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To the great surprise of... well, no one really.

Sprinter Fred Kerley failed what is usually a simple IQ test.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/12/fred-kerley-provisional-suspension-whereabouts-failures

Talk about letting the side down! Surely she could have come up with some kind of an excuse! Intensive training as a tank commander, unaware that the German recipe for borshch is differed from the Ukrainian one, food deliveries from Just Eat spiked by the Russians.... whole world of possibilities here.

Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (testosterone) has been banned for 4 years (runs from Dec 7th, 2024).

Titmus will be back by 2027 so the 4x200 could be tough with O'Callaghan, Titmus, Pallister and another leg (Perkins?).
 
And she has Pallister and McIntosh breathing down her neck in the 800.
 
Would love to see her do just the 50 in LA McEvoy style. Her sister also hasn't retired yet leaving the door open for another Olympics.

With 2 Gold ,Tunisia defeated italy,uk,Ned...etc

Great WCH from a competitive standpoint, as 15 nations won gold medals and USA ended with less than 10. Anytime the US finish with sub 10 and not their usual 15-20 gold dominance is good for the sport.
 
China seems to be below expectations with only 2 golds, while Hungary continues it's trend of having their best days behind them. Things are going very bad for them, especially if Milak doesn't return the same guy.
 
From my view, I'm the most happy with Steenbergen and Popovici's wins. The final ascension of Maxime Grousset as a top name was also fun and something to look at in the next few years. Other than that it was the expected outcome for the stars. Marchand, McIntosh, Walsh, Ledecky came and won without trouble. 

Russian WR would have been fun  

3rd person in history after Phelps and Sjoestroem to win 5 individual medals.
 
5th person in history after Dressel, Ledecky, Phelps and Lochte to win 4 individual gold medals.
 
A meet for the history books for Summer McIntosh.

Meg Harris with a super solid 24.02!

That is the first women's event this meet without an American medal

Rūta!!!!!!

Cate Campbell joined the 'media relay' today. Didn't really swim for over a year, had a shoulder and knee surgery...and went on to split a 24.78 50m for the memes.

Mixed 4x100 free really should have a set starting order in terms of men and women. Makes no difference at all, but it makes it so much more viewable instead of the current 375 meters of waiting to see how is actually doing well.
 
Edit: unlike in the heats, luckily every team has M, M, F, F on the list in the final  

Awful, horrible world championship  

McIntosh broke down  
 
Wasn't expecting Pallistar to have the strongest finish
 
What a race!

What a race 

650m done, top-3 within 0,09 seconds  

Unbeliveable. I'm not sure about what i'm seeing. What final 

At the 400m mark. 
 
4:01.15  Ledecky
+0.18  McIntosh
+0.18  Pallister
 
All three under WR pace

That is a very brave swim by Pallister so far, wow.

Some subtly sponsored glasses for McKeown on the podium.

yesssssssssssssssssss ,crush them .

Meilutyte miles ahead of the rest of the field in the 50 breast

Regan Smith honorary Italian, that’s now her 4th silver of the meet