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2025 World University Games

Missed the second night of the 2025 World University Games? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. FISU is posting the race videos of the finals to their YouTube channel, while the semifinals are being posted by various users on X.

Watch all of the videos we were able to track down below, along with some quick highlights about the swims. For more detailed coverage, read our full session live recap.

MEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – Semifinal

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. Jake Mitchell (USA)- 1:46.45
  2. Baylor Nelson (USA)- 1:46.64
  3. Nikolai Kolesnikov (AIN)- 1:46.72
  4. Kaique De Morais Alves (BRA)- 1:46.91
  5. Giovanni Caserta (ITA)- 1:47.63
  6. Konosuke Yanagimoto (JPN)-1:47.80
  7. Marcus Da Silva (AUS)- 1:47.84
  8. Pierre Largeron (FRA)-1:48.04

Jake Mitchell earned the top seed for tomorrow’s 200 freestyle final, coming in at 1:46.45 to win his heat by almost half-a-second. Brazil’s Kaique De Morais Alves was the 2nd finisher in his heat, finishing in 1:46.91 to qualify 4th overall for the final.

Mitchell has been 1:45.82, which he swam in June of 2023. At the 2025 U.S. Nationals, he was 1:46.34, which he was just off of tonight.

Baylor Nelson won the 2nd semifinal in a very close race with 400 freestyle champion Nikolai Kolesnikov. Nelson stopped the clock in 1:46.64 and Kolesnikov came in at 1:46.72 after making up six tenths of a second on the final 50.

This time was almost a personal best for Nelson, who sits at 1:46.51 from the same meet in June of 2023.

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinal

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. Lison Nowaczyk (FRA)- 54.42
  2. Maxine Parker (USA)-54.53
  3. Kalia Antoniou (CYP)-54.69
  4. Olivia Nel (RSA)- 54.74
  5. Liu Shuhan (CHN)- 54.75
  6. Julia Dennis (USA)- 54.80
  7. Ai Yanhan (CHN)- 54.91
  8. Iana Shakirova (AIN)- 55.06

Lison Nowaczyk made a statment in the women’s 100 freestyle, taking the top seed for tomorrow’s final by more than a tenth-of-a-second over American Maxine Parker in the same heat.

Nowacyk came in at 54.42, which is just four tenths over her lifetime best of 54.02 which she swam in march of this year.

Kalia Antoniou from Cyprus was 3rd in her heat and 3rd overall seed for the final, touching in 54.69.

Olivia Nel from South Africa was the winner of the first semifinal, touching in 54.74, which was good for 4th overall.

American Julia Dennis was the 6th qualifier in 54.80.

WOMEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Final

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Leah Hayes (USA)- 4:36.04
  2. Teagan O’Dell (USA)- 4:39.96
  3. Ayami Suzuki (JPN)- 4:40.62
  4. Rio Sato (JPN)- 4:44.05
  5. Lisa Nystrand (SWE)- 4:45.16
  6. Anna Pirovano (ITA)- 4:48.02
  7. Claudia Di Passio (ITA)- 4:49.29
  8. Camille Tissandie (FRA)- 4:52.68

Leah Hayes absolutely demolished the women’s 400 IM field, touching almost four seconds ahead of the 2nd place finisher Teagan O’Dell.

Her final time of 4:36.04 was a new best time by almost a full second over the 4:36.84 she swam in 2023 at the World Junior Championships.

She started the event almost a second-and-a-half behind after the butterfly, and that deficit increased to two seconds following the backstroke leg. She very quickly made up ground on the breaststroke, passing both the bronze medalist Ayami Suzuki and the silver medalist O’Dell. She turned three seconds ahead at the 300, and just continued to build that lead on her freestyle leg.

  • Hayes’s Splits: 1:03.15/1:10.87/1:18.57/1:03.45
  • O’Dell’s Splits: 1:02.35/1:10.28/1:22.96/1:04.37
  • Suzuki’s Splits: 1:01.70/1:10.26/1:23.93/1:04.73

O’Dell was in 2nd for all but two 50s of the race, the 1st 50, when she touched first, and the 7th 50, when she turned in 3rd.

