2025 World Junior Swimming Championships
- August 19-24, 2025
- Otopeni, Romania
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Welcome back to day two of the World Junior Championships in Otopeni, Romania. We have a very busy and fast finals session ahead of us, and there could be some World Junior Records on the line.
Day 2 Finals Schedule
- Boys 100 Backstroke Final
- Girls 200 Butterfly Final
- Boys 200 Freestyle Final
- Girls 50 Breaststroke Final
- Boys 100 Backstroke Medal Ceremony
- Boys 100 Butterfly Semifinal
- Girls 200 Butterfly Medal Ceremony
- Girls 100 Freestyle Semifinal
- Boys 200 Freestyle Medal Ceremony
- Boys 100 Breaststroke Final
- Girls 100 Backstroke Final
- Girls 50 Breaststroke Medal Ceremony
- Boys 200 IM Final
- Boys 100 Breaststroke Medal Ceremony
- Girls 800 Freestyle Fastest Heat
- Girl’s 100 Backstroke Medal Ceremony
- Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay Final
- Boys 200 IM Medal Ceremony
- Girls 800 Freestyle Medal Ceremony
- Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay Medal Ceremony
There will be nine medal events this evening with two event semifinals sprinkled in. There are no semifinals for events 200 and above, which is how we ended up with so many medal events this evening, so we are going to go through them fast.
As a reminder, the United States is using the finals of this meet as an opportunity for Pan Pacs qualification. With eight individual event finals tonight, we could see some event shakeups.
The first two events will both see American swimmers in lane four. Gavin Keogh is the top seed in the boys 100 backstroke by almost three tenths ahead of Ireland’s John Shortt, and Audrey Derivaux grabbed the top qualifying spot in the 200 fly this morning by just three-hundredths over Japan’s Umi Ishizuka.
Event 3, the boys 200 free final, will feature Austrian swimmer Christian Giefing as the only swimmer under 1:48 this morning with Japan’s Raito Numata just over a tenth back.
We are back to American led events on the next one with Rachel McAlpin owning the middle lane in the girls 50 breaststroke final with her two tenth lead over Ralina Giliazova from the Neutral Athletes ‘B’.
After the girls 50 breast will be the only semifinals of the day. Brazilian Lucio Flavio Filho and American Rowan Cox will each take a middle lane as the 1st and 2nd seeds.
The Girls 100 freestyle is next, and the event is all about American Rylee Erisman who is the top seed by more than a second after breaking the Championship Record this morning. Her time from prelims would have earned a spot on the Pan Pacs team, but she will need to repeat the swim tomorrow evening.
The boys 100 breaststroke is one of the most anticipated races so far this meet with young British superstar Filip Nowacki facing off against World Junior Record holder Shin Ohashi from Japan. They will be in lanes four and five in the final, and the WJR could be up for grabs.
Charlotte Crush has the top seed in the girls 100 backstroke by more than a second as the only swimmer under 1:00 yesterday. Her time of 59.21 was also only a tenth away from the Championship Record in the event, which could be on the line tonight.
Mikhail Shcherbakov from the NAB delegation is the top seed in the 200 IM final, just three tenths ahead of Japan’s Raito Numata and Yumeki Kojima. They were the only athletes under 2:00 in prelims.
The final individual event will be the fastest heat of the girls 800 freestyle timed final. American Kennedi Dobson currently holds the top time at 8:34.74, a mark that all the athletes will be trying to beat.
The mixed 4×100 medley relay will be the final event of the day, and the Neutral Athlete ‘B’ team will be the top seed by almost half-a-second.
BOYS 100 BACKSTROKE – Final
- World Record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon, ITA (2022)
- World Junior Record: 52.08 – Miron Lifintsev, NAB (2024)
- Championship Record: 52.91 – Ksawery Masiuk, POL (2022)
Top 8 Finishers
- John Shortt (IRL)- 53.86
- Georgii Iakovlev (NAB)- 53.94
- Gavin Keogh (USA)- 54.06
- Henry Allan (AUS)- 54.25
- Daniele del Signore (ITA)- 54.57
- Aukan Goldin (ISR)- 54.70
- Liam Carrington (TTO)- 54.83
- Parker Deshayes (CAN)- 54.84
Ireland’s John Shortt rocketed down the back 50 meters to win the gold medal in the boys 100 backstroke and pick up Ireland’s first medal of the meet.
