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2 hours ago
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Léon Marchand breaks world record in 200 individual medley in 1 minute, 52.69 seconds
Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.69 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. The Frenchman set the mark swimming in the semifinals and, in theory, could break it again in Thursday's finals. Marchand won four Olympic gold medals a year ago in Paris, but he's swimming only the 200 and 400 medley – and relays – in Singapore. Planning the lighter schedule in what he calls a 'transition year' keeps him fresh to chase the world marks. Marchand didn't just break the 14-year-old record, he shattered it. 'What's crazy is that it's a whole second — and it's still hard to believe,' he said. '1:52 on the 200 meters — that's insane.' Marchand will swim the 400 IM on Sunday, the final day of the world championships. He holds that record of 4:02.50 set in the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka, Japan. And it seems likely to go. 'Today I felt really good before the race,' he said. 'In the water, I felt light, I was taking in a lot of water and technically everything felt clean.' Asked about swimming a lighter schedule he replied in an understatement: 'It was probably the right decision.' Marchand was about 1.8 seconds under the world record after 150 meters and powered home with the final freestyle leg. Though this race did not yield a world title — that will come on Thursday in the final — it did win Marchand a check for $30,000. 'In the end I went out hard from the start,' he said. 'But I stayed super-relaxed. I didn't make many mistakes. I didn't realize I was going that fast but I gave it absolutely everything. Arms at full speed all the way to the wall. At that point I wasn't even thinking about technique anymore.' More than Marchand Despite being only a semifinal, Marchand overshadowed the five finals on Day 4 of the worlds — the halfway mark with four days more to go. Those finals produced medals for the United States, Australia, Italy, Tunisia, and the Neutral Athletes. American Luca Urlando picked up the third gold medal for the United States in the championships, winning the 200 butterfly in 1:51.87. Krzysztof Chmielewski of Poland was second in 1:52.64 with bronze for Harrison Turner of Australia in 1:54.17. Urlando has battled back from several surgeries for his first big title on the world stage. 'It was a great race – all great -- a great moment,' he said. 'I'm trying to have as much fun as I can with it.' He was asked how he overcame the setbacks and he replied: 'The belief that I could get back to a moment like this. Internal belief.' Mollie O'Callaghan of Australia, the defending Paris Olympic champion in the 200 freestyle, repeated her title in the worlds, pulling away in the last 50 to finish in 1:53.48. Li Bingjie of China was the silver medalist in 1:54.52, with bronze going to American Claire Weinstein in 1:54.57. O'Callaghan has had a difficult time coming back after the Olympic victory, dealing with the stress and the post-games letdown. 'I've had an amazing coach Dean (Boxall) to guide me through this difficult time,' O'Callaghan said. 'It's hard for a lot of people to come back after the Olympics.' Weinstein, like many of the Americans, has been dealing with what team officials call 'acute gastroenteritis' picked up at a training camp in Thailand before arriving in Singapore. A new name, missing name Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisia won the 800 free, clocking 7:36.88 — the third fastest time ever swum in the event. Sven Schwarz of Germany claimed silver in 7:39.96 with fellow German Lukas Martens taking bronze in 7:40.19. American Bobby Finke, the three-time Olympic gold medalist, was fourth, far off the pace in 7:46.42. Sam Short of Australia, who had the second-quickest qualifying time in the 800, pulled out of the race with what the team said was food poisoning. One big shock came in the men's 100 freestyle semifinals where world-record holder Pan Zhanle of China failed to reach the top eight for Thursday's final. American Jack Alexy had the best time of 46.81 with David Popovici across in 46.84. Pan finished in 47.81, far off his world-record time of 46.40 set last year in Paris. In the men's 50 breaststroke, Simone Cerasuolo of Italy won in 26.54 with silver for Kirill Prigoda swimming as a Neutral Athlete, and bronze for Qin Haiyang of China. McIntosh and Yu In the women's 200 butterfly semifinals, Canadian Summer McIntosh qualified in 2:06.22. Yu Zidi, the 12-year-old Chinese, swam 2:07.95 to make the final eight. Her time was the eighth best. McIntosh has already won two gold medals and is trying for five in Singapore. Yu finished fourth earlier in the championships in the 200 individual medley. In the final event, the Neutral Athletes won the mixed 4x100 medley relay in 3:37.97. China was second (3:39.99) and Canada was third (3:40.90). The United States failed to reach Wednesday's final after finishing 10th in qualifying. They were Olympic champions last year in Paris. Britain and France also missed reaching the final. __ AP sports: in this topic
Fox Sports
3 hours ago
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Léon Marchand breaks world record in 200 individual medley in 1 minute, 52.61 seconds
Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. The Frenchman set the mark swimming in the semifinals and, in theory, could break it again in Thursday's finals. Marchand won four Olympic gold medals a year ago in Paris, but he's swimming only the 200 and 400 medley – and relays – in Singapore. Planning the lighter schedule in what he calls a 'transition year' keeps him fresh to chase the world marks. Marchand didn't just break the 14-year-old record, he shattered it. 'What's crazy is that it's a whole second — and it's still hard to believe,' he said. '1:52 on the 200 meters — that's insane.' Marchand will swim the 400 IM on Sunday, the final day of the world championships. He holds that record of 4:02.50 set in the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka, Japan. And it seems likely to go. 'Today I felt really good before the race,' he said. 'In the water, I felt light, I was taking in a lot of water and technically everything felt clean.' Asked about swimming a lighter schedule he replied in an understatement: 'It was probably the right decision.' Marchand was about 1.8 seconds under the world record after 150 meters and powered home with the final freestyle leg. Though this race did not yield a world title — that will come on Thursday in the final — it did win Marchand a check for $30,000. 'In the end I went out hard from the start,' he said. 'But I stayed super-relaxed. I didn't make many mistakes. I didn't realize I was going that fast but I gave it absolutely everything. Arms at full speed all the way to the wall. At that point I wasn't even thinking about technique anymore.' More than Marchand Despite being only a semifinal, Marchand overshadowed the five finals on Day 4 of the worlds — the halfway mark with four days more to go. Those finals produced medals for the United States, Australia, Italy, Tunisia, and the Neutral Athletes. American Luca Urlando picked up the third gold medal for the United States in the championships, winning the 200 butterfly in 1:51.87. Krzysztof Chmielewski of Poland was second in 1:52.64 with bronze for Harrison Turner of Australia in 1:54.17. Urlando has battled back from several surgeries for his first big title on the world stage. 'It was a great race – all great -- a great moment,' he said. 'I'm trying to have as much fun as I can with it.' He was asked how he overcame the setbacks and he replied: 'The belief that I could get back to a moment like this. Internal belief.' Mollie O'Callaghan of Australia, the defending Paris Olympic champion in the 200 freestyle, repeated her title in the worlds, pulling away in the last 50 to finish in 1:53.48. Lin Bingjie of China was the silver medalist in 1:54.52, with bronze going to American Claire Weinstein in 1:54.57. O'Callaghan has had a difficult time coming back after the Olympic victory, dealing with the stress and the post-games letdown. 'I've had an amazing coach Dean (Boxall) to guide me through this difficult time,' O'Callaghan said. 'It's hard for a lot of people to come back after the Olympics.' Weinstein, like many of the Americans, has been dealing with what team officials call 'acute gastroenteritis' picked up at a training camp in Thailand before arriving in Singapore. A new name, missing name Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisia won the 800 free, clocking 7:36.88 — the third fastest time ever swum in the event. Sven Schwartz of Germany claimed silver in 7:39.96 with fellow German Lukas Martens taking bronze in 7:40.19. American Bobby Finke, the three-time Olympic gold medalist, was fourth, far off the pace in 7:46.42. Sam Short of Australia, who had the second-quickest qualifying time in the 800, pulled out of the race with what the team said was food poisoning. One big shock came in the men's 100 freestyle semifinals where world-record holder Pan Zhanle of China failed to reach the top eight for Thursday's final. American Jack Alexy had the best time of 46.81 with David Popovici across in 46.84. Pan finished in 47.81, far off his world-record time of 46.40 set last year in Paris. In the men's 50 breaststroke, Simone Cerasuolo of Italy won in 26.54 with silver for Kirill Prigoda swimming as a Neutral Athlete, and bronze for Qin Haiyang of China. McIntosh and Yu In the women's 200 butterfly semifinals, Canadian Summer McIntosh had the top qualifying time in 2:06.22. Yu Zidi, the 12-year-old Chinese, swam 2:07.95 to make the final eight. Her time was the eighth best. McIntosh has already won two gold medals and is trying for five in Singapore. Yu finished fourth earlier in the championships in the 200 individual medley. In the final event, the Neutral Athletes won the mixed 4x100 medley relay in 3:37.97. China was second (3:39.99) and Canada was third (3:40.90). The United States failed to reach Wednesday's final after finishing 10th in qualifying. They were Olympic champions last year in Paris. Britain and France also missed reaching the final. __ AP sports: in this topic
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
World Aquatics Championships: China claim trio of golds to continue diving dominance
China swept both diving finals to secure three gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday, continuing their long-held dominance of the sport. There were two golds in the mixed synchronised 10-metre platform and another in the men's 1m springboard event. Zhu Yongxin and Xie Peiling, diving together at a major international meet for the first time, topped the mixed event with 323.04 points, finishing just ahead of North Korea's Choe Wi-hyon and Jo Jin-mi, who scored 322.98. The Chinese pair were ranked last out of 12 competitors after the first of five dives, but held steady to climb the rankings and took the top spot following their fourth dive. Neutral athletes Aleksandr Bondar and Anna Konanykhina claimed bronze with 311.88. 'This wasn't an easy win; it was a tough battle, and in the end, we won by just a tiny margin,' Zhu said. 'Looking back, I felt a bit nervous about how close it was. But ultimately, I'm really glad we managed to secure the victory.'
