By Sam Blacker on SwimSwam
2025 World Championships
July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming) Singapore, Singapore World Aquatics Championships Arena LCM (50m) Meet Central How To Watch SwimSwam Preview Index Entry Book Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8After a whirlwind eight days in which we saw some expectations fulfilled and others torn to shreds and scattered to the wind, there are some newer names who have joined the pantheon of podium and finals contenders. Here are some names that you may not have known too much about before the meet, but certainly should do now.
Yu Zidi is certainly a name we could have picked here, with three 4th place finishes where she was only a combined 0.87 seconds off bronze, at the age of 12. However, with all the hype leading into the championships around the combination of her age and times from Chinese Nationals, she probably was someone you were aware of.
HM: Zhang Zhanshuo
Zhang was an important part of the 4×200 free relays in both Doha and Paris last year, but as well as progressing to be a star on that relay has become an individual threat. He went 1:44.20 to anchor China to silver on that relay, 3rd-fastest in the field, finished 11th in the 200 free, and made the 400 free final where he finished 5th.
He probably had the best meet relative to expectations of any Chinese swimmer in Singapore, and at only 18 has plenty of room to grow further.
HM: Denis Petrashov
Pieter Coetze was not the only World University Games gold medalist to wind up on the podium in Singapore, after Denis Petrashov took a brilliant bronze medal for Kyrgyzstan – in their first ever long course worlds final.
to wind up on the podium in the 100 breast. He set a new national record in both semis and the final, dipping under 59 seconds for the first time ever in 58.88.
He missed the 50 breast semi-finals, but with the 100 breast looking a little slower over the last couple of years and his time of 58.88 ranking him just outside the top 25 performers in history, the former Louisville swimmer should still be among the contenders in two years time if his form continues.
Carlos D’Ambrosio – Italy
D’Ambrosio showed that he may have something big in store at the Sette Colli just over a month ago setting bests of 48.14 in the 100 free and 1:45.99 in the 200 free. Those did not last long, as he set an Italian Junior Record in the former twice, leading off the 4×100 free relay in 47.96 in heats and then 47.78 in the final as the Italians won silver.
With Alessandro Miressi missing the team, the 4×100 free team looked to be one of the weakest they had fielded in years – instead, thanks to D’Ambrosio’s leadoff and strong contributions elsewhere, they took silver in a new national record.
In the 200 free he shattered Filippo Megli’s six-year-old Italian record in 1:45.23 before going 1:45.27 in the final to finish 6th, and then led off the 4×200 free in 1:45.75, second-fastest among the leadoffs.
He missed semi-finals in the 100 free, but threw down splits of 47.34 and 47.33 on the mixed free and men’s medley relays to round off the meet as Italy finished 4th in both. He will be an integral part of all three men’s relays for Italy going forward – a consistent 47-low split and 1:45-mid leadoff at just 18 years old is an incredible talent.
Roos Vanotterdijk – Belgium
Vanotterdijk has been in torrid form this year, having set Belgian Records in the 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly, 100 fly and 200 IM before the championships even started. She started her meet with a bang, breaking her own record in the heats, semis and final of the 100 fly.
She hacked more than a second off the mark, tying Gretchen Walsh for top spot out of the semis in 56.06 before taking even more time off to win silver in 55.84. That made her the 8th-fastest woman in history, and one of only nine to ever break the 56-second barrier.
She was a semi-finalist in the 50 back, 100 back, 100 free and 50 free, and made the final again in the 50 fly on the penultimate day of the meet.
There, she added a second medal – having already won Belgium’s first worlds medal in 27 years – as she finished 3rd in 25.43, just off her newly-minted national record from the semi-finals.
She comes away from Singapore with two medals, three new Belgian Records (50 fly, 100 fly, 50 back), and a ton of momentum going into next year’s European Championships.
Harrison Turner – Australia
Turner had a huge swim in the 200 fly at Aussie Trials, breaking 1:57, 1:56, and 1:55 for the first time ever in 1:54.90. With that kind of record, he could have been forgiven for adding some time or not making it through the rounds – this was just his second world championship, and first long course edition.
Instead, he swam 1:54-point in all three rounds of the 200 fly. Having snuck through to the final in 8th, he delivered the biggest swim of his life to go 1:54.17, breaking Nick D’Arcy’s supersuited Australian Record and, more importantly, hanging on to win bronze.
That was the first-ever medal in the event for Australia, and having not had a finalist in 22 years Turner looks well primed to give the 200 fly a more consistent Green and Gold presence.
The 200 fly seems to be an event where swimmers struggle to hit their best or manage energy through the rounds. Turner, on debut, did both with aplomb.
Blake Tierney – Canada
Blake Tierney had a pretty good year last year, setting the Canadian Record in the 200 back at Olympic Trials and posting best times of 53.48 in the 100 and 1:56.74 in the 200. He was slightly slower this year, just 54.28 in the 100 and 1:57.04 in the 200, only making the team in the latter and losing his national record to Ethan Ekk.
With his focus on the 200, he showed himself to be a major contender here, swimming 1:55.17 to lead the heats and break Ekk’s record by 1.37 seconds in a huge new personal best. He clipped that mark further in the semis in 1:55.03, before finishing 4th in the final in 1:55.09 – the highest ever finish by a Canadian swimmer in the event.
Tierney was not done there, setting a second new national record when leading off the men’s medley relay in the heats in 52.95, as the relay team also set a new national standard.
Tierney is now a surefire finals contender in the 200, with the podium not too far away now. Add in his speed on the 100, and he could be a two-distance finalist in 2027 and a medal contender at both the Pan Pacific Games and Commonwealth Games next summer.
Daria Klepikova – Neutral Athlet
Klepikova did not win any individual medals from this meet, but made two individual finals, was part of three record-setting relays, and came away with two relay medals. In addition, she set an individual Russian Record on four different occasions, capping off a fantastic meet.
She set new bests in the 100 fly (56.42) and the 100 free (52.98), finishing 5th in both having set a new best in the semi-finals of each event. Both of those were big best times, and she delivered for the NAB relays as well.
After anchoring the women’s 4×100 free in 52.68 on Day 1, she delivered further phenomenal splits on the championship-record-setting mixed medley relay (fly – 55.97), national-record-setting mixed free relay (52.49) and women’s medley relay (fly – 55.95). She was among the fastest in the field on all four relays, notably outsplitting Alexandria Perkins and Zhang Yufei on the women’s medley, both of whom beat her individually.
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