USA legend Katie Ledecky will go for her first gold medal on Day 3 of the swimming competition at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Tuesday, 29 July.
Having secured bronze in the women’s 400m freestyle on Day 1, the nine-time Olympic gold medallist is the strong favourite to land the 1500m freestyle title as the Olympic champion and world record holder in the event.
Before that, there will be a mouth-watering showdown in the women’s 100m backstroke final between double Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown of Australia and world record holder Regan Smith of Team USA.
Elsewhere, Romanian star David Popovici will hope to back up his Paris 2024 Olympic gold with a second men’s 200m freestyle world title, while Hubert Kos and Thomas Ceccon lock horns in the men’s 100m backstroke final.
Finally, there will be another clash of the titans in the women’s 100m backstroke final, where US swimmer Kate Douglass takes on former world champion Tang Qianting of the People’s Republic of China.
In this morning’s heats, USA’s Bobby Finke qualified for the men’s 800 freestyle final alongside fellow Olympic gold medallists Lukas Märtens and Daniel Wiffen, the latter still recovering from a recent appendicitis, while reigning Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan of Australia booked her place in this evening’s women’s 200 freestyle semis.
The World Aquatics Championships — previously known as the FINA World Championships and often referred to as the World Swimming Championships — have been held since 1973. The Singapore edition marks the 22nd staging of the event.
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