Shortt was out tied for 3rd with Liam Carrington in 26.17. Bronze medalist Gavin Keogh had the fastest first 50 of the field in 25.75.
Shortt had a very fast final 50 of 27.69, passing Keogh (28.31), Austria’s Henry Allan (28.48), and Carrington (28.66) to grab the win in 53.86.
Silver medalist Georgii Iakovlev from the Neutral Athletes ‘B’ had the fastest final 50 in the field, splitting 27.65 to Shortt’s 27.69, but he was out a little slower in 26.29 to finish just eight-hundredths back in 53.94
Keogh and Shortt were both faster in yesterday’s semifinal than today’s winning time.
GIRLS 200 BUTTERFLY – Final
- World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, CHN (2009)
- World Junior Record: 2:03.03 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2024)
- Championship Record: 2:07.20 – Lana Pudar, BIH (2023)
Top 8 Finishers
- Audrey Derivaux (USA) – 2:07.57
- Serafima Fokina (NAB) – 2:07.67
- Umi Ishizuka (JPN) – 2:08.16
- Gong Zhenqi (CHN) – 2:08.56
- Jessica Cole (AUS) – 2:09.56
- Zhou Xinyang (CHN) – 2:10.04
- Clare Watson (CAN) – 2:10.83
- Edith Price (GBR) – 2:11.40
The United States has officially won their first gold medal of the meet courtesy of Audrey Derivaux in the girls 200 butterfly.
The 16-year-old Derivaux was out in 3rd at the 100 mark, turning in 1:01.04, almost half-a-second behind Serafmina Fokina from NAB who was 1st in 1:00.65, and a tenth behind Umi Ishizuka‘s 1:00.98 in 2nd.
Derivaux had a monster 3rd 50 to move her into the lead, splitting 32.54, the fastest in the field by half-a-second. Ishizuka moved into 2nd with her 33.06 and Fokina as 3rd in 33.52.
The final 50 saw Derivaux fall off that blistering pace from the 3rd 50 a little bit, splitting 33.99 and almost giving up the lead to Fokina, who came home in 33.50. Derivaux was able to hold on, though, touching in 2:07.57 to win the gold by a tenth of Fokina’s 2:07.67
This was about a second add for Derivaux, who has a lifetime best of 2:06.46 from May of this year.
Ishizuka was 34.12 on the final 50 to touch in 2:08.16 for the bronze medal.
BOYS 200 FREESTYLE – Final
- World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
- World Junior Record: 1:42.97 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
Championship Record: 1:46.18 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
Top 8 Finishers
- Carlos D’Ambrosio (ITA) – 1:45.15 **New Championship Record
- Xu Haibo (CHN) – 1:46.67
- Raito Numata (JPN) – 1:46.70
- Ahmet Mete Boylu (TUR) – 1:47.24
- Kazusa Kuroda (JPN) – 1:47.57
- Christian Giefing (AUT) – 1:47.59
- Guilherme Escudeiro (BRA) – 1:48.60
- Alberto Ferrazza (ITA) – 1:48.89
Our first Championship Record of the evening went to Carlos D’Ambrosio in the boys 200 freestyle. His time of 1:45.15 was more than a second under the previous record of 1:46.18 set by Romania’s David Popovici back in 2022.
D’Ambrosio was out in the lead from the very beginning, splitting 24.28 on his first 50, which was almost six tenths faster than the next fastest split of 24.83 swum by bronze medalist Raito Numata.
He just continued to build his lead from there, turning in 26.61 on the 2nd 50 and 50.89 for the 100, which was first by exactly a second. Numata fell back into 5th with his 27.57 split for 52.40. Silver medalist Xu Haibo, from China, moved into 4th with his 27.07 2nd 50 and 52.16 100 split.
D’Ambrosio extended his lead once more on the 3rd 50, splitting 27.20 to turn a second-and-a-half ahead of 2nd place. Numata dropped further and turned in 6th after splitting 27.91 and Xu moved up to 3rd in 27.45.
The final 50 was the only one where D’Ambrosio did not have the fastest split. He was 27.06 to finish in 1:45.15 and win the event by a more than a second-and-a-half. Xu had the exact same 27.06 split to finish in 1:46.67 for the silver.
Numata had a very strong final 50 split of 26.39, almost seven tenths ahead of D’Ambrosio and Xu to be the only swimmer under 27 seconds on the final 50. This helped him move from 6th to 3rd, touching in 1:46.70.
