
- Ruta Meilutyte (Lituania) — 29.54
- Tang Qianting (Tiongkok) — 30.04
- Benedetta Pilato (Italia) — 30.20
- Lilly King (Amerika Serikat) — 30,22
- Eneli Jefimova (Estonia) — 30.25
- Anastasia Gorbenko (Israel) — 30.30
- Anita Bottazzo (Italia) — 30.31
- Veera Kivirinta (Finlandia) — 30.37
Ruta Meilutyte mempertahankan keunggulannya di nomor gaya dada 50 meter putri pada semifinal malam ini. Pemegang rekor dunia ini akan berenang dari lintasan empat besok malam dan mempertahankan posisi unggulan teratasnya dari babak penyisihan dengan catatan waktu 29,54. Meilutyte mencatatkan penurunan yang signifikan dari babak penyisihan ke semifinal, dari 29,82 menjadi 29,54.
Ia juga masih menjadi satu-satunya perenang wanita yang memecahkan rekor 30 detik di nomor ini. Tang Qianting , juara dunia 2024, hampir meraih posisi kedua dengan catatan waktu 30,04 detik di semifinal kedua di belakang Meilutyte, tetapi hanya sedikit di atas mistar gawang. Sebelumnya, ia pernah mencatatkan waktu di bawah standar, yaitu 29,51 detik di Doha.
Look for the third and fourth place qualifiers, Benedetta Pilato and Lilly King, to get back under that barrier tomorrow night as well. Pilato, the world junior record holder, won the first semifinal in 30.20, two-hundredths ahead of King. King missed the women’s 100 breaststroke final but will have the chance to end her professional swimming career with a medal on the last day of the World Championships.
Estonia’s Eneli Jefimova was right with Pilato and King in the first heat, touching third (and fifth overall) in 30.25. The Italians put two women through to the final as Anita Bottazzo will join Pilato after a 30.31 for 7th place.
MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – Final
- World Record: 49.45 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2021)
- World Junior Record: 50.62 — Kristof Milak, Hungary (2017)
- Championship Record: 49.50 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2019)
- 2023 World Champion: Maxime Grousset, France — 50.14
- 2024 Olympic Champion: Kristof Milak, Hungary — 49.90
Final:
- Maxime Grousset (France) — 49.62
- Noe Ponti (Switzerland) — 49.83
- Ilya Kharun (Canada) — 50.07
- Josh Liendo (Canada) — 50.09
- Matt Temple (Australia) — 50.57
- Andrei Minakov (NAB) — 50.90
- Simon Bucher (Austria) — 50.92
- Thomas Ceccon (Italy) — 51.12
And now it’s Maxime Grousset‘s turn to complete the sprint butterfly world title double. The 2023 world champion in this event, Grousset missed the Paris Olympic medals. Now, he’s on top of the world in record-breaking fashion.
Grousset attacked the race, relying on his 50 butterfly speed. He made the turn in a blazing 22.80, out under the world record pace. He was the only man to get out under 23 seconds, as Thomas Ceccon turned second in 23.11, with Noe Ponti behind in 23.15. The top three swimmers were the medalists in the men’s 50 butterfly.
Grousset split 26.82 coming home, holding off the competition to claim gold in 49.62. It’s a European record for Grousset, taking down Kristof Milak‘s 49.68 from the Tokyo Games. This was his first time breaking the 50 second barrier as his previous best was 50.11 from earlier this year.
He wasn’t alone in smashing through the 50-second mark. Ponti split 26.68 on the second 50 to move into second, swimming 49.83. He earned his second silver medal of the week with that time, a huge personal best that is well under his former mark of 51.16.
Both Grousset and Ponti finished off the Olympic podium in this event last summer. Now, they’ve exacted their revene and both moved up the all-time performers list into the top five.
All-Time Performers, Men’s 100 Butterfly (LCM)
- Caeleb Dressel (United States) — 49.45 (2021)
- Maxime Grousset (France) — 49.62 (2025) *NEW*
- Kristof Milak (Hungary) — 49.68 (2021)
- Michael Phelps (United States) — 49.82 (2009)
- Noe Ponti (Switzerland) — 49.83 *NEW*
After a turbulent meet, Ilya Kharun matched his Olympic bronze in the men’s 100 butterfly. He swam a lifetime best 50.07 to get the job done, pipping his teammate Josh Liendo by two-hundredths for the final step of the podium. Liendo, the Paris Olympic silver medalist, swam a 50.09 for fourth place. He owns the Canadian record in 49.99 from his medal-worthy performance last summer and is one of (now) seven men to break 50 seconds in this race.
