Summer Mcintosh Wins Third Gold Of Swimming Worlds As Marchand Dazzles

Summer McIntosh came wrong a whisker of breaking a long-standing world grounds and Léon Marchand grounded to amended connected a caller people he group conscionable a nighttime earlier, but some young guns won golden medals astatine nan world championships successful Singapore connected Thursday.

Romania’s David Popovici besides flirted pinch a grounds connected time 5 astatine nan World Aquatics Championships Arena, nan 20-year-old claiming a thrilling 100 metres freestyle golden to spell pinch his 200 crown connected time three.

The 200 butterfly world grounds of 2:01.81 group by China’s Liu Zige successful 2009 is nan past surviving people from nan supersuit era successful women’s swimming – and McIntosh each but took it down.

She stormed to her 3rd individual golden badge of nan meet successful 2:01.99, nan second-fastest aquatics of each clip and a yawning 3 seconds amended than American metallic medallist Regan Smith.

Having made nan past move nether world grounds gait nan Canadian 18-year-old flagged somewhat coming location and shouted an expletive erstwhile she spied nan clock.

“I cognize that I messed up nan past 15 metres of my race,” she said. “Overall, happy pinch nan clip and a PB, but I didn’t scope my extremity tonight.”

China’s 12-year-old marvel Yu Zidi vanished conscionable disconnected nan podium again having besides placed 4th successful nan 200 IM.

McIntosh mightiness console herself successful nan knowledge that her bid for 5 individual titles remains intact, pinch nan 400 IM and a hugely anticipated showdown pinch American awesome Katie Ledecky successful nan 800 freestyle still to come.

Only Michael Phelps has won 5 individual golds astatine a world championships.

Marchand, dubbed nan French Phelps", celebrated a world grounds connected Wednesday erstwhile he blitzed nan long-standing 200 IM people of Ryan Lochte pinch an unthinkable aquatics of 1:52.69 successful nan semi-finals.

With triumph seemingly assured successful nan last nan only suspense was whether Marchand mightiness reset his world grounds from nan erstwhile nighttime but he ended up astir a 2nd short, pinch a clip of 1:53.68.

It was still nan 2nd fastest aquatics ever and led to a ascendant triumph by 0.62 seconds up of American Shaine Casas and Hungarian Hubert Kos. Marchand said nan grounds whitethorn person taken a spot retired of him but he was hardly complaining.

“I felt truthful excited yesterday that I couldn’t sleep,” he said. “So I deliberation I mislaid a batch of power yesterday night, but it was my extremity to break nan record, truthful I was really happy pinch it.”

Popovici double

Popovici past emerged nan victor of a sensational men’s 100 freestyle final, clocking 46.51 to springiness Pan Zhanle’s world grounds (46.40) a large scare.

American runner-up Jack Alexy besides collapsed nan 47-second obstruction (46.92), while Paris Games metallic medallist Kyle Chalmers took nan bronze for Australia.

At 20, 200 Olympic champion Popovici has already completed nan 100-200 expanse doubly astatine world championships, having done nan double astatine Budapest 3 years ago.

The relaxed Romanian said he had reached a higher plain; nary longer worried astir winning aliases losing.

“I conscionable consciousness very relieved that this immense unit of being acrophobic of winning aliases losing is disconnected me,” he said.

“I don’t mean it successful an arrogant way, I mean it successful a self-maturing way.“

The United States celebrated a 4th golden successful nan meet arsenic Katharine Berkoff won nan 50 backstroke successful 27.08 seconds, edging compatriot Smith.

In nan finale of Thursday’s programme, Australia’s women clinched a 2nd relay golden arsenic Mollie O’Callaghan held disconnected Ledecky successful a thrilling last limb to guideline her 4x200 freestyle relay squad complete nan decorativeness line.

Australia besides won nan men’s and women’s 4x100 freestyle golds connected Sunday.

O’Callaghan, whose 11th golden tied her pinch Ian Thorpe arsenic nan astir successful Australian astatine nan world championships, will now look to adhd nan 100 freestyle title to her 200 crown connected Friday.

Medals will besides beryllium decided successful nan men’s 200 breaststroke, 200 backstroke and 4x200 freestyle relay, arsenic good arsenic nan women’s 200 breaststroke.