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26.20 for Haiyang in the 50m breaststroke semifinals! Asian record!

Women's 1500m Freestyle Gold- Katie Ledecky (15:26.27) Silver- Simona Quardarella (15:43.31) Bronze- Li Bingje (15:45.71) Sad for Pallister, was in the bronze medal position until the last 100 but ended up fading badly.

Men's 200m Freestyle Gold- Matthew Richards (1:44.30) Silver- Tom Dean (1:44.32) Bronze- Hwang Sunwoo (1:44.42)

Ledecky wins her fifth world title in the women's 1500m freestyle (15:26.27). Absolute dominance.

6-4 France with three minutes left. What an upset this would be.

Richards wins gold in the men's 200m freestyle. 1:44.30. Popovici 4th.

Day 3 finals begin now, really excited. Ledecky in the W 1500FR, Smith and McKeown in the W 100BK, Popovici Sunwoo Dean and Richards in the M 200FR, Meilutyte King Jacoby and Schoenmaker in the W 100BR, and Ceccon Murphy Armstrong Jiayu in the M 100BK.

Go USA

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through to the semifinals with a 10-9 win over Congrats!

advancing to a swimming semifinal at a World Championships

Two medals for Canada at X-Games California 2023! 10-year-old Reese Nelson wins silver in women's vert, and Ryan DeCenzo wins bronze in men's street! Too bad vert isn't an Olympic discipline.

[hide] Women's Tournament Knockout Stage July 22nd - July 28th, 2023 4 Nations, the Winning Nations will qualify for the Final. The Losing Nations from the Semifinals will play the Third-Place Match. Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +9) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 26th 2023, h. 17:00 Italy 1 Netherlands July 26th 2023, h. 18:30 Australia 1 Spain [/hide]

Day 2 Finals Summary Men's 100m Breastroke Final 1. Qin Haiyang (57.69), 2. Nic Fink (58.72), 2. Nicolo Martinenghi (58.72), 2. Arno Kamminga (58.72), 5. Lucas Mazerath (58.88), 6. Yan Zibei (59.23), 7. Josh Matheny (59.45), 8. Berke Orgetir (59.79) Women's 100m Butterfly Final 1. Zhang Yufei (56.12), 2. Maggie MacNeil (56.45), 3. Torri Huske (56.61), 4. Emma McKeon (56.88), 5. Angelina Kohler (57.05), 6. Marie Wattel (57.13), 7. Brianna Throssel (57.34), 8. Gretchen Walsh (57.38) Men's 100m Backstroke (Through to Finals) Thomas Ceccon → Xu Jianyu → Ryan Murphy → Mewen Tomac → Yohann Ndoye-Brouard → Hubert Kos → Ksawery Masiuk → Hunter Armstrong Women's 100m Breastroke (Through to Finals) Ruta Meilutyte → Lilly King → Tatjana Schoenmaker → Mona McSharry → Eneli Jefimova → Sophie Hansson → Lydia Jacoby → Satomi Suzuki Men's 50m Butterfly Final 1. Thomas Ceccon (22.68), 2. Diogo Ribeiro (22.80), 3. Maxime Grousset (22.82), 4. Jacob Peters (22.84), 5. Ben Proud (22.91), 6. Dare Rose (23.01), 7. Simon Bucher (23.26), 8. Abdelrahman El-Araby (23.34) Women's 100m Backstroke (Through to Finals) Regan Smith → Kaylee McKeown → Katharine Berkoff → Kylie Masse → Pauline Mahieu → Ingrid Wilm → Leitan Wan → Medi Harris Men's 200m Freestyle (Through to Finals) David Popovici → Luke Hobson → Hwang Sunwoo → Tom Dean → Matt Richards → Lee Hojoon → Kieran Smith → Felix Auboeck Women's 200m Individual Medley Final 1. Kate Douglass (2:07.17), 2. Alex Walsh (2:07.97), 3. Yu Yiting (2:08.74), 4. Jenna Forrester (2:08.98), 5. Anastasia Gorbenko (2:10.08), 6. Yui Ohashi (2:11.27), 7. Marrit Steenbergen (2:11.89), 8. Ye Shiwen (2:14.27)

Women's 200m Individual Medley Gold- Kate Douglass (2:07.17) Silver- Alex Walsh (2:07.97) Bronze- Yu Yiting (2:08.74)

Gold for Douglass in the women's 200m individual medley! 2:07.17!

Men's 50m Butterfly Gold- Thomas Ceccon (22.68) Silver- Diogo Matos Ribeiro (22.80) Bronze- Maxime Grousset (22.82)

Ceccon takes gold in the men's 50m butterfly.

Women's 100m Butterfly Gold- Zhang Yufei (56.16) Silver- Maggie MacNeil (56.45) Bronze- Torri Huske (56.61)

Men's 100m Breastroke Gold- Qin Haiyang (57.69) Silver- Nic Fink / Arno Kamminga / Nicolo Martinenghi (58.72)

Yufei 56.12 for gold in the women's 100m butterfly!

Haiyang wins gold in the men's 100m breaststroke! 57.69, another AR!

May take a WR to win the gold medal in the women's 100m butterfly. MacNeil, Huske, Yufei, and McKeon are all in the final. #2, #3, #4, and #5 performers all-time, with all four of them within striking distance of Sjostrom's mark. Should be a fast race nonetheless, expecting some quick times.

Here we go. Day 2 finals begin in 20 minutes!

This week we have... World Aquatics Championships, Fencing World Championships, Softball World Cup. TYR Swim Finals, Women's Football World Cup, Montreal Elite16 (beach volleyball), FIVB Challenger Cup, Canadian Track and Field Trials, FIBA 3x3 Basketball, BWF Japan Open, WTA/ATP tennis, and Para Swimming World Championships.