Summer McIntosh Wins First Gold Medal at Worlds
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Men’s 400m Freestyle Gold: Lukas Martens (GER) -- 3:42.35 Silver: Sam Short (AUS) -- 3:42.37 Bronze: Kim Woo-Min (KOR) -- 3:42.60 4. Victor Johnasson (SWE) -- 3:44.68 5. Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN) -- 3:44.82 6. Marco De Tullio (ITA) -- 3:44.92 7. Petar Petrov Mitsin (BUL) -- 3:45.28 8. Oliver Klemet (GER) -- 3:46.86
Janton missed semifinals for his sole individual event by 0.09 seconds, but there is a possibility that he will swim on relays later in the week.
The stomach bug that has circulated through the U.S. swim camp apparently claimed Claire Weinstein among its number on Sunday.
Gretchen Walsh won her first individual long course world title by nearly breaking her own 100m butterfly world record. Walsh clocked 54.73 seconds at the World Swimming Championships, just off her own record of 54.60 from May 3. She owns the top eight times in history.
One senior was told by his doctor to hit the pool to improve his health and took to the water so well, he's now swimming for Singapore. Another felt that swimming as a hobby was not enough and decided to test herself by signing up for nine races.
Four-time Olympic champion and Australian superstar Ariarne Titmus will not feature in Singapore, a carefully considered decision that was made long before her heroics in Paris last summer.
Eleven current and former Virginia swimmers are competing July 27-August 3 in Singapore at the FINA World Aquatics Championships
The 22-year-old erases her own 800m and 1,500m freestyle marks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.