How do Gretchen Walsh & Kate Douglass Choose Their Event Lineups for World Cups?

2025 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP – Westmont

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Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass have both swept their 3 main individual events at both stops of the 2025 World Cup so far. For Douglass, that has been the 100/200 Breast and 100 Free, while for Walsh, that has been the 50/100 Fly and 100 IM. Being hyper versatile, both athletes have had the luxury of catering their lineups around the World Cup event schedule and seen success heading into the last stop in Toronto.

HOW TO WATCH THE WORLD AQUATICS WORLD CUP

A comprehensive look at television and streaming options for the meet can be found here.

U.S. viewers can watch both prelims and finals on the USA Swimming Network and Peacock, Canadians can stream every session on CBC, and the source for the majority of European nations will be the Eurovision Sport platform.

The competition will also be streamed live and on-demand with the World Aquatics Recast channel. A three-day pass requires 590 credits, which costs $8.26 USD.

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AragonSonof Arathorn
7 months ago

I want to see them both swim off events. Like weird off events.

Admin
Reply to  AragonSonof Arathorn
7 months ago

I begged for years for one of them to swim the mile just to see…

OldCoach
7 months ago

I think a 200 IM battle with both of them fresh would be epic.

Swimmingly Sorry
Reply to  OldCoach
7 months ago

Kate would win .

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
Reply to  OldCoach
7 months ago

Kate Douglass is the World Record holder in the W 200 IM (SCM).

Wahooswimfan
7 months ago

I’d love to see both do a 200 free for a change just to see what they could go. Kate does well in 200 IM and 200 breast; Gretchen went 1:39 in yards.

Amato
7 months ago

After doing a 200 breaststroke💪. Would like to see both of them compete in the 200 IM. Walsh has advantage in UWs and KD is better overall swimmer- except backstroke.

Yswim
Reply to  Amato
7 months ago

how do you see KD better than GW in butterfly?

AragonSonof Arathorn
Reply to  Amato
7 months ago

Gretchen is an overall better sprinter. Kate has the better mid distance speed. G would give K a good race in the 2 IM. it I have kate winning

Sean Justice
7 months ago

they could probably do a wheel of events. That would be cool.

NJ Cav
7 months ago

The 50 back should give us a good crown buster opportunity. Kaylee was slower in Westmont than she was in Carmel and barely beat Gretchen, but I think Gretchen has more to give too and she had not competed in backstroke in a while.

Walsh-Madden-Grimes-Weinstein
7 months ago

Gretchen Walsh could have “spiced things up” with the addition of the W 100 FR to her event lineup.

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