Qin Haiyang wins Gold in the men's 100 metre Breaststroke. The Chinese swimmer swam a time of 58.23, with Italian Olympic Champion from Paris in 2024, Nicolo Martinenghi touching second in 58.58. The podium was completed by Denis Petrashov from Kyrgyzstan in a time of 58.88. This was the first international swimming medal for the nation of Kyrgyzstan and hopefully not the last.
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50 metre events are always incredibly close and very exciting as a result, and the Men’s 50 metre breaststroke was no exception. Italy’s Simone Cerasuolo won gold in 26.54 touching just 0.08 seconds ahead of second placed Kirill Prigoda in 26.62. The 100-metre breaststroke champion Qin Haiyang won Bronze just over one tenth of a second behind Cerasuolo swimming 26.67. World Record holder and multiple Olympic and World Champion Adam Peaty was not swimming at these World Championships but has confirmed he will be training for the Los Angeles Olympics with the 50-metre breaststroke being added to the programme which will add some extra excitement into the event come race time. Peaty will be looking to add to his medal collection and continue his legacy which will be interesting to watch.
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The Men’s 200 metre Backstroke final had a number of big-name contenders vying for the medals. Olympic champion from the Paris Olympics in 2024 in this event, Hubert Kos from Hungary set a European record to win gold in 1:53.19. Pieter Coetze from South Africa set an African record to win silver in 1:53.36, just 0.17 seconds behind Kos. Yohann Ndoye-Brouard won the bronze medal in 1:54.62. Kos was the favourite heading into this final having won the gold medal in Paris and has expanded his programme to include the 200 individual medley and was able to win the bronze medal to show his versatility which could be key going forwards towards the next Olympics.
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The Men’s 50 metre Backstroke saw a return to form for Kliment Kolesnikov representing Neutral Athletes B, swimming a championship record 23.68. South African Pieter the Coetze and Pavel Samusenko, also representing Neutral Athletes B were tied for silver medal in 24.17, almost half a second back from the world record holder Kolesnikov.
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Ahmed Jaouadi secured himself a distance freestyle double after adding the 1500 metre to his 800-metre world title from earlier in the week. Finishing in 14:34.41 he beat German Sven Schwarz by 1.2 seconds who swam 14:35.69. American World Record holder and Olympic champion from Paris in 2024 Bobby Finke won the bronze medal in 14:36.60. A little off his best but still fast enough to win a world championship medal. He will be hoping for some improvements in the build-up to his home Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
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There was a surprise winner in the men’s 800 metre freestyle. Ahmed Jaouadi from Tunisia took the gold medal in 7:36.88. Over 3 seconds clear of second and third placed German pair of Sven Schwarz and Lukas Maertens in 7:39.96 and 7:40.19 respectively. Perhaps an even bigger surprise was that the Paris 2024 Olympic Champion Daniel Wiffen from Ireland could only manage 8th place in the final, quite a large margin away from his best and the winning time. He will look to make some drastic improvements going through this next cycle in the build-up to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
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Lukas Märtens of Germany wins the first Gold Medal of the swimming World Championships in the Men's 400 metre Freestyle. He touched in 3:42.35 to win gold, pipping silver medallist Australian Samuel Short by 0.02 seconds, with a time of 3:42.37. Woomin Kim of South Korea secured the bronze medal with a time of 3:42.60.
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David Popovici backs up his Olympic Gold Medal from Paris in 2024 with another impressive swim to win the Men's 200 metre freestyle in Singapore in 2025. Swimming a very fast 1:43.53, coming from behind on the last length to beat American Luke Hobson by just 0.31 seconds to take the silver medal with a time of 1:43.84. The podium was complete by Japan's Tatsuya Murasa in a 1:44.54.
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David Popovici continued his fine form at these World Championships backing up his 200-metre freestyle gold with gold in the 100-metre freestyle. Facing stiff competition from American Jack Alexy and Australian Kyle Chalmers Popovici needed something special to win the gold. He produced a European and Championship record swim of 46.51 to win gold 4 tenths of a second ahead of Alexy in 46.92 with Chalmers swimming 47.17 to win the bronze medal. There was a shock early exit for world record holder and Olympic champion form Paris Pan Zhanle from China who could only manage 10th fastest in the semifinal meaning he did not progress to the final. Hopefully he will bounce back and add to the competitiveness of this event over the coming years.
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Australian Cameron McEvoy and Ben Proud from Great Britian continued their form from the Paris Olympics in 2024 winning gold and silver at these world championships just as they did in Paris. McEvoy touched first in 21.14 with Proud just touching just 0.12 seconds behind to win the silver medal. 6ft8” American Jack Alexy won the bronze medal in 21.46. All 3 of these guys will likely contest this 50-metre freestyle over the next few years in the build-up to the Los Angeles Olympics.
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