Penny Oleksiak narrowly misses 100m freestyle podium at worlds
Penny Oleksiak's first individual medal at worlds will have to wait.
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Australian O'Callaghan wins 100m freestyle gold with last-gasp effort
BUDAPEST : Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan stormed to victory to take the women's 100 metres freestyle gold at the swimming world championships on Thursday on the back of a superb second split.
Double gold joy for Canadian women, Popovici, Marchand win again
BUDAPEST: Canadian women celebrated double gold at the swimming world championships on Wednesday (Jun 22) with 15-year-old Summer McIntosh claiming the 200m butterfly and Kylie Masse clinching the 50m backstroke.
Katie Ledecky breaks female record