2025 World Championships: Day 1 Swims You Might Have Missed ...Middle East

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Ethan Ekk hacked three seconds off in the 400 free to finish 9th, just 0.13 seconds off a place in the final. He set his previous best of 3:49.57 at Canadian Trials in June, and looks to have timed his taper perfectly as he became Canada’s #2 swimmer all-time in the event. He set the Canadian Record in the 200 back in 1:56.54 last month, and could be an under-the-radar contender to make the final there.

Jack McMillan dropped 1.6 seconds in the 400 free to go 3:47.28 to place 14th. He becomes Great Britain’s 11th-fastest swimmer in the event, and stands him in good stead for the 4×200 free relay later in the week. With Tom Dean not looking in top form on the 4×100 free relay, he may be required for the finals squad there.

NAB’s Daria Klepikova hacked a second off her best in the 100 fly over the course of the day, placing 4th in the semi-finals in a new Russian Record of 56.42. She had a couple of big swims on the 4×100 free relay as well today, anchoring the finals team in 52.68 as they finished 6th.

Great Britain’s Greg Butler hacked four-tenths of a second off his best in the 100 breast today, going 59.87 in the heats before dropping down to 59.53 in the semi-finals to place 13th. That is big news for their medley relay, which was looking a little light on breaststroke with no Adam Peaty or James Wilby this year.

Ching Hwee Gan set a National Record for Singapore in the women’s 400 free, hacking 2.5 seconds off her previous best to go 4:09.81 and break 4:10 for the first time. The former Indiana Hoosier placed 3rd in the 1650 at this year’s NCAA championship, and had a big long course swim this morning.

Mio Narita is the 3rd seed into the women’s 200 IM final tomorrow, and hacked half a second off her previous best to go 2:09.16. She has looked stronger in the 400 previously, but is a medal contender here after closing fastest of anyone in the semi-finals in 30.42. She has moved up one spot to #4 on the all-time Japanese rankings.

Simon Bucher took his Austrian Record in the 50 fly down under 23 seconds in the men’s semi-finals tonight, but just missed out on a place in the final in 10th place. He was 22.95, which is a good sign ahead of the 100 fly later in the week where he will be aiming to dip below 51 seconds for the first time from his 51.18 PB

China may be an outside contender for the podium in the men’s 4×200 free, but a big part of any medal attempt could well be youngster Zhang Zhanshuo. He set a new best in both heats and finals of the 400 free today, finishing 5th in 3:44.82, and if he continues in that kind of form could be the second star they’ve been looking for alongside Pan Zhanle.

Lithuania had a couple of big swims in the men’s 4×100 free relay, reaching their first ever world final thanks to a huge national record, and it was a pair of NCAA swimmers driving them. Ohio State’s Tomas Navikonis (47.47) and Arizona’s Tomas Lukminas (47.83) were sub-48 this morning, before Navikonis switched to the leadoff leg where he set a new flat-start best of 48.37.

We saw some other big splits from teams that did not wind up in the top eight. Spain’s Luka Hoek le Guenedal (47.68), Poland’s Ksawery Masiuk (47.48), France’s Yann le Goff (47.55) and Germany’s Kaii Winkler (47.52) were all sub-48 this morning, while Sergio de Celis Montalban (Spain), Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri (Luxembourg) and Sander Sorensen (Norway) all broke their national records on leadoffs.

Croatia’s Jere Hribar was another swimmer who broke the national record leading off the prelims relay, as he broke 48 seconds for the first time in 47.93. That makes him a contender for the semi-finals at least individually, and continues his good form this summer after taking silver at the European U23 Championships last month.

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