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2025 Worlds, Euro Recap Day 2: Roos Vanotterdijk Wins Belgium’s First Worlds Medal Since 1998

Roos Vanotterdijk swam a 100 fly Belgium record in each round of the event, culminating in a silver and Belgium’s first Worlds medal since 1998.

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Gretchen Walsh Returns To Top Form With #2 Swim All-Time In 100 Fly, Shattering CR In 54.73

Walsh, who was surprisingly removed from the U.S. women’s 4×100 free relay final, bounced back in a big way 24 hours later.

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2025 Worlds, South America Day 2 Recap: Kristel Kobrich Makes Mile Top 16 At (Almost) 40

Chilean Kristel Kobrich placed in the top 16 of the women’s 1500 at 39 years and 353 days old. She’s the oldest swimmer at the 2025 Worlds.

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12-Year-Old Yu Zidi Clocks 2:09.21 To Take 4th In 200 IM World Championship Final

Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi continued her rapid progression, dropping nearly a full second to place fourth in the 200 IM World Championship final.

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Gretchen Walsh: “I Needed To Give Myself Grace” (Worlds Day Two Quotes)

Hear from newly minted Championship Record setter Gretchen Walsh of the United States and other medalists from day two in Singapore.

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Distance Freestyler Dylan Blietz Commits to UC Santa Cruz for 2025-26

Dylan Blietz will head to Santa Cruz with times that would already score top-8 in several events at the PCSC Championships.

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Butterfly Legends Emma McKeon, Kelsi Dahlia React to Gretchen Walsh 54.73 100 Fly

Dahlia and McKeon, both international medalists in the 100 butterfly, gave their take on how far Gretchen has taken the event.

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Stanton, Jowers Turn In Record Performances At Gwinnett County Championship

From the team perspective, Flowers Crossing won the meet for a fourth year in a row, finishing with 4,226.33 points to claim the combined title. 

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Mondiali Di Singapore Day 3: Programma Del Mattino E Azzurri In Gara

Siamo al Day 3 dei mondiali di Singapore. Non dimenticate di impostare la sveglia: il fischio d’inizio sarà alle 4 del mattino

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2025 World Championships: Day 2 Pick ‘Em Contest Update

Roos Vanotterdijk was the biggest surprise for the pick ’em contest as 0 entries picked her to medal in the women’s 100 fly. She won silver.

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2025 Worlds, Day 2 Oceanian Recap: Perkins Comes Of Age On The Big Stage

Alexandria Perkins won bronze in tonight’s 100 fly final tonight, capping off a brilliant year in the event where she has dropped nearly a second

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2025 Worlds, Day 2 Asia Recap: Ching Hwee Gan Makes Host Nation History

Ching Hwee Gan raced in front of her Singaporean home crowd today and made the most of her 1500m freestyle heats opportunity.

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Australia Maintains Worlds Medal Table Lead Through Day Two

Australia’s Alex Perkins picked up a bronze in the women’s 100m butterfly behind winner Gretchen Walsh of the United States and Roos Vanotterdijk of Belgium.

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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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