Hindustan Times
12-07-2025
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- Hindustan Times
Neeru makes first World Cup final, finishes fourth in women's trap
Lonato , National Games champion Neeru Dhanda reached a first-ever World Cup final and finished a creditable fourth in women's trap on the penultimate day of the fourth and final ISSF World Cup for shotgun here on Saturday. Neeru makes first World Cup final, finishes fourth in women's trap She shot 30 out of her first 35 targets in the 50-shots final. Having taken the sixth and final qualifying spot by virtue of winning a shoot-off 2-1 over last year's New Delhi World Cup Final winner Alessia Iezzi , Neeru eventually went out due to a higher bib number, after tying with bronze medallist and previous Nicosia World Cup stage winner Lada Denisova of the Neutral Athletes and Paris Olympics silver medallist Silvana Maria Stanco of Italy, at the elimination stage. Australia's Laetisha Scanlan won gold with 45 hits. Earlier at the renowned Trap Concaverde range, Neeru shot rounds of 25 and 24 to add to her 66 overnight score for a tally of 115, the same score as Iezzi's. Preeti Rajak also recovered well on the day with rounds of 23 and 25 to swell her 66 , but fell short by one point to finish eighth. Pragati Dubey was further back with exactly 100. In the men's trap, veteran Zoravar Singh Sandhu dropped one bird each in his final two qualifying rounds for a tally of 121, putting him in a five-way shoot-off with at least two former Olympic champions, for the final two slots. He was the first to bow out, missing his second shot. Zoravar's teammates Lakshay Sheoran and Jaswinder Singh had tallies of 116 each to finish further down the leaderboard. Sunday will see two Indian pairs fight it out in the trap mixed team Olympic event. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
News18
12-07-2025
- Sport
- News18
ISSF World Cup: Neeru Dhanda Shines With Fourth-Place Finish In Women's Trap Final
Neeru was eventually eliminated from medal contention after tying with two seasoned shooters—Lada Denisova of the Neutral Athletes (AIN), a previous Nicosia World Cup stage winner, and Italy's Silvana Maria Stanco, the Paris Olympics silver medallist. Due to having a higher bib number, Neeru narrowly missed out on the podium. Australia's Laetisha Scanlan clinched the gold medal with an impressive 45 hits. Earlier in qualification, Neeru posted rounds of 25 and 24 on Saturday, adding to her overnight tally of 66 (21, 23, 22) to reach 115. Iezzi posted the same total, leading to the decisive shoot-off. India's Preeti Rajak also showed strong form with rounds of 23 and 25, improving on her overnight score of 66 (20, 24, 22) to finish at 114—just one point short of the cut for the final, placing her eighth overall. Pragati Dubey finished further behind with a total of 100 (18, 18, 21, 19, 24). Zoravar Misses Final After Shoot-Off in Men's Trap In the men's trap event, veteran shooter Zoravar Singh Sandhu recorded a solid total of 121 (24, 25, 24, 24, 24). However, a five-way shoot-off ensued for the final two qualifying spots, which included at least two former Olympic champions. Zoravar was the first to be eliminated after missing his second shot. Teammates Lakshay Sheoran (24, 22, 24, 23, 23) and Jaswinder Singh (23, 24, 22, 23, 24) both ended with scores of 116 and did not contend for qualification. Trap Mixed Team Event Up Next
