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Free Malaysia Today
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Free Malaysia Today
Steenbergen wins world 100m freestyle to deny O'Callaghan
Marrit Steenbergen won the 100m freestyle gold in Singapore today with a time of 52.55s. (AP pic) SINGAPORE : Defending champion Marrit Steenbergen denied Mollie O'Callaghan a sprint double at swimming's World Championships today as the Dutchwoman won 100m freestyle gold in Singapore. Steenbergen held off a late charge from O'Callaghan to touch the wall in 52.55s, forcing her Australian rival to settle for second in 52.67s. American Torri Huske, who withdrew from a race earlier in the week after suffering from a stomach bug, was third in 52.89s. Steenbergen won World Championship gold in the event in Doha last year in a field missing several big names saving themselves for the Paris Olympics. 'In Doha I was like, this is crazy to win, but in this field I don't know what to feel, I'm just so happy,' said the 25-year-old. Steenbergen also won bronze with the Dutch team in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay this week in Singapore. 'After the relay I knew I was in good shape but I was getting more nervous through the week and tonight I was feeling it a bit,' she said. 'I just tried to keep my calm.' Steenbergen's win denied O'Callaghan her fourth gold medal of the week and her 12th World Championship career title. A win would have seen her eclipse retired great Ian Thorpe as Australia's most decorated World Championship swimmer. 'As I've said a thousand times, I've not had the best prep towards this,' said O'Callaghan, who won the 200m freestyle title two nights earlier. 'To do what I did tonight, last night and the nights before that, I am very proud.' Huske picked up her second medal of the week after winning silver with the US women's 4x100m freestyle relay team. 'I've never had such a roller coaster of a meet,' she said. 'I am really proud of that swim and that was I able to get back to kind of normal.' The overwhelming majority of the US team has been battling acute gastroenteritis.
Perth Now
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Aussie swimming gun's brutal admission after heartbreaking night
Backstroke star Kaylee McKeown and freestyle sprinter Cameron McEvoy will lead the charge as Australia attempt to claw their way back above the US at the swimming world championships in Singapore. A silver and bronze medal on Friday night dropped Australia (five gold, two silver, six bronze) into second spot on the medal tally behind the US (five gold, 10 silver, five bronze). Mollie O'Callaghan started as the hot favourite in the women's 100m freestyle final, but her late charge wasn't enough to beat Dutchwoman Marrit Steenbergen, who prevailed by 0.12 of a second. It means O'Callaghan's bid to surpass Ian Thorpe's Australian record of 11 world championship gold medals will have to wait for another day. 'Look, I'm tired,' O'Callaghan said after the race. 'Like, I'm not gonna lie, last night was a big night. None of those girls did what I did last night. Mollie O'Callaghan on the podium with Marrit Steenbergen and the USA's Torri Huske. Credit: DeFodi Images via Getty Images 'I'm happy to walk away with a medal. 'Honestly, I would always love to win. But honestly, to get on the podium after such a s***-show of a year, I'm pretty happy. 'It just shows the strength that I have and the block I can do in the future knowing that I've barely done any training for this.' The only other medal for Australia on Friday night was a bronze to the men's 4x200m freestyle relay team of Flynn Southam, Charlie Hawke, Kai Taylor and Maximillian Giuliani. The quartet entered their final as big underdogs, but they came within a whisker of nabbing silver. Great Britain won gold in a time of 6:59.84, with China (7:00.91) just edging Australia (7:00.98). While day six didn't result in a gold rush for Australia, things could be different on Saturday night. McKeown is a two-time Olympic champion in both the 100m and 200m backstroke. The 24-year-old won the 100m world championship backstroke final ahead of arch rival Regan Smith on Wednesday. And McKeown will have the chance to add the 200m crown to her name on Saturday night when she goes up against the likes of Smith, Xuwei Peng, Anastasiya Shkurdai and Claire Curzan in the final. McEvoy qualified fastest with a time of 21.30 seconds for the men's 50m freestyle final, and the Olympic champion is hoping to come up trumps on Saturday night. 'I can't complain, it's only 0.05 off what I did to win Paris,' McEvoy said of his Friday night semi-final swim. 'It's good, but the job's not done. I've got one more tomorrow. 