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Léon Marchand crushed Ryan Lochte’s world record in the 200m individual medley by more than one second in the World Championships semifinals. Marchand, the Frenchman who won four individual golds at the 2024 Paris Olympics, clocked 1 minute, 52.69 seconds in Singapore. That erased the world record of 1:54.00 set by Lochte at the 2011 Worlds. “My plan was to …

Katie Ledecky extended her 15-year win streak in the 1500m freestyle and broke career medal ties with Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte at the World Swimming Championships on Tuesday. Ledecky earned her sixth title in the 1500m free and 22nd world title overall. She clocked 15 minutes, 26.44 seconds in Singapore, comfortably prevailing by 5.35 seconds over Italian Simona Quadarella. …