D’Ambrosio’s swim was also the Italian National Record, breaking his own time of 1:45.23 from the World Championships last month.
GIRLS 50 BREASTSTROKE – Final
- World Record: 29.16 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2023)
- World Junior Record: 29.30 – Benedetta Pilato, ITA (2021)
- Championship Record: 30.19 – Eneli Jefimova, EST (2023)
Top 8 Finishers
- Rachel McAlpin (USA) – 30.78
- Smilte Plytnykaite (LTU) – 31.12
- Ralina Giliazova (NAB) – 31.19
- Irene Burato (ITA) – 31.28
- Hayley Mackinder (AUS) – 31.38
- Elle Scott (USA) – 31.38
- Theodora Taylor (GBR) – 31.44
- Lena Ludwig (GER) – 31.68
Rachel McAlpin picked up the 2nd straight gold medal for the American women in the girls 50 breaststroke. Her swim of 30.78 exactly matched her best time from the semifinals yesterday. She was the only swimmer in the heat to swim under 31 seconds in the event.
Smilte Plytnykaite, from Lithuania, won the silver medal in 31.12, just over a tenth faster than the 31.25 she swam in the semifinals.
Ralina Giliazova from the Neutral Athlete ‘B’ delegation took the bronze in 31.19, just seven-hundredths back of Plytnkaite. She was a bit slower than her semifinals swim of 30.97.
BOYS 100 BUTTERFLY – Semifinal
- World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
- Championship Record: 51.08 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
Top 8 Qualifiers
- Lucio Flavio Filho (BRA) – 52.31
- Dean Fearn (GBR) – 52.55
- Rowan Cox (USA) – 52.59
- Tajus Juska (LTU) – 52.61
- Yavuz Omer Aga (TUR) – 52.73
- Maxim Skazobtsov (KAZ) – 52.89
- Han Jooyoung (KOR) – 53.09
- Egor Proshin (NAB) – 53.22
The boys 100 fly semifinal saw Brazil’s Lucio Flavio Filho take the top seed for tomorrow’s event final by just over two tenths with his swim of 52.31 from the 2nd semifinal.
Flavio Filho was out in 2nd at 24.28, just behind Great Britain’s Dean Fearn, who was out in 24.22. Flavio Filho came home in 28.03 to Fearn’s 28.33. Fearn will be the 2nd seed in tomorrow’s final at 52.55.
American Rowan Cox won semifinal number on in 52.59, just out touching Lithuania’s Tajus Juska‘s 52.61. Cox split 24.87/27.72 to make up more than seven tenths on Juska who split 24.12 on the opening 50 and 28.49 on the back end.
GIRLS 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinal
- World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
- World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)
Championship Record: 53.17 – Rylee Erisman, USA (2025)
Top 8 Qualifiers
- Rylee Erisman (USA) – 53.09 ** New Championship record**
- Theodora Taylor (GBR) – 54.52
- Lily King (USA) – 54.68
- Luo Mingyu (CHN) – 54.93
- Kira Manokhina (NAB) /Alessandra Mao (ITA) – 54.99
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- Zoe Pedersen (NZL) – 55.03
- Mizuki Hirai (JPN) – 55.04
Rylee Erisman did it again in the 2nd semifinal of the girls 100 freestyle. Her swim of 53.09 broke her own Championship Record of 53.17 from the prelims.
She had the fastest 1st 50 split int he field of 25.80, the only swimmer under 26, and she followed that up with the fastest 2nd 50 split of 27.29 to be the only swimmer under 28 seconds.
She will be trying to replicate these swims tomorrow to officially earn her place on the Pan Pacs team next summer, and she is putting Penny Oleksiak’s World Junior Record on notice for the next year-and-a-half.
Great Britain’s Theodora Taylor was 2nd, almost a second-and-a-half back, in 54.52 out of the 1st semifinal after splitting 26.34/28.18
The other American, Lily King, was 3rd in 54.68 with her splits of 26.27/28.41.