Women’s 50 Freestyle — Semifinals
- World Record: 23.61 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
- World Junior Record: 24.17 — Claire Curzan, United States (2021)
- Championship Record: 23.61 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
- 2023 World Champion: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden — 23.62
- 2024 Olympic Champion: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden — 23.71
Finalists:
- Kasia Wasick (Poland) — 24.19
- Milou van Wijk (Netherlands) — 24.29
- Gretchen Walsh (United States)/Meg Harris (Australia) — 24.31
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- Cheng Yujie (China)/Wu Qingfeng (China) — 24.36
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- Torri Huske (United States) — 24.41
- Florine Gaspard (Belgium) — 24.45
Kasia Wasick claimed the lane four for tomorrow night’s 50 freestyle final. With Sarah Sjostrom absent this year, this race is wide open tomorrow evening. Wasick is a two-time World Championship medalist in the long-course pool, having won silver in 2022 and bronze in 2024.
She leads the field into the final by a tenth, with 100 freestyle 4th place finisher Milou van Wijk qualifying second in 24.29. Those two swimmers were the top two in the first semifinal, with Gretchen Walsh touching third on the back half of her double in 24.31.
Walsh had company at 24.31. Meg Harris won the second semifinal in 24.31, tying Walsh as the third-fastest qualifier for the final. Behind her, Chinese teammates Cheng Yujie and Wu Qingfeng tied at 24.36 and will move through fifth.
After Walsh and Huske qualified 13th and 14th for the semifinal, both made it through to the top eight. Huske qualified 7th in 24.41 and will swim out of lane one tomorrow. After being one of the most publicly sick swimmers on Team USA, forcing her to withdraw from the 100 butterfly at the beginning of the meet, Huske rallied for 100 freestyle bronze yesterday.
Men’s 50 Backstroke — Semifinals
- World Record: 23.55 — Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia (2023)
- World Junior Record: 24.00 — Kliment Kolesnikov, Russia (2018)
- Championship Record: 24.04 — Liam Tancock, Great Britain (2009)
- 2023 World Champion: Hunter Armstrong, United States — 24.05
Finalists:
- Kliment Kolesnikov (NAB) — 24.16
- Pavel Samusenko (NAB) — 24.31
- Pieter Coetze (South Africa) — 24.32
- Ksawery Masiuk (Poland) — 24.41
- Apostolos Christou (Greece)/Hubert Kos (Hungary) — 24.50
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- Quintin McCarty (United States) — 24.52
- Isaac Cooper (Australia) — 24.53
Kliment Kolesnikov was slower than the 24.08 he fired off in the heats, but 24.16 was more than enough to take the top seed for tomorrow’s men’s 50 backstroke final. He’s the heavy favorite heading into the race; he’s the world record holder and has a .15 second edge on the field even with the 24.16.
The Neutral Athletes – B flexed their sprint backstroke skill, as Kolesnikov’s teammate Pavel Samusenko qualified second overall, giving the team the two middle lanes tomorrow night. Samusenko swam 24.31, stopping the clock a hundredth ahead of Pieter Coetze, the first semifinal winner.
Coetze continued his excellent meet by winning the first semifinal in 24.32, taking down the super-suited African and South African records. He now owns all three long-course backstroke records after swimming 51.85/1:53.36 in Singapore. After winning gold in the 100 and silver in the 200 backstroke, Coetze is in position to medal in all three backstroke events at 2025 Worlds.
Ksawery Masiuk, a Worlds medalist in this event, qualified fourth in 24.41, lowering his Polish record. Meanwhile, Hubert Kos seems to have recovered after vomiting yesterday. He popped a Hungarian record 24.50 to qualify for the final. He lowered his own record, bettering the 24.62 he swam in April.
Women’s 800 Freestyle — Final
- World Record: 8:04.12 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2025)
- World Junior Record: 8:11.00 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2014)
Championship Record: 8:07.39 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2015)- 2023 World Champion: Katie Ledecky, United States — 8:08.87
- 2024 Olympic Champion: Katie Ledecky, United States — 8:11.04
Final:
- Katie Ledecky (United States) — 8:05.62 *Championship Record
- Lani Pallister (Australia) — 8:05.98
- Summer McIntosh (Canada) — 8:07.29
- Simona Quadarella (Italy) — 8:12.81
- Li Bingjie (China) — 8:15.59
- Isabel Gose (Germany) — 8:18.23
- Erika Fairweather (New Zealand) — 8:20.79
- Ichika Kajimoto (Japan) — 8:26.85
The race of the meet certainly lived up to the hype.
As expected, Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh marked each other closely. But they were not alone. Australia’s Lani Pallister went out with the two swimmers. After her bronze-medal performance in the 1500 freestyle, Pallister said her goal in that race was to hang with Ledecky for as long as she could, which she did for about 500 meters. Here, it seemed like she was aiming to do the same.
