2025 Swimming World Cup — Toronto: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

2025 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – Toronto

• October 23-25, 2025
• Toronto, Canada
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Day 3 Start List

Welcome to the final session of the 2025 World Aquatics World Cup. There is a lot of money on the line tonight, as well as a few Triple Crown hopefuls and a few potential “Crown Busters”.

The biggest story of the night is the overall standings race between Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass. Walsh currently leads by 0.2 points, but her weakest event in terms of points is today while Douglass has her strongest. We will keep you updated throughout the meet, and the women’s 100 free final is the 2nd to last event.

The meet will start with the men’s 400 IM fastest heat, which sees Shaine Casas as the top seed, just four-hundredths ahead of Carson Foster.

The women’s 800 free final will see Lani Pallister seeking her 2nd Triple Crown of the meet, as she is the top seed in the event by almost 11 seconds.

Walsh leads the women’s 100 fly final, which is a Triple Crown hopeful event as well as a crucial event for the overall standings.

There are a few other Triple Crown events with Ilya Kharun in the 50 fly, Kaylee McKeown in the 200 back, Hubert Kos in the 100 back, Luke Hobson in the 200 free, and Alex Walsh in the 200 IM

Florine Gaspard is the top seed in the women’s 50 breast as the only swimmer under 30 seconds in the event. Caspar Corbeau is the top seed in the men’s 200 breaststroke which is another potential Triple Crown event.

Kate Douglass will swim the 100 free as the 2nd-to-last event, and after that race, we should know how the final standings will shake out.

Men’s 400 IM — Final Heat (Timed Finals)

• World Record: 3:54.81 — Daiya Seto, Japan (2019)
• World Junior Record: 3:56.47 — Ilya Borodin, Russia (2021)
• World Cup Record: 3:57.25 — Daiya Seto, Japan (2018)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Shaine Casas (USA) – 3:56.13 **World Cup record
2. Carson Foster (USA) – 3:59.98
3. Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 4:01.33
4. Max Litchfield (GBR) – 4:02.87
5. Brendon Smith (AUS) – 4:03.10
6. Gabor Zombori (HUN) – 4:08.24
7. Yumeki Kojima (JPN) – 4:11.33
8. Massimiliano Matteazzi (ITA) / Baylor Stanton (USA) – 4:11.50

Shaine Casas set a new World Cup Record en route to his 400 IM title on the last night of the Tornoto World Cup. With this swim, he officially sweeps all three IM events at this Cup, coming in a little more than three seconds ahead of fellow American Carson Foster.

His swim tonight was seven seconds faster than the 4:03.10 he swam at the first stop in Carmel, and a little more than a second faster than the 3:57.41 he swam to win the event last week in Westmont.

Casas led the event from start to finish, turning in 53.49 at the 100 mark, and building his lead from there. He almost got chased down at the end by jJapan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita who was disqualified after the conclusion of the race.

American Carson Foster finished 2nd at 3:59.98, just squeaking in under 4:00. His time was about a second slower than the 3:58.18 he swam in Westmont, and two seconds off his best of 3:57.45 from the SC Worlds in December.

Alberto Razzetti ended up on the podium as well, touching 3rd in 4:01.33, which was his fastest swim of the series by three seconds, dropping from the 4:04.53 he swam in Westmont.

Women’s 800 Freestyle — Final Heat (Timed Finals)

• World Record: 7:57.42 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2022)
• World Junior Record: 7:59.44 — Wang Jianjiahe, China (2018)
• World Cup Record: 7:57.42 — Katie Ledecky, United States (2022)
• Triple Crown Contender: Lani Pallister (AUS)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Lani Pallister (AUS) – 7:54.00 ** New World Record
2. Erika Fairweather (NZL) – 8:09.69
3. Caitlin Deans (NZL) – 8:11.76
4. Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) – 8:15.52
5. Molly Walker (AUS) – 8:21.86
6. Tori Meklensek (CLB) – 8:38.35
7. Delphine Piatera-Mercier (CLB) – 8:48.76
8. Callie Cardiff (CLB) – 8:51.94

What. A. Swim. Lani Pallister has been on fire this series, and she capped it off with a new World Record time in the women’s 800 freestyle, taking down the titan Katie Ledecky’s record from 2022.

Pallister touched in 7:54.00 to take more than three seconds off Ledecky’s record time of 7:57.42 to pick up her first ever individual World Record, winning gold and the Triple Crown in the process.

