In what may have been the best championship race of her career, Katie Ledecky won an 800m freestyle that lived up to the hype, becoming the first swimmer to capture a seventh world title in one event. Ledecky swam 8:05.62 to beat Australian Lani Pallister (8:05.98) and Canadian Summer McIntosh (8:07.29) in a showdown among the three fastest women in …
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Jul 30, 2025, 09:03 AM ET SINGAPORE — Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds, to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. The Frenchman set the mark swimming in the semifinals and, in theory, could break the record again in …
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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. …
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Image credits: X/@PondManUK While many are understandably scared of snakes, what most seem to be terrified of are little, crawling creatures called spiders. Now it seems these crawlers were swimming in good ole waters before adapting to land and engaging in a never-ending game of I-spy with humans.According to the analysis of an “exquisitely preserved” fossil that existed 500 million …
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Silver medalist team United States pose after the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP USA Swimming team members are recovering from acute gastroenteritis as they compete in the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, a spokesperson for the team told NPR on Sunday. The team’s medical …
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Jul 26, 2025, 11:23 PM ET SINGAPORE — The globe got its first look on Sunday at 12-year-old Chinese prodigy swimmer Yu Zidi, making her debut at the swimming world championships. She did not disappoint on the opening day of the eight-day competition in the pool in Singapore. Yu, who has been swimming astounding times in China, clocked 2 minutes, …
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