The 4th-8th place finishers were separated by just over a tenth-of-a-second, meaning we could have a very tight race in the back half of tomorrow’s final
BOYS 100 BREASTSTROKE – Final
- World Record: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2019)
- World Junior Record: 58.94 – Shin Ohashi, JPN (2025)
- Championship Record: 59.01 – Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA (2017)
Top 8 Finishers
- Filip Nowacki (GBR) – 59.20
- Shin Ohashi (JPN) – 59.50
- Max Morgan (GBR) – 59.93
- Evangelos Efraim Ntoumas (GRE) – 1:00.05
- Jan Malte Grafe (GER) – 1:00.21
- Oliver Dawson (CAN) – 1:00.38
- Gabe Nunziata (USA) – 1:00.54
- Wang Junteng (CHN) – 1:00.72
Filip Nowacki just keeps hacking away at his best time. He came into the season at 1:01.13 from the British Summer Championships last July and has dropped nearly two seconds in the last 12 months.
His time tonight of 59.20 takes another four-hundredths off the 59.24 British Age Group record he set in yesterday’s semifinal, and won the event by three tenths over World Junior Record holder Shin Ohashi.
Nowacki was out in 4th place, turningi n in 28.10 at the 50 mark which was almost seven tenths behind Max Morgan‘s 27.41 for the lead. Ohashi turned in 2nd at 27.70
Nowacki’s final 50 was 31.10 which was exactly seven tenths faster than Ohashi’s 31.80 and was more than a second faster than Morgan’s 32.52 for the bronze.
American Gabe Nunziata swam 1:00.54 to finish 7th overall.
GIRLS 100 BACKSTROKE – Final
- World Record: 57.13 – Regan Smith, USA (2024)
- World Junior Record: 57.57 – Regan Smith, USA (2019)
- Championship Record: 59.11 – Regan Smith, USA (2017)
Top 8 Finishers
- Charlotte Crush (USA) – 59.52
- Daria Mariuca Silisteanu (ROU) – 1:00.02
- Madison Kryger (CAN) – 1:00.27
- Milana Stepanova (NAB) – 1:00.52
- Kim Seungwon (KOR) – 1:00.56
- Aissia Claudia Prisecariu (ROU) – 1:00.59
- Zoe Kay Ammundsen (AUS) – 1:00.60
- Milan Glintmeyer (NZL) – 1:00.90
Charlotte Crush was not quite as fast as she was in the semifinal, but her time of 59.52 was still enough to win the gold medal by half-a-second, picking up the 3rd gold medal for the American women this session.
Crush flipped in 2nd at 28.82, five-hundredths behind Milana Stepanova, from the NAB team, who was 28.77. She came home in 30.70, which was tied for the fastest split in the heat to pass Stpeanova and win the gold.
Daria Mariuca Silisteanu from Romania was 2nd in 1:00.02 after turning in 5th at the 50 with her 29.32 split. She tied with Crush on the back end, splitting 30.70 to move into 2nd overall.
Canada’s Madison Kryger was the bronze medalist in 1:00.27 after splitting 29.40/30.87 to move up from 6th at the 50 mark.
Stepanova finished 4th after leading at the 50, splitting 31.75 on the 2nd 50.
BOYS 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Final
- World Record: 1:52.69 – Leon Marchand, FRA (2025)
- World Junior Record: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2021)
Championship Record: 1:57.29 – Maximus Williamson, USA (2023)
Top 8 Finishers
- Mikhail Shcherbakov (NAB) – 1:57.25 **New Championship Record**
- Yumeki Kojima (JPN) – 1:57.32
- Raito Numata (JPN) – 1:57.98
- Xie Yichen (CHN) – 1:59.36
- Iason Routoulas (GRE) – 2:00.30
- Baylor Stanton (USA) – 2:01.00
- Robert Andrei Badea (ROU) – 2:01.26
- Noah Cakir (USA) – 2:02.76
Mikhail Shcherbakov, NAB, and Yumeki Kojima, Japan, traded off the lead in the boys 200 IM throughout the race, ultimate culminating with Shcherbakov coming out on top in a championship record time of 1:57.25
Shcherbakov was out first in 25.09 after the fly to Kojima’s 25.13. That lead changed hands after the backstroke, with Kojima splitting a blistering 29.15 to Shcherbakov’s 29.60.
The breaststroke saw Kojima stay in the lead, despite Shcherbakov’s faster split of 34.41 to Kojima’s 34.77, but Shcherbakov passed the Japanese swimmer on the freestyle leg, splitting 28.15 , a little over a tenth faster than Kojima’s 28.27.