Her swim tonight was a little more than eight seconds faster than the 8:02.02 she swam in Carmel, and helped her win the event by more than 15 seconds. Her first 400 split of 3:54.16 would have bene 2nd in the individual 400 at this meet, only behind herself.

Erika Fairweather was 2nd in 8:09.69, three seconds faster than her Carmel swim, and Caitlin Deans was 3rd to make an Oceania podium in 8:11.76,a little more than seven seconds faster than her 8:13.37 from Carmel.

Women’s 100 Butterfly — Final

• World Record: 52.71 — Gretchen Walsh, United States (2024)
• World Junior Record: 55.10 — Mizuki Hirai, Japan (2025)
• World Cup Record: 53.69 — Gretchen Walsh, United States (2025)
• Triple Crown Contender: Gretchen Walsh (USA)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 53.10 ** WC Record
2. Alexandria Perkins (AUS) – 55.11
3. Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) – 56.16
4. Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) – 56.74
5. Laura Lahtinen (FIN) – 56.81
6. Mary-Sophie Harvey (CAN) – 57.30
7. Marie Wattel (FRA) – 57.38
8. Hazel Ouwehand (NZL) – 57.49

Gretchen Walsh won the women’s 100 fly in a new World Cup record, and the 3rd fastest swim in history, touching in 53.10 to win the Triple Crown.

This swim also scored 19.7 points in the standings battle, which ensures that Douglass will need a World Record and 20 point swim if she wants to win the overall standings battle, since the tiebreak goes in Walsh’s favor.

Alexandria Perkins was 2nd in 55.11, just off the 54.93 she swam to finish 2nd in Carmel.

Belgium’s Roos Vanotterdijk finished 3rd, which is where she sat for the whole race, touching in 56.16, which is about half-a-second off her Carmel swim of 55.64

Canada’s Mary-Sophie Harvey was just minutes away from her 4th place finish in the 800 freestyle final when she got back on the blocks to swim the 100 fly, ultimately finishing 6th overall.

Men’s 50 Butterfly — Final

• World Record: 21.32 — Noe Ponti, Switzerland (2024)
• World Junior Record: 22.28 — Ilya Kharun, Canada (2022)
• World Cup Record: 21.50 — Noe Ponti, Switzerland (2024)
• Triple Crown Contender: Ilya Kharun (CAN)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Ilya Kharun (CAN) – 21.80
2. Noe Ponti (SUI) – 21.81
3. Josh Liendo (CAN) – 21.91
4. Tzen Wei Teong (SGP) – 21.93
5. Finn Brooks (CLB) – 22.45
6. Dylan Carter (TTO) – 22.54
7. Matthew Richards (GBR) – 22.73
8. Luke Barr (CLB) – 22.88

Ilya Kharun picked up his 2nd Triple Crown of the meet with the gold medal in the men’s 50 fly final, coming in at 21.80 just one-hundredth ahead of Noe Ponti‘s 21.81 for the silver medal. Kharun was a smidge off the 21.69 he swam in Westmont, and a little off his lifetime best of 21.67 from the SC Worlds in December.

Ponti was just one-hundredth off the 21.80 mark he set in Westmont that was his season best time in the event.

Josh Liendo was 3rd in 21.91, capping off his exceptional stop with a new personal best time, improving from the 22.23 he swam last weekend.

Tzen Wei Teong finished 4th in a new Singaporean Record time of 21.93. this swim also makes him the 8th fastest performer in history in the event.

Women’s 200 Backstroke — Final

• World Record: 1:57.87 — Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2025)
• World Junior Record: 1:59.96 — Summer McIntosh, Canada (2024)
• World Cup Record: 1:57.87 — Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2025)
• Triple Crown Contender: Kaylee McKeown (AUS)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 1:57.33 ** New World Record
2. Regan Smith (USA) – 1:57.86
3. Phoebe Bacon (USA) – 2:00.80
4. Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 2:02.99
5. Anastasiya Shkurdai (NAA) – 2:03.03
6. Madison Kryger (CAN) – 2:03.84
7. Hannah Fredericks (AUS) – 2:04.21
8. Rhyan White (USA) – 2:04.53

Kaylee McKeown and Regan Smith always deliver when it comes to exciting races, and tonight was no different. Yet again, the two athletes both came in under the former World Record time with McKeown coming out on top by more than half-a-second.

Her final time of 1:57.33 takes more than half-a-second under the World Record that she set just last week. She started the race just behind Smith at the 100 mark, but she came back hard, catching the World Record split with a monster final 50 of 19.77 to win the Triple Crown and lock up the Westmont stop win as well.