'I need to let the finals atmosphere kind of lift me up a bit. Don't think about the end time. Don't go down that rabbit hole. Let the body speak for itself and see where I end up.' Australians Alexandria Perkins and Lily Price both qualified for the women's 50m butterfly final, while Matt Temple qualified sixth fastest for the men's 100m butterfly final. During the daytime heats on Saturday, Isaac Cooper will feature in the men's 50m backstroke, Meg Harris and Olivia Wunsch are in the women's 50m freestyle, while Sam Short will be hoping to overcome illness to compete in the men's 1500m freestyle. O'Callaghan said tiredness from a busy schedule meant she wasn't at her best in Friday night's 100m freestyle final. Thorpe is sure it's just a matter of time before the 21-year-old surpasses his record mark of 11 world championship gold medals - possibly even in Saturday night's 4x100m mixed freestyle relay final. 'I'm certain and I can't wait to see Mollie surpass that,' Thorpe told the Nine Network. 'What she has the opportunity to do is create her own legacy in swimming, which will continue to inspire people in future generations … leading into the Brisbane Olympics in 2032.' - With
ABC News
01-08-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Mollie O'Callaghan falls agonisingly short of record-breaking World Championships gold
Australian swimmer Mollie O'Callaghan has won silver in the Women's 100m freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. She finished just 0.12 seconds behind the winner, Marrit Steenbergen, from the Netherlands, who won with a time of 52.55. A win for O'Callaghan would have put her one ahead of Ian Thorpe as the Australian all-time leading gold medal winner at world swimming championships. But at the end of a busy program in which she's won three gold medals, fatigue has caught up to her. The first thing she said to journalists post-race was: "Tired, very tired." "I think coming off last night, and especially — like I've said a thousand times — I haven't had the greatest prep towards this, and to do what I did tonight and last night and the night before, I'm pretty proud," O'Callaghan said. "To be on the podium is something special, and I'm always grateful for. "Obviously we'd love to win, everyone would love to win, but like that's all I could do tonight, so I'm pretty happy." She said she had the heaviest program in the Australian team, but with two relays still to come, she still has a chance of pulling ahead of Thorpe's record. Australia's Men's 4x200m freestyle relay team of Flynn Southam, Charlie Hawke, Kai Taylor and Max Giuliani continued a successful campaign for the Dolphins, coming third behind Great Britain and China. Southam, Taylor and Giuliani added bronze to the gold medals on night one of the championships in the 4x100m freestyle relay. "We've come away with a bronze and we're such a young team," Giuliani said. "I think we're all a real threat in the future — we're all 20, 22, 21, we've got a lot left in us. "I think come 2028 we're going to be a real force to be reckoned with." Cameron McEvoy qualified fastest after the semifinals of the men's 50m freestyle. His time of 21.3 seconds equalled his time at the Australian trials as the fastest time recorded in the world this year. Normally, 50m freestylers don't take a breath, but McEvoy did with about 10 metres to go, suggesting he can go faster. "[It] suggests I'm in pretty good shape," McEvoy said. "Sprinting at these speeds, it's difficult because sometimes taking your foot off the gas allows you to hold speed a little bit better than gripping it too hard. "It's a completely new race tomorrow, it's going to be hard." Do you have a story idea about women in sport? Email us abcsport5050@ He said his main priority after winning the Olympic gold medal at Paris last year, was swimming as fast as he possibly can — rather than winning. "For me now, primarily, I'm after a time," he said. "Always like to get my hand on the wall first, but I think most of the passion comes from chasing that time — that perfection," McEvoy said. Kaylee McKeown qualified fourth fastest for the women's 200m backstroke final as she seeks to add to the 100m final she won against the odds earlier in the week. Matthew Temple made it through to the finals of the men's 100m butterfly final in sixth spot. Two Australians qualified for the final of the women's 50m butterfly, Alexandria Perkins, who won bronze in the 100m butterfly, qualified fourth and Lily Price was seventh fastest. The United States and Australia both have five gold medals, but the US leads the medal table with 20 overall compared to Australia in second with 13.
