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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 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3Things weren’t looking great for the United States on the opening day of the 2025 World Championships, with a stomach illness circulating through the team resulting in gold medal contender Torri Huske dropping out of the women’s 100 fly and Gretchen Walsh being removed from the women’s 4×100 free relay.
Another key withdrawal on Sunday was Claire Weinstein scratching the prelims of the women’s 400 freestyle. Although she wasn’t expected to be a contender for gold, the 18-year-old was certainly in the running for a spot on the podium after dropping a new best time of 4:00.05 at last month’s U.S. Nationals.
After scratching out of the 400, Weinstein had less than 48 hours before the opening round of her best event, the 200 free, which kicked off on Tuesday morning. There were signs that members of the American team were starting to recover from the illness, including Walsh nearly breaking the world record in the 100 fly final on Monday, and the positive momentum continued for Weinstein on Tuesday.
After winning her heat and comfortably qualifying for the semis this morning in a time of 1:57.38, Weinstein showed she was back on top form during the evening session, winning the second semi-final in 1:54.69.
Not only did that give the future Cal Bear the top time heading into tomorrow’s final, it also marked a new personal best, lowering her previous mark of 1:54.88 set at last summer’s Olympics in Paris. It’s her fourth time breaking the 1:55 barrier, having also done so at the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim in May (1:54.93) and U.S. Nationals in June (1:54.92).
Split Comparison
Weinstein, 2024 Olympics Weinstein, 2025 PSS Fort Lauderdale Weinstein, 2025 U.S. Nationals Weinstein, 2025 Worlds 27.25 27.53 27.19 27.09 55.96 (28.71) 56.67 (29.14) 56.17 (28.98) 56.15 (29.06) 1:25.54 (29.58) 1:26.06 (29.39) 1:25.66 (29.49) 1:25.73 (29.58) 1:54.88 (29.34) 1:54.93 (28.87) 1:54.92 (29.26) 1:54.69 (28.96)Weinstein also moved past Missy Franklin (1:54.81) to rank 3rd all-time among Americans behind Allison Schmitt (1:53.61) and Katie Ledecky (1:53.73), slotting her at 15th all-time.
Heading into the 200 free final, Weinstein has a shot at the gold medal. With world record holder and 2024 Olympic silver medalist Ariarne Titmus sitting out of the competition, Paris Olympic bronze medalist and reigning world champion Siobhan Haughey out of the meet due to injury, and Summer McIntosh opting not to race the 200 free in Singapore, the only swimmer in the final who owns a best time faster than Weinstein is Mollie O’Callaghan, the reigning Olympic champion.
Although O’Callaghan is the 2nd-fastest performer ever and owns a best time (1:52.48) more than two seconds faster than Weinstein, the Aussie was out-split by Weinstein on all four 50s (racing head-to-head) in the semis and has yet to return to top form after dealing with a knee injury in late 2024 and early 2025. O’Callaghan, who qualified 2nd overall in 1:55.49, has only been slightly faster than Weinstein this year, clocking 1:54.43 at the Australian Trials in June.
OTHER DAY 3 NORTH AMERICA HIGHLIGHTS
Luke Hobson took the bull by the horns in the final of the men’s 200 freestyle, leading the field through the 100 and 150-meter turns before being run down by David Popovici and winning the silver medal in a time of 1:43.84, just over a tenth outside his best (1:43.73). That marks Hobson’s best finish in the event at a major international long course meet after claiming 200 free bronze at both the 2024 World Championships and Paris Olympics. Fellow American Gabriel Jett sat 2nd at the halfway mark of the final before ultimately placing 8th. Katie Ledecky won her sixth World Championship title in the women’s 1500 freestyle, sitting on world record pace for more than three-quarters of the race before ultimately producing the fifth-fastest time ever in 15:26.44. Since winning the event at her debut Worlds in 2013, the only times Ledecky has not won the 1500 free at the World Championships were 2019, when she withdrew from the event due to illness, and 2024, when she did not compete. Regan Smith put up the third-fastest time of her career and the sixth-quickest ever in the final of the women’s 100 back, winning the silver medal behind Australian rival Kaylee McKeown in 57.35. Smith, the 2022 world champion in the event, has now won silver behind McKeown at the last two Olympics (2021, 2024) and last two World Championships (2023, 2025) in which they’ve raced head-to-head. Katharine Berkoff snagged bronze for the Americans in 58.15, marking the third straight best-on-best meet that’s seen a McKeown/Smith/Berkoff podium (also 2023 Worlds and 2024 Olympics). Canada’s Kylie Masse also matched her Olympic finish to place 4th, while her teammate Taylor Ruck was 7th. American Erin Gemmell joins Weinstein in tomorrow’s 200 free final after qualifying 8th in 1:56.03. Luca Urlando produced back-to-back 1:52 swims in the men’s 200 fly to lead the field out of both the prelims (1:52.71) and semis (1:52.84), making him the favorite for gold in tomorrow’s final. The United States has not won a medal at the World Championships in the men’s 200 fly since Michael Phelps won gold in 2011. The Americans will also have Carson Foster in the final after he qualified 4th overall in 1:54.30, while Canadian Ilya Kharun sits 5th in 1:54.43. In a close battle for gold, Kate Douglass ended up with the silver medal in the women’s 100 breaststroke final in a personal best time of 1:05.27, marking the best finish for the U.S. in the event since Lilly King won gold in 2019.North America Medal Table Through Day 3
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 USA 2 5 3 10 2 Canada 2 0 1 3Overall Medal Table Through Day 3
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Australia 3 1 2 6 2 United States 2 5 3 10 3 Canada 2 0 1 3 4 Germany 2 0 0 2 5 China 1 1 1 3 6 France 1 0 1 2 7 Romania 1 0 0 1 South Africa 1 0 0 1 9 Italy 0 4 1 5 10 Belgium 0 1 0 1 Switzerland 0 1 0 1 12 Japan 0 0 1 1 Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1 Netherlands 0 0 1 1 South Korea 0 0 1 1Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 Worlds, Day 3 North America Recap: Weinstein Rebounds To Take Pole Position In 200 Free
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