American Phoebe Bacon was 3rd in 2:00.80, a second-and-a-half faster than the 2:02.13 she swam last week in Westmont, and only four hundredths off her lifetime best of 2:00.76.

Men’s 100 Backstroke — Final

• World Record: 48.33 — Coleman Stewart, United States (2021)
• World Junior Record: 48.76 — Miron Lifintsev, Russia (2024)
• World Cup Record: 48.78 — Hubert Kos, Hungary (2025)
• Triple Crown Contender: Hubert Kos (HUN)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Hubert Kos (HUN) – 48.16 ** New World Record
2. Kacper Stokowski (CLB) – 49.41
3. Ralf Tribuntsov (EST) – 49.92
4. Finlay Knox (CAN) – 50.02
5. Gabriel Jett (USA) – 50.07
6. Lorenzo Mora (ITA) – 50.18
7. Enoch Robb (AUS) – 50.25
8. Blake Tierney (CAN) – 50.47

Hubert Kos locked up his overall standings win with the win and World Record in the men’s 100 backstroke. Kos touched in 48.16 to take down Coleman Stewart’s former record time of 48.33 from 2021.

Kos will also pick up the Triple Crown in the event, dropping six tenths from the 48.78 he swam in Westmont to set the World Cup Record.

Kacper Stokowski finished 2nd in 49.41, his series best time by about half-a-second from the 49.92 he swam in Carmel. He was about four tenths off his 49.10 from the SC Worlds in December.

Women’s 50 Breaststroke — Final

• World Record: 28.37 — Ruta Meilutyte, Lithuania (2022)
• World Junior Record: 28.81 — Benedetta Pilato, Italy (2020)
• World Cup Record: 28.56 — Alia Atkinson, Jamaica (2018)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Florine Gaspard (BEL) – 29.48
2. Mona McSharry (IRL) – 29.58
3. Satomi Suzuki (JPN) – 29.90
4. Alexanne Lepage (CAN) – 30.00
5. Sophie Angus (CAN) – 30.12
6. Skyler Smith (USA) – 30.14
7. Maria Ramos Najji (ESP) – 30.18
8. Laura Lahtinen (FIN) – 30.87

Florine Gaspard picked up her first win of the series on the final night, touching in 29.48 in the women’s 50 breaststroke to come in a tenth ahead of Ireland’s Mona McSharry. This was a new personal best time for her, and it completed her collection of 50 breaststroke medals. In Carmel, she finished 2nd. In Westmont, she was 3rd, and she finally earned the win in Toronto.

Mona McSharry set a new Irish record en route to her 2nd place finishing time of 29.58. She drops one-hundredth from her lifetime best of 29.59 from December of 2021.

Japan’s Satomi Suzuki was the final swimmer in the event under 30 seconds, finishing with the bronze medal in 29.90, a little more than three tenths faster than the 30.24 she swam in Westmont that was her series best.

Men’s 200 Breaststroke — Final

• World Record: 2:00.16 — Kirill Prigoda, Russia (2018)
• World Junior Record: 2:03.23 — Akihiro Yamaguchi, Japan (2012)
• World Cup Record: 2:00.48 — Daniel Gyurta, Hungary (2014)
• Triple Crown Contender: Caspar Corbeau (NED)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Caspar Corbeau (NED) – 1:59.52 ** New World Record
2. Shin Ohashi (JPN) – 2:02.03 ** New World Junior Record
3. Yamato Fukasawa (JPN) – 2:03.82
4. Ippei Watanabe (JPN) – 2:03.96
5. David Schlicht (AUS) – 2:04.99
6. Daiya Seto (JPN) – 2:06.20
7. Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2:07.48
8. Nathan Thomas (CLB) – 2:08.77

The records just keep falling in Toronto on night three. The men’s 200 breaststroke saw a new World Record and a new World Junior Record from the gold and silver medalists.

Caspar Corbeau swam 1:59.52 to become the first man under 2:00 in the event, taking down Kirill Prigoda’s 2018 record of 2:00.16 for Russia. He got out fast, splitting 56.80 on the opening 100 to come in more than a second ahead of 2nd place finisher Shin Ohashi. Corbeau went on to split 31.68 on the final 50 to ensure his victory and pick up the Triple Crown.

Japan’s Shin Ohashi finished 2nd in 2:02.03, breaking the 13-year-old record of 2:03.23 set by Japan’s Akihiro Yamaguchi back in 2012. The 16-year-old Ohashi came in more than a second ahead of country mate Yamato Fukasawa who finished 3rd in 2:03.82.