- Shcherbakov’s splits: 25.09/29.60/34.41/28.15
- Kojima’s splits: 25.13/29.15/34.77/28.27
Japan’s Raito Numata won the bronze in 1:57.98, and American Baylor Stanton was 6th in 2:01.00. This was his 2nd bronze medal of the day after he won the bronze in the 200 freestyle at the beginning of the session.
GIRLS 800 FREESTYLE – Timed Final
- World Record: 8:04.12 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2025)
- World Junior Record: 8:11.00 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2014)
- Championship Record: 8:22.49 – Lani Pallister, AUS (2019)
Top 8 Finishers (including prelims swimmers)
- Yang Peiqi (CHN) – 8:22.93
- Agostina Hein (ARG) – 8:26.19
- Kseniia Misharina (NAB) – 8:29.50
- Sofia Diakova (NAB) – 8:33.19
- Kennedi Dobson (USA) – 8:34.74
- Yan Tiaoshan (CHN) – 8:35.83
- Kayla Han (USA) – 8:36.25
- Emma Vittoria Giannelli (ITA) – 8:37.64
China’s Yang Peiqi put on a masterclass in the fastest heat of the 800 freestyle final to win the gold medal by a little over three seconds.
Of her middle 600, all of her 100s were within seven tenths of each other, and all of her 50s were within four tenths. She even split her race, flipping in 4:11.10 at the 400 mark and coming home in 4:11.83 for the 2nd 400.
- Yang’s 100 splits– 1:00.19/1:03.35/1:03.60/1:03.96/1:03.44/1:03.76/1:03.61/1:01.02
Argentina’s Agostina Hein negative split her 800. She turned in 4:14.02 on the first 400 and came home in 4:12.17 after building from 32 lows to 31 mid splits throughout the race. Her time of 8:26.19 was just off the Argentine National Record of 8:24.33 set in June of 2019.
Kseniia Misharina swam the opposite race of Hein, getting out fast and holding on. Her first 400 was 4:12.90 after she split mostly 32.0-32.2s and she was 4:16.60 on the back end to swim 8:29.50 for the bronze.
Kennedi Dobson from the United States and Yan Tiaoshan from China both earned their way into the top-8 finishers with their prelims swims at 5th and 6th.
MIXED 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – Final
- World Record: 3:37.43 – USA (2024)
- World Junior Record: 3:44.84 – USA (2019)
- Championship Record: 3:44.84 – USA (2019)
Top 8 Teams
- Japan – 3:45.57
- United States – 3:46.12
- Great Britain – 3:46.43
- Neutral Athletes B – 3:46.48
- Italy – 3:47.00
- Poland – 3:50.39
- People’s Republic of China – 3:52.30
Korea — Disqualified
Japan walked home with the win in the mixed 4×100 medley relay thanks to an exceptional splits from their middle two legs.
The United States was out in first at the 100 mark with Gavin Keogh‘s 54.07 on the backstroke leg. Japan led off with Yumeki Kojima, who was 54.90 for 3rd place.
Japan quickly moved into the lead on the breaststroke, however, with Shin Ohashi splitting a blistering 58.52, the fastest split in the field by just over three tenths ahead of Filip Nowacki‘s 58.83. American Gabe Nunziata was 1:00.80 on the 2nd leg.
Japan extended their lead on the butterfly with World Junior Record holder Mizuki Hirai splitting 56.68, which was also the fastest female split in the field, ahead of the Neutral Athlete ‘B’ team who had Serafima Fokina split 57.75. American Charlotte Crush was 58.20.
Great Britain put a male swimmer, Dean Fearn, on the butterfly, and he split 52.43, the fastest split overall on the 3rd leg. This moved Great Britain into 2nd place.
The freestyle saw Japan’s Yui Fukuoka hold off American Rylee Erisman to split 55.47 and finish in 3:45.57 for the gold by just over half-a-second.
Erisman was 53.05 to pass Great Britain’s Theodora Taylor, who was 54.02, to win the silver in 3:46.12 and Great Britain finished 3rd in 3:46.43.
Italy put Carlos D’Ambrosio on the freestyle leg where he swam 47.02 to help the Italian’s finish 5th overall.
I kind of feel that we missed out on that Daria Mariuca Silisteanu broke the Rumanian National record that was established by Diana Mocanu when she won the 2000 Olympic Gold medal (at age 16)
I thought Lily King has retired. She continues to shine in freestyle event
Can’t wait for a decade of Lily/Lilly King jokes.
Wang Shun is aging out of the system so we need something new.
