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Quick Recap of Day 1 of World Juniors. No medals but a 4th place finish on the girls 4 x 200m freestyle relay. Ella Cosgrove with the fastest split at 1:57.61 which is a big improvement on what she split at Worlds. Boys 4x100m freestyle relay finished 7th. Laon Kim had the fastest split with. 49.33 leadoff. Elsewhere, Dawson wasn't unable to match his prelims performance going 1:00.29 in the semis but still comfortably made it to the finals in 5th. It still ranks him 7th overall this year in the junior world rankings and he'll be in contention for a medal tomorrow. In the girls 100m backstroke, Madison Kryger set a new PB of 1:00.38 to qualify 3rd for the finals. That also ranks 7th in the world this year among juniors. Parker Deshayes also qualified for the boys 100m backstroke final in 8th and was a bit off his PB from Canadian trials.

Keegan Messing is unretiring

U.S. Men’s Olympic Orientation Camp Roster Goaltenders: Joey Daccord, Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy Swayman Defensemen: Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Luke Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Noah Hanifin, Seth Jones, Jackson LaCombe, Charlie McAvoy, Ryan McDonagh, Brett Pesce, Neal Pionk, Jake Sanderson, Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin, Alex Vlasic, Zach Werenski Forwards: Matt Boldy, Cole Caufield, Logan Cooley, Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, Conor Garland, Jake Guentzel, Jack Hughes, Patrick Kane, Clayton Keller, Matthew Knies, Chris Kreider, Dylan Larkin, Auston Matthews, J.T. Miller, Frank Nazar, Brock Nelson, Shane Pinto, Jason Robertson, Bryan Rust, Tage Thompson, Brady Tkachuk, Vincent Trocheck, Alex Tuch

Oliver Dawson opened up his World Junior campaign with a 1:00.28 100 breast in prelims. Now the owner of 15-17 year old national age group records for the 50, 100, and 200.

Yes, using the world baseball classic would be better. Right now, the reports are encouraging that Major League baseball players will participate in the 2028 Olympics. MLB players will for sure be in the world baseball classic but likely won't be in the premier 12.

She won gold today!

Bronze for Abigail Strate at the first Summer Grand Prix event in Courchevel

Mboko going to the final!!!

A few days ago, Hockey Canada announced 42 men and 30 women that would be invited to the National Teams Orientation Camp. Likely most, if not all of the Olympic Teams will be comprised of these players. Men Women

Quite a few major hockey stories over the last two weeks: Men's Olympic Team Coaching Staff Unveiled: Head Coach: Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning) Assistant Coaches: Bruce Cassidy (Boston Bruins) Peter DeBoer Rich Tocchet (Philadelphia Flyers) Misha Donskov Same coaches as the 4 nations face-off. Men’s Olympic Team coaching staff named for 2026 Olympic Winter Games Women's Olympic Team Coaching Staff Unveiled: Head Coach: Troy Ryan (Toronto Sceptres) Assistant Coaches: Kori Cheverie (Montreal Victoire) Caroline Ouellette (Concordia University) Britni Smith (Syracuse University) Troy Ryan to lead Canada’s Women’s Olympic Team at 2026 Olympic Winter Games 42 NHL Players Invited to National Teams Orientation Camp It seems like the goalies have already been decided. 2025 National Teams Orientation Camp 30 players named to Canada's National Women's Team for 2025-26 Season 2025 National Women’s Team Training Block Roster (Aug) | Road to Italy

I'll have you know one of the top American junior freestylers is named Lily King so you might have to wait for some time.

With her gold medal in the 400m IM, Summer McIntosh now ranks 7th on the all-time World Championship individual medal rankings. Only Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps, Sarah Sjoestroem, Sun Yang , Ryan Lochte, and Katinka Hosszu are ranked ahead of her. This was her 8th career gold medal. That now ties her with Caeleb Dressel. This was her 11th career individual medal which is 10th most among all swimmers in history. Along with the names mentioned in the first paragraph, only Yuliya Efimova, Grant Hackett, and Laszlo Cseh remain ahead of her. She becomes the 9th swimmer to win 3 individual gold medals in multiple events. The others are Aaron Peirsol, Adam Peaty, Katie Ledecky, Katinka Hosszu, Leon Marchand, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Sarah Sjoestroem, Sun Yang. Marchand also accomplished that feat in the same session. She becomes the 5th swimmer and the non-American to win 4 individual gold medals in a World Championships. The others are Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps, and Ryan Lochte. She becomes the 3rd swimmer after Michael Phelps and Sarah Sjoestroem to win 5 individual medals at a World Championships. Overall, this was the 2nd greatest meet a swimmer has ever had after Phelps in 2007. A meet for the history books for Summer McIntosh.

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results United States Regan Smith (57.57) Kate Douglass (1:04.27) Gretchen Walsh (54.98) Torri Huske (52.52) Katharine Berkoff* Lilly King* Claire Curzan* Simone Manuel* 3:49.34 (WR) Australia Kaylee McKeown (57.69) Ella Ramsay (1:06.49) Alexandria Perkins (56.26) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.23) Sienna Toohey* 3:52.67 China Peng Xuwei (59.94) Tang Qianting (1:05.48) Zhang Yufei (56.32) Cheng Yujie (53.03) Wan Letian* Yang Chang* Yu Yiting* Wu Qingfeng* 3:54.77 Final Results HERE

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results Neutral Athletes B Miron Lifintsev (52.44) Kirill Prigoda (57.92) Andrei Minakov (50.17) Egor Kornev (46.40) Kliment Kolesnikov* Ivan Kozhakin* Ivan Girev* 3:26.93 (CR, ER) France Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (52.26) Leon Marchand (58.44) Maxime Grousset (49.27) Yann le Goff (47.99) Jeremie Delbois* Clement Secchi* 3:27.96 United States Tommy Janton (53.37) Josh Matheny (59.00) Dare Rose (50.30) Jack Alexy (45.95) Campbell McKean* 3:28.62 Final Results HERE

Very bright future for this relay especially if Dawson can continue to improve

Jack Alexy 45.95 split

Women's 400m Individual Medley Final Results Summer McINTOSH 4:25.78 (CR) Jenna FORRESTER 4:33.26 NARITA Mio 4:33.26 Full Final Results HERE

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.

Great choice getting Pernille Blume to present the 50 free medals

Men's 400m Individual Medley Final Results Leon MARCHAND 4:04.73 MATSUSHITA Tomoyuki 4:08.32 Ilia BORODIN 4:09.16 Full Final Results HERE

Marchand 4:04.73. Probably conserving some energy for the relay later.

and now time for a potential World Record from lane 1

Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results Ahmed JAOUADI 14:34.41 Sven SCHWARZ 14:35.69 Bobby FINKE 14:36.60 Full Final Results HERE

Men's distance events continue to deliver great races

Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results Meg HARRIS 24.02 WU Qingfeng 24.26 CHENG Yujie 24.28 Full Final Results HERE