Suzuki led through the backstroke leg, but her breaststroke splits were not strong enough to hold off Hayes and O’Dell, leaving her to fall back to 3rd by almost a second behind O’Dell

Men’s 50 Butterfly – Final

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Simone Stefani (ITA)- 23.28
  2. Eldorbek Usmonov (UZB)- 23.33
  3. Lorenzo Gargani (ITA)-23.42
  4. Ole Mats Eidam (GER)- 23.55
  5. Pawel Uryniuk (POL)- 23.65
  6. Matthew Klinge (USA)- 23.67
  7. Bjorn Kamman (GER)- 23.68
  8. Ihor Troianovskyi (UKR)- 23.87

Simone Stefani took home the gold for Italy in the men’s 50 butterfly, coming in at 23.28 to win the event by five-hundredths over Uzbekistan’s Eldorbek Usmonov. His time was slightly slower than the 23.23 PB that he went to become the top seed out of yesterday’s semifinal.

Usmonov’s 23.33 was just off his National Record of 23.31 that he set yesterday.

Lorenzo Gargani, also from Italy, was the bronze medalist in 23.42, which was also off the 23.36 best time that he swam in the semifinal.

Women’s 50 Butterfly – Final

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Daryna Nabojcenko (CZE)- 26.09
  2. Josephine Crimmins (AUS)- 26.27
  3. Viola Scotto Di Carlo (ITA)- 26.30
  4. Caroline Larsen (USA)- 26.39
  5. Ella Welch (USA)- 26.48
  6. Clara Schlosshan (GBR)- 26.59
  7. Julia Ullmann (SUI)- 26.69
  8. Kalia Antoniou (CYP)- 26.79

Daryna Nabojcenko, from Czechia, won the women’s 50 fly with her 26.09 swim. This was just over a tenth faster than the 26.24 she swam in the semifinal.

Josephine Crimmins exactly tied her time from yesterday, but she moved up from 4th to silver medalist, just behind Nabojcenko.

Viola Scotto Di Carlo and Caroline Larsen were both off their semifinals swims. Di Carlo added just over a tenth to win the bronze medal in 26.30

Larsen added more than three-tenths of a second to finish 4th, but her time from yesterday would have won gold.

MEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – Semifinals

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. Pieter Coetze (RSA)- 52.18 **NEW WUGS RECORD
  2. Will Modglin (USA)- 52.75
  3. Daniel Diehl (USA)-53.48
  4. Mathys Chouchaoui (FRA)- 53.70
  5. Jules Andre (FRA)- 53.95
  6. Aleksei Tkachev (AIN)- 54.34
  7. Pietro Ubertalli (ITA)- 54.48
  8. Yuga Nishimura (JPN)- 54.57

Pieter Coetze had a monster swim in the 100 backstroke semifinal, absolutely demolishing the World University Games record in the event. His time of 52.18 was four-tenths under the previous record of 52.60 that was set by Ryosuke Irie back in 2009.

He also moves up to 4th in the world this year in the event, coming in just behind Russia’s Miron Lifintsev‘s 52.15

He is entered in the event at Worlds in less than two weeks, which will be a very quick turnaround from the WUGs. He is also entered in the 50 backstroke which swims prelims on Sunday, and would keep him in Germany until Monday presuming he swims through the event finals.

Will Modglin finished 2nd in a huge best time of 52.75. This was almost a second drop from his previous best of 53.59 that he went at the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer, and is faster than any American has been in the event this year. It also moves him up to 10th in the world this year.

Coetze’s swim:

WOMEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE –Semifinals

  • World Record: 29.16 – Ruta Meilutyte, LTU (2023)
  • World Junior Record: 29.30 – Benedetta Pilato, ITA (2021)
  • World University Games Record: 30.12 – Iulia Efimova, RUS (2013)

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. Emma Weber (USA)- 30.53
  2. Barbara Mazurkiewicz (POL)- 30.63
  3. Lara van Niekerk (RSA)- 30.64
  4. Piper Enge (USA)- 31.01
  5. Simone Moll (RSA)- 31.21
  6. Iana Shakirova (AIN)- 31.23
  7. Shona Branton (CAN)- 31.25
  8. Anna Morgan (GBR)/Chiara Della Corte (ITA)- 31.45

Emma Weber will have the middle lane for tomorrow’s 50 breaststroke semifinal, touching in 30.53 a tenth of a second ahead of Barbara Mazurkiewicz from Poland’s 30.63.