There seems to be underperformance issues for the Australian team .. they might need to address the selection process for Juniors and whether having the age champs back in April but the major event not until four months later is a good idea .. they had to make changes to the senior squad selection as well
We’ve had some swimmers crack some PBs (Tex Cross, Jessica Cole). Ammundsen close to her best today. Allan and Mackinder slightly underperformed….which is a shame as they were our medal chances this week LOL.
Has the selection process always been like this or has it changed recently?
Mackinder PB’d in the 50 (all three of her swims were under her previous PB) and her best events are still to come.
oh my bad. I was looking at the wrong time.
Henry missing a medal is a bit of a bummer – but we just need to rein ourselves in and remember this is a weaker field to 2023. Some medals would be nice but this team are performing about where we’re expecting as a whole.
And once again: Junior success is not always an indicator of senior success
What I’d like to know is what’s happening to St Peters. Their performance at age champs has declined sharply and it seems like it happened after Richard Sleight left.
Allan’s time would win the 100 back at June’s World’s trials. Pretty good chance in making the senior team next year with Comm games and Pan PACs occurring close to one another.
Yes hopefully charge it to experience moving forward … but the idea is to progress from your trials time time to the major event as he gets older
It seems like D’Ambrosio from Italy is a rising star who also made his debut in Worlds by swimming a 1:45.27 in 200 finals.
And Xu Haibo from China became duo-medalist in both 200 & 400 free, ranking 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Both Xu and D’Ambriosio were born in 2007.
Are there any Australians at the meet? Don’t seem to be in many finals
Don,t like the timing of this meet.Canadian kids start school in September.If you attend this meet, that means you train your whole summer.Not only do you miss out on a decent summer break but most Canadian teams are shut down sometime in July meaning you are frequently training all by yourself and without a coach on deck.I have 3 daughters myself, they were all good swimmers in high school.We decided they would not train for anything in the month of August.In retrospect I’m glad we made that decision.Change the date…thanks.
Jr Pan Pacs and Canadian Summer Nationals even later next year!
LOL!
Exactly and I’d give them a miss.Interesting that I can get 20 downvotes to 3 favourable upvotes.I figure its mostly parents who want to work their kids 365 days a year then scratch their heads when they quit.
Thanks Earl, do you mind emailing us this note and other suggestions at [email protected]? You can also call us at (+41-21) 310 47 10 or visit us at Chemin de Bellevue 24a/24b – CH – 1005 Lausanne Switzerland.
We look forward to considering your schedule and satisfaction during future events!
Good to know you’re open to suggestions and not a narrow minded pinhead..I,ll be in touch.
If you are at this meet I would guess that you are a high level athlete and can handle swimming the entire summer long. Also, when do you want this meet to happen? There is really no ¨perfect time¨ but this week is definitely the time to do it.
Doesn’t suit those of us in the Southern hemisphere either as it is our winter short course season. But you just have to suck it up. Same with the senior world championships.
“You just have to suck it up”….no you don’t.
The alternative is to skip the end of summer meets?!
Yes you have… Have you considered that the schedule is based out of the other events and affects worldwide? You are considering Canadian kids but what about the rest of the world?
It’s actually far worse for us having selected the team all the way back in April.The calendar is arranged with Northern Hemisphere countries in mind and they still complain.
You’re a lame cop-out
There is 0 chance that any athlete from Canada at this meet has not been training in the lead up.
Oh my god , make sure you report this xhild abuse to the authorities. No wonder Summer Mc has all those junior world records . Readers can well all pray for the canadian kids that swim.
American backstroke dominance? No, Romanian, lol. Only country to have 2 swimmers in the final, girls or boys.
Yet, C. Crush won the women’s 100 meter backstroke by half a second.
And, Rylee Erismanm who was the top seed in sprint back events dropped her events to focus on free and relay duties..
Low key feel bad for Australia. They have nothing in the pipeline. They look extremely weak and fragile.
#WhatHappened
Cant predict senior success from a single junior meet. Is this even their A team?
It’s similar to the US – it’s the A.5 team, which is to say it’s more-or-less the A team excluding juniors who didn’t go to Worlds. Times had to hit top 8 based on 2023 World Juniors.
Australia Swimming brought the Junior “A” Team. The “A” stands for atrocious.
These are kids you are talking about. Please delete this. Pick on adults if you want but not kids.
that the classy person relay guy is.
Nope!