The three swimmers were tracking each other carefully, all flipping in 57s at the 100, 1:58s at the 200. At the halfway mark, Ledecky flipped in 4:01.15, with McIntosh and Pallister tied for second at 4:01.33. This continued through the back half of the race, with Ledecky continuing to hit the wall first, slightly ahead of McIntosh and then Pallister.
McIntosh turned first at the 700-meter mark, .14 seconds ahead of Ledecky. It seemed like a later surge might be coming for McIntosh, but Ledecky’s 30.24 on the next 50 meters put her back in charge. She split 29.53 on the final 50 meters and getting her hand on the wall first.
Her gold-medal winning time of 8:05.62 takes over a second off her championship record from 2015 as she becomes the first swimmer to win seven world titles in one event.
It wasn’t a sure thing until she hit the wall though. There was a late surge by one of her competitors. But it wasn’t McIntosh. Instead, Pallister charged, splitting 29.11 on her final 50 meters to move into silver and hit the wall in 8:05.98, .36 seconds behind Ledecky.
Pallister’s time broke her own Oceanian record from the Australian Trials where she swam 8:10.64. She becomes just the third woman in history to crack the 8:10 barrier and with one swim, dropped 4.66 seconds and launched herself into the LA 2028 gold medal conversation.
All-Time Top Performers, Women’s 800 Free (LCM)
- Katie Ledecky (United States) — 8:04.12 (2025)
- Summer McIntosh (Canada) — 8:05.07 (2025)
- Lani Pallister (Australia) — 8:05.98 (2025)
- Ariarne Titmus (Australia) — 8:12.29
- Simona Quadarella (Italy) — 8:12.81
McIntosh finished with a 8:07.29 for bronze. It’s her fourth medal at these World Championships but clearly a disappointment for her as it ends her goal to win five individual gold medals at a single World Championship.
Behind Ledecky, Pallister, and McIntosh’s fight for the medals, Simona Quadarella swam her second European record of the meet. After taking down the long-standing 1500 freestyle record with her first lifetime best in the event in six years, Quadarella fired off an 8:12.81. Her swim breaks Rebecca Adlington‘s super-suited 8:14.10 record from 2008. She’s now the fifth-fastest performer in history, just behind Ariarne Titmus.
Mixed 4×100 Freestyle Relay — Final
World Record: 3:18.83 — Australia (J. Cartwright, K. Chalmers, S. Jack, M. O’Callaghan) (2023)- World Junior Record: 3:24.29 — Australia (F. Southam, E. Sommerville, O. Wunsch, M. Jansen) (2023)
Championship Record: 3:18.83 — Australia (J. Cartwright, K. Chalmers, S. Jack, M. O’Callaghan) (2023)- 2023 World Champion: Australia (J. Cartwright, K. Chalmers, S. Jack, M. O’Callaghan) — 3:18.83
Final:
- United States (Alexy, Sammon, Douglass, Huske) — 3:18.48 *World Record*
- Neutral Athletes B (Kornev, Girev, Trofimova, Klepikova) — 3:19.68
- France (Grousset, le Goff, Wattel, Gastaldello) — 3:21.35
- Italy — 3:21.48
- Netherlands — 3:21.71
- Canada — 3:23.16
- Spain — 3:24.87
- Germany — 3:25.29
The United States showed with its prelims relay that it wasn’t taking any chances in the mixed 4×100 freestyle relay after a disaster in the mixed medley. That tone was set and continued into the final, where Jack Alexy (46.91), Patrick Sammon (46.70), Kate Douglass (52.43), and Torri Huske (52.44) set a world record of 3:18.48.
Alexy’s swim marks his third sub-47 second 100 freestyle of the meet, while Sammon’s 46.70 ties him as the 13th fastest performer in a 100 freestyle relay split. Douglass and Huske were both excellent on the end; Douglass has been rock solid for the U.S the entire meet, while Huske is clearly rounding into form after illness derailed the start of the championships for her.
This is the United States’ first relay gold medal of the meet.
The Neutral Athletes B team of Egor Kornev (47.69), Ivan Girev (47.08), Daria Trofimova (52.42), and Daria Klepikova (52.49) moved into second place during Girev’s leg and that’s where they stayed for the rest of the race. They took silver in a 3:19.68, breaking the European record the British swam in 2023 (3:21.68) by exactly two seconds.
While the top two teams were locked into their positions quickly, the French squad edged out Italy in a close race for bronze. The Italians were running third with 100 meters to go, but a 53.22 split from Beryl Gastaldello put the team of her, Grousset (47.62), Yann le Goff (47.77), and Marie Wattel (52.74) onto the podium by .13 seconds over Italy.
Italy’s Manuel Frigo (48.18), Carlos D’Ambrosio (47.34), Sara Curtis (52.40), and Emma Menicucci (53.56) took fourth in 3:21.48. Though France passed them, the quartet held off the Netherlands, which finished 5th in 3:21.71.
