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When Is Katie Ledecky Swimming At Worlds? Times And Watch Guide
TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 28: Katie Ledecky of Team United States celebrates after winning the gold medal ... More in the Women's 1500m Freestyle Final on day five of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by) The 2025 World Aquatic Championships are the biggest international aquatics competition since the 2024 Paris Olympics. The event began on Friday, July 11 in Singapore, but the swimming starts this weekend. The competition runs for eight days, from Sunday, July 27 to Sunday, August 3. Swimming fans are used to seeing preliminary sessions in the morning and finals in the evening, though with Singapore 12 hours ahead of Eastern Time, that schedule will be flipped for American viewers. Preliminary sessions begin in Eastern Time at 10:00 pm ET, which means the first session of swimming at the World Championships will be on Saturday, July 26 for American fans. Finals begin at 7:00 am ET throughout the competition. All sessions will air live on Peacock, with NBC showing a delayed highlight broadcast on Saturday, August 3 and Saturday, August 9. Schedule NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 29: Kaylee McKeown of Team Australia competes in the Women's 100m Backstroke ... More Semifinals on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by) All the events from the 2024 Olympic schedule will be on offer in Singapore, though the schedules are different. The World Championship schedule also features 50-meter races for butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke. World Aquatics announced in April that these events would be added to the 2028 LA Olympics. The only other event change from the Olympic lineup is the mixed 4x100-meter freestyle relay. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 When To Watch The World Championships' Biggest Stars All dates and times in ET Katie Ledecky NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 30:(EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using an underwater robotic camera.) ... More Katie Ledecky of Team United States competes in the Women's 1500m Freestyle Heats on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 30, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by) Katie Ledecky arrives at the World Championships in sensational form. She broke her 800-meter freestyle world record from 2016 during an in-season meet in May, swimming 8:04.12. At the same meet, she posted the second-fastest 400-meter and 1500-meter freestyle of her career. She carried that momentum to the 2025 U.S. Nationals, sweeping the distance freestyle events to qualify for her seventh World Championships. Ledecky is in prime position to add to the 26 World Championship medals she has won over the course of her storied career. She could write her name into the history books once again at this meet—a gold in the 800-meter freestyle would make her the first swimmer to win seven consecutive World Championship golds in an individual event. But she will need to have the race of her life to complete the feat as teenage phenom Summer McIntosh has added the event to her Worlds program. In addition to her individual events, Ledecky should swim in the final of the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay for the United States on July 31. Summer McIntosh NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 29: Gold Medalist Summer McIntosh of Team Canada celebrates on the podium ... More during the Swimming medal ceremony after the Women's 400m Individual Medley Final on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by) McIntosh dazzled at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning three gold medals and one silver just three years after making her Olympic debut in Tokyo at just 14 years old. The versatile teenager has taken this year by storm, breaking three world records at the Canadian World Trials. She has also added the 800-meter freestyle to her already crowded schedule this season, putting her at five individual events. McIntosh is aiming to become the first swimmer since Michael Phelps to win five individual gold medals at a single World Championships and her battles with Ledecky in the 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle will be two of her biggest tests on the road to her goal. The first day of the competition will also be crucial, as McIntosh will race the 400-meter freestyle final about 30 minutes before the 200-meter IM semifinals. Despite a busy individual schedule, McIntosh should also take part in at least one of the Canadian women's relays. Léon Marchand NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 28: Leon Marchand of Team France celebrates after winning gold in the Men's ... More 400m Individual Medley Final on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 28, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by) After a stunning home Olympic Games where he won four gold medals—including two in a single session—Léon Marchand is taking a more relaxed approach to the 2025 World Championships. He was originally entered in the four events he won Olympic gold in last summer but French media reported this week Marchand would not swim the 200-meter breaststroke nor the 200-meter butterfly. The report was confirmed by the updated entry book, where Marchand is only entered in the 200-meter and 400-meter IM. The reduced schedule removes a couple of tough doubles for Marchand and gives him a clear shot at Ryan Lochte's 14-year-old 200-meter IM world record (1:54.00). Marchand missed the mark by just six-hundredths in Paris, swimming 1:54.06 to complete his quartet of Olympic golds. Should Marchand break Lochte's world record in Tokyo, he would then own the long-course world record in both the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley. Gretchen Walsh NANTERRE, FRANCE - AUGUST 04: Gretchen Walsh of Team United States competes in the Women's 4x100m ... More Medley Relay Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 04, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by) Gretchen Walsh has been on fire since last summer, when she first took over the 100-meter butterfly world record at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials and won four medals at her debut Olympics. Since the 2024 Olympics, Walsh turned in historic performances at the 2024 Short Course World Championships and the 2025 NCAA Championships, the latter of which earned her an ESPY nomination for Best Collegiate Athlete in Women's Sports. Walsh lowered her 100-meter butterfly world record twice during an in-season meet in May, swimming 54.60 in the final to become the first woman under 55 seconds in event history. She qualified for four individual events at the 2025 World Championships and will be a medal threat in all of them. As the world record holder in the women's 100-meter butterfly and the second-place finisher in the 100-meter freestyle at the 2025 U.S. Nationals, Walsh will be a key swimmer for the U.S relays. Along with her four individual events, she should race on the 4x100-meter freestyle and medley relays for both the women's and mixed events.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Wiffen wants more world titles and unbeaten run
Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen says he hopes that defending his world titles will mark the start of an unbeaten run during the Los Angeles Olympic cycle. Magheralin swimmer Wiffen enjoyed a memorable 2024, winning 800m freestyle gold for Team Ireland at the Paris Games after his World Championship double in February. He will defend his 1500m and 800m freestyle world titles in Singapore, and will also look to challenge in the 400m. The 24-year-old says the prospect of remaining undefeated until the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 has given him a new focus. "For me, it is about trying to win again and that motivation to stay undefeated going into LA," Wiffen said. Wiffen took some time out of the pool after his Olympic success and returned to competition at the Irish Championships in April, where he set the fastest time of the year in the 800m freestyle. He will first race at the Worlds in Singapore in the 400m freestyle heats on Sunday (03:20 BST). Should he advance, the 400m final is at 19:00 BST. He will also compete in the 800m and 1500m heats on Tuesday and Saturday. Wiffen said it has "been amazing" being the reigning Olympic and World champion, but added his focus shifted to future goals pretty quickly after the Games in Paris. "I looked back at the races in Paris, and looked at what has changed this year and what we are doing differently. "Moving on from that, you look and what is next and that was pretty easy for me." Ellie McCartney and Ellen Walsh are also in action on Sunday in the 200m individual medley, while Shane Ryan goes in the 50m butterfly and Eoin Corby swims in the 50m breastsroke. Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry and Larne's Danielle Hill will be in action later in the championships. 'Back-to-back world titles would top Olympic gold' 'Gold is what we swim for' Wiffen is not the only Olympic champion from Northern Ireland competing in Singapore, with Jack McMillan competing for Great Britain in the 4x200m relay. McMillan helped Team GB win gold in Paris by swimming in the heats of the relay and he is now targeting a world medal to add to his collection. "That's why we go to these competitions, to do that," McMillan told BBC Sport NI. "It's the ultimate goal, but it's about being level headed so we don't get ahead of ourselves. When it comes to that moment we need to be prepared for it, so it's just trying to prepare ourselves for that moment. "That would obviously be great and it's what we swim for. Why we're competitive is for those things." Like Wiffen, McMillan also took some time away from the pool after the Paris Games. The 25-year-old heads to the World Championships set to fulfil a similar role for Team GB as he did at the Olympics. McMillan swam in the heats in the relay as GB set the fastest time, but sat out the final as Matt Richards and Duncan Scott returned to the team. However, his performance in the heats was enough to secure a gold medal along with his team-mates. McMillan says it is important to peak at the right time of year and his return to the pool has been geared towards performing at the Worlds. "It's only really two times you are at your best and it's where you need to peak," he added. "We are putting all this effort and training in for like a minute and 40-odd seconds of racing, twice a year. So it's quite a lot of sacrifice and training for one moment, you could say. "When you do get the result at the end of it, it shows that all the hard work and sacrifice paid off at the end of it."
Yahoo
an hour ago
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'We've got a long way to go': Public reaction grows after Canada's former World Junior Hockey players acquitted of sexual assault
Five members of Canada's 2018 world junior team charged with sexual assault were acquitted, but they likely won't find themselves back in the NHL anytime soon Ont-Hockey Canada-Sexual Assault 20250724 The verdict of a widely publicized sexual assault trial involving five former NHL players has ignited a complex national conversation with Canadians weighing the outcome through lenses of accountability, justice and hockey's cultural grip. Members of Canada's World Junior Hockey squad — Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, and Dillon Dube — were charged with sexually assaulting E.M., a woman whose identity is protected under a standard publication ban, in a hotel room in 2018 while the team was gathering to celebrate its gold medal win months before. On Thursday, following eight weeks of trial, Ontario Superior Court justice Maria Carroccia found all of the accused men not guilty on all charges. Judge did not find complainant's evidence to be 'credible or reliable' As part of her judgment on Thursday, Justice Carroccia stated that she found the evidence submitted by the prosecution to be unreliable, before going ahead and sharing the reasoning behind her decision. Going through each defendant one-by-one, Justice Carroccia said the Crown had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the complainant in the case, E.M., had not given consent. Hour-after-hour on Thursday, Justice Carroccia laid out a number of issues she found with the evidence and E.M's "reliability and credibility." Carroccia noted several "gaps in E.M.'s memory and discrepancies between her statements to London police and her civil settlement in 2022 compared to her recollections under cross-examination," according to the CBC. Justice Carroccia also told the court that the complainant 'exaggerated her intoxication' on the night the alleged acts took place, while rejecting the Crown's argument that E.M. had only participated in the sexual because she was afraid of the group of men in the hotel room. 'We've got a long way to go': Canadians react to Justice Carroccia's ruling Following the acquittal of each former NHLer, many social media users expressed their dissatisfaction with the verdict, while offering support to E.M. Outside the courthouse in London, Ont., on Thursday, Lawyer Karen Bellehumeur told reporters her client, E.M., faced "insulting mocking and unfair treatment" during cross-examination as she went on to reflect on the judgment. 'She's obviously very disappointed with the verdict and very disappointed with her Honour's assessment of her honesty and reliability' said Bellehumeur. Where does the NHL stand on the players' future in the league? Per insider John Shannon, it's still unknown whether the five acquitted players will ever be allowed to make their way back to the NHL, despite being found innocent by Justice Carroccia. The NHL released a statement confirming Shannon's report: "The allegations made in this case, even if not determined to have been criminal, were very disturbing and the behaviour at issue was unacceptable. We will be reviewing and considering the judge's findings. While we conduct that analysis and determine next steps, the players charged in this case are ineligible to play in the league." Crown has 30 days to appeal the verdict Following Thursday's verdict, assistant Crown attorney Meaghan Cunningham spoke to reporters outside the courthouse as supporters of E.M. cheered. 'A successful prosecution is not measured solely by whether or not there are guilty verdicts at the end,' Cunningham said. Cunningham added the Crown will 'carefully review' Carroccia's decisions but won't comment further because "this case is still within the appeal period."