Women’s 100 Freestyle — Final

• World Record: 50.19 — Kate Douglass, United States (2025)
• World Junior Record: 51.45 — Kayla Sanchez, Canada (2018)
• World Cup Record: 50.19 — Kate Douglass, United States (2025)
• Triple Crown Contender: Kate Douglass (USA)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Kate Douglass (USA) – 49.93 ** New World Record
2. Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) – 50.82
3. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 51.10
4. Taylor Ruck (CAN) – 51.69
5. Kayla Sanchez (PHI) – 52.05
6. Katarzyna Wasick (POL) – 52.25
7. Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) – 53.05
8. Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 53.37

The water in Toronto is fast tonight. Kate Douglass set the 5th World Record of the evening at 49.93 in the women’s 100 freestyle to become the first woman to break 50 seconds in the event. She broke her own World Record of 50.19 from last week and also picked up the Triple Crown in the event.

This swim as a whole was worth $50,000. She won $10,000 for winning the Triple Crown, another $10,000 for breaking the World Record, and finally her swim was worth 20.1 AQUA points, which was enough to earn her the overall win of the meet. The difference between 1st place and 2nd place is $30,000.

Mollie O’Callaghan also had an exceptional swim, touching in 50.82 to finish 2nd overall. This is a drop from the 51.13 mark she set in Carmel to finish 2nd. She has finished 2nd at all three stops of the series.

Marrit Steenbergen was 3rd in 51.10, a little more than a tenth drop from the 51.25 that was her best time from December of 2022.

Men’s 200 Freestyle — Final

• World Record: 1:38.61 — Luke Hobson, United States (2024)
• World Junior Record: 1:40.65 — Matthew Sates, South Africa (2021)
• World Cup Record: 1:39.37 — Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009)
• Triple Crown Contender: Luke Hobson (USA)

Top 8 Finishers:

1. Luke Hobson (USA)- 1:39.94
2. Chris Guiliano (USA)- 1:40.39
3. Maximillian Giuliani (AUS)- 1:41.40
4. Thomas Ceccon (ITA)- 1:41.60
5. Matthew Richards (GBR)- 1:41.91
6. Kieran Smith (USA)- 1:42.10
7. Mitchell Schott (CLB)- 1:42.64
8. Sam Short (AUS)- 1:43.47

The men’s 200 freestyle went to Luke Hobson, the final men’s Triple Crown winner of the meet. He swam 1:39.94 to break 1:40 for the first time this series.

Hobson and silver medalist Chris Guiliano were neck-and-neck for the first 125 meters, with Guiliano having the lead by five hundredths going into the 150 mark. Hobson turned on the gas for the final 75, though, splitting 12.83/12.92/12.66 to pass Guiliano’s 13.03/13.02/12.86 and grab the win and the $10,000 bonus.

Guiliano finished 2nd in 1:40.39, a new lifetime best time for him by about a second, dropping from his previous best 1:41.34 from last week in Westmont.

Australia’s Maximillian Giuliani finished 3rd in 1:41.40, his fastest swim of the series by about two seconds over the 1:43.29 he swam in Westmont.

Women’s 200 IM — Final

• World Record: 2:01.63 — Kate Douglass, United States (2024)
• World Junior Record: 2:04.48 — Yu Yiting, China (2021)
• World Cup Record: 2:02.13 — Katinka Hosszu, Hungary (2014)
• Triple Crown Contender: Alex Walsh (USA)

Top 8 Finishers

1. Alex Walsh (USA)- 2:04.01
2. Ellen Walshe (IRL)- 2:04.75
3. Abbie Wood (GBR)- 2:05.33
4. Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL)- 2:05.81
5. Rebecca Meder (RSA)- 2:05.83
6. Ella Ramsay (AUS)- 2:06.38
7. Freya Colbert (GBR)- 2:07.08
8. Mio Narita (JPN)- 2:07.50

Alex Walsh closed the meet out with a win and Triple Crown in the women’s 200 IM, touching in 2:04.01 to lock up the win by a little more than seven tenths over Ireland’s Ellen Walshe.

This was her best swim of the series, dropping from her 2:04.44 last week, and was about two seconds off her best of 2:02.65 from SC Worlds in December.

Walshe also set a new best time, dropping from the 2:05.52 she set in December to swim 2:04.75, setting a new Irish Record and winning the silver medal.

Abbie Wood was 3rd for Great Britain, swimming 2:05.33, a little off the 2;05.14 she swam in Carmel to finish 2nd.