Articles by Mark Wild

2025 Worlds, Day 2 African Recap: Coetze on the Hunt for Rare WUGS and Worlds Double

South Africa’s Pieter Coetze has managed the transition and extended taper from WUGS to Worlds, and is well placed to earn his second Worlds medal in the 100 back.

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2025 World Championships: Day 2 Swims You Might Have Missed

With so many strong performances throughout the day, its hard to give credit to all the strong swims on the day, but here are few that deserve special recognition.

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Despite No 50 Meter Pool in Kyrgyzstan, Denis Petrashov Collects his Nation’s First Medal

Not only did Denis Petrashov set a new PB enroute to collecting his first Worlds Medal, he became the first ever Kyrgyzstan to do so.

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2025 World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Preview

With four of the five events this morning containing the World Record holders, this prelims session is bound to be as fast and exciting as yesterdays.

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2025 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

World Record Holder Gretchen Walsh kicks off her campaign to win her first Long Course World Championship title after collecting five at short course Worlds.

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2025 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims – Relay Lineups (Men’s 4×100 Free)

Heat 2 sees a very exciting matchup as #2 overall seeds Australia with Kyle Chalmers look to fend off the power of 100 free WR holder Pan Zhanle.

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2025 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims – Relay Lineups (Women’s 4×100 Free)

Team USA are resting Walsh and Huske, not unexpectedly and anchoring this morning with 2016 Olympic Champion Simone Manuel.

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2025 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Preview

Newly minted WR Holder Lukas Martens will look to defend his Olympic Gold in the men’s 400 free, but faces a tough test from the Australian pair of Elijah Winnington and Sam Short.

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2025 World Championships: Official SwimSwam Preview Index

Follow along here as the SwimSwam staff previews the 42 pool swimming events that will be contested at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.

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2025 World Championship Previews: USA, China Look to Unseat Australia in Mixed Free Relay

Held on the penultimate day, the mixed 4×100 free relay is always going to be fast questions abound about who will make up the Big 3 (Australia, China, USA) relays.

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2025 World Championships Preview: Changes Afoot – US Poised to Topple Aussies in W. 4 FR Relay

The USA quartet in Paris set a new National Record of 3:30.20 and look to be in a position to join the Australians under the 3:30 barrier this year in Singapore.

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2025 World Championship Previews: Once More Unto the Breach for the US & China in Mixed Medley

With the front half of the USA WR breaking relay from Paris missing, and the back half of the Chinese relay looking shaking, the Mixed Medley is bound to be chaotic.

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2025 World Championship Previews: German Duo & Wiffen Make Finke Not a Sure Shot in the 1500

2025 World Championships July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming) Singapore, Singapore World Aquatics Championships Arena LCM (50m) Meet…

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2025 World Championships Previews: Marchand Poised to Make Dominance in 4 IM Go On and On

Leon Marchand will look to throw his hands up into the air in celebration again as he looks to remain undeafeted in the 400 IM on the world stage.

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2025 World Championships Previews: No Question of If for McIntosh in Women’s 400 IM

It’ll likely be gold again in the 400 IM, for Summer McIntosh, but will she be able to lower her recently reset World Record?

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