The Guardian
01-08-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Mollie O'Callaghan denied sprint double by Marrit Steenbergen at worlds
The defending champion Marrit Steenbergen denied Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan a sprint double at swimming's world championships on Friday as the Dutchwoman won 100m freestyle gold in Singapore. Steenbergen held off a late charge from O'Callaghan to touch the wall in 52.55sec, forcing her Australian rival to settle for second in 52.67. The US's Torri Huske, who withdrew from a race earlier in the week after suffering from a stomach bug, was third in 52.89. Steenbergen won world championship gold in the event in Doha last year in a field missing several big names saving themselves for the Paris Olympics. 'In Doha I was like, this is crazy to win, but in this field I don't know what to feel, I'm just so happy,' said the 25-year-old. Steenbergen also won bronze with the Dutch team in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay this week in Singapore. 'After the relay I knew I was in good shape but I was getting more nervous through the week and tonight I was feeling it a bit,' she said. 'I just tried to keep my calm.' Steenbergen's win denied O'Callaghan her fourth gold medal of the week and her 12th world championship career title. A win would have seen her eclipse retired great Ian Thorpe as Australia's most decorated world championship swimmer. 'As I've said a thousand times, I've not had the best prep towards this,' said O'Callaghan, who won the 200m freestyle title two nights earlier. 'To do what I did tonight, last night and the nights before that, I am very proud.' Sign up to Australia Sport Get a daily roundup of the latest sports news, features and comment from our Australian sports desk after newsletter promotion Day six of the competition concluded with red-hot favourites Britain clinching gold in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay, with China second and Australia third.
Reuters
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Steenbergen stuns O'Callaghan to win 100 free, Douglass dominates 200 backstroke
Aug 1 (Reuters) - Flying Dutchwoman Marrit Steenbergen stunned Mollie O'Callaghan to win the 100 metres freestyle at the world championships in Singapore on Friday, while Olympic champion Kate Douglass posted the second-fastest 200 breaststroke in history to win gold. O'Callaghan has already won three gold medals this week, taking her overall tally to 11, and one more would see her move past Ian Thorpe to become the most successful Australian swimmer at the world championships. However, she found herself in fourth place after the first 50 in Friday's final and was unable to claw back the deficit as Steenbergen touched first in 52.55 seconds, 0.12 ahead of O'Callaghan with American Torri Huske (52.89) third. Steenbergen's victory made her the first swimmer to successfully defend their title from last year's world championships. O'Callaghan, who won gold in the 200 on Wednesday, said her exertions from Thursday's programme affected her. In addition to the 100 semi-finals, she also anchored Australia home to win gold in the 4x200 relay. "I'm tired, I'm not going to lie," she told Australian broadcaster Nine Network. "None of the girls did what I did last night. I'm happy to walk away with a medal. "I'm pretty happy, and it just shows the strength that I have and the work I can do in the future knowing that I've barely done any training for this." South African Pieter Coetze was also denied a double in the men's backstroke as reigning Olympic and 2023 world champion Hubert Kos powered to victory in the 200, posting a time of 1:53.19. Both swimmers were on world record pace at the 150 metres mark before the Hungarian inched ahead and touched the wall first by 0.17 seconds. Frenchman Yohann Ndoye-Brouard took bronze. With Olympic champion Leon Marchand skipping the 200 breaststroke, China's Qin Haiyang powered home from lane eight to win gold and make it a double after his victory in the 100. The world record holder, who swept the 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke titles at the 2023 championships in Fukuoka, looked a spent force coming into the home stretch but got his second wind to power past the competition on the outside. Qin clocked a winning time of 2:07.41 ahead of Japan's Ippei Watanabe and Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands. Qin's performance in Singapore went some way towards making up for his poor showing at last year's Olympics, where he ended seventh in the 100 and failed to even qualify for the 200 final. American Douglass was absolutely dominant in the women's 200 breaststroke, swimming a scorching 2:18.50 to record the second-fastest time in the event. The 23-year-old was relentless, surging further and further ahead of the field to win gold by a body length ahead of Russian Evgeniia Chikunova, the world record holder who is competing as a neutral athlete. South African Kaylene Corbett was third. Douglass credited Chikunova for pushing her to a personal best, saying: "I was really excited to race her tonight. "Honestly, if I wasn't racing her, I don't know if I would have gone a 2:18. I think that really helped push me to be my best." Douglass was afforded barely any time to recover from her explosive effort, returning to the pool just 15 minutes later for the 50 butterfly semi-finals. The turnaround proved too quick for the American, however, as she finished 14th fastest and failed to make Saturday's final, where compatriot Gretchen Walsh will be favourite to add the 200 title to the 100 gold she won on Monday. In the final event of the evening, Duncan Scott put in a crucial shift in the anchor leg of the men's 4x200 freestyle relay as Olympic and 2023 world champions Britain won gold in a time of 6:59.84. China were second and Australia took bronze, while France were only sixth after Marchand was left with too much to do in the final leg. Australian Kaylee McKeown remains on track for a double in the women's backstroke, posting the fourth-fastest time in the 200 semi-finals, just ahead of rival Regan Smith. On Saturday, American great Katie Ledecky will once again face off against Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh in the women's 800 freestyle final in one of six golds up for grabs on the penultimate day of the championships.