Lara van Niekerk from South Africa was 3rd, touching in 30.64, just a hundredth back of 2nd place.

Piper Enge, the other American, was 4th in 31.01.

Chiara Della Corte won the swim off, earning her the final spot in tomorrow’s event final over Great Britain’s Anna Morgan.

Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Finals

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Denis Petrashov (KGZ)- 59.32
  2. Dawid Wiekiera (POL)- 59.66
  3. Ben Delmar (USA)- 59.80
  4. Nate Germonprez (USA)- 59.95
  5. Alessandro Fusco (ITA)-1:00.39
  6. Cheung Chi Kit Nicholas (HKG)- 1:00.51
  7. Ivo Kroes (NED)- 1:00.77
  8. Carl Ait Kaci (FRA)- 1:01.05

The men’s 100 breaststroke was incredibly exciting with Kyrgyzstan’s Denis Petrashov taking home the gold in 59.32 from lane 2.

Dawid Wiekiera from Poland was 2nd in 59.66, a little more than a tenth ahead of American Ben Delmar, who swam under 1:00 for the first time to touch in 59.80 for 3rd.

Nate Germonprez was also under a minute, but he was off the podium, finishing 4th in 59.95, just off his lifetime best of 59.89 from U.S. Nationals last month.

Women’s 200 Backstroke – Finals

Top 8 Finishers:

  1. Leah Shackley (USA)- 2:05.99 *WUGS RECORD
  2. Kennedy Noble (USA)- 2:07.82
  3. Lee Eunji (KOR)- 2:08.29
  4. Camila Rodrigues Rebelo (POR)- 2:08.96
  5. Adela Piskorska (POL)- 2:10.19
  6. Hannah Pearse (RSA)- 2:10.39
  7. Delia Lloyd (CAN)- 2:12.45
  8. Cheung Sum Yuet Cindy (HKG)- 2:12.66

Leah Shackley blasted an absolutely monster 200 backstroke to shatter her own WUGs record from yesterday. Her time of 2:05.99 was a new best time by more than six-tenths, improving from the 2:06.66 she went at US Nationals in June.

Her time now ranks her 4th in the World this season in the event, but she is still the 3rd fastest American, behind Claire Curzan and Regan Smith. Shackley is also now the 6th-quickest American in history.

Kennedy Noble took 2nd in 2:07.82, about a second slower than her semifinals time of 2:06.97, but still half a second ahead of the 3rd place finisher Lee Eunji from Korea.

MEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Semifinals

  • World Record: 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte, USA (2011)
  • World Junior Record: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2021)
  • World University Games Record: 1:57.35 – Kosuke Hagino, JPN (2017)

Top 8 Qualifiers:

  1. Mitchell Schott (USA)- 1:58.95
  2. Owen McDonald (USA)- 1:59.28
  3. Takumi Mori (JPN)- 1:59.49
  4. Yuta Watanabe (JPN)- 1:59.60
  5. Eitan Ben Shitrit (ISR)- 1:59.97
  6. Simone Spediacci (ITA)- 2:00.21
  7. Gabriel Gorgas (AUS)- 2:00.38
  8. Diego Mira Albaladejo (ESP)- 2:00.47

After only two athletes went under 2:00 this morning, the men’s 200 IM semifinals saw five athletes come in under that mark.

Mitchell Scott and Owen McDonald, both American, maintained their top seeds from the prelims, with Schott swimming 1:58.95 in the 2nd semifinal to lock up the top seed.

McDonald came in at 1:59.28 to hold off Japan’s Takumi Mori‘s 1:59.49 for 3rd overall.

4th place also went to a Japanese swimmer, Yuta Watanabe in 1:59.60, just ahead of Eitan Ben Shitrit from Israel, who just squeaked in under 2:00 in 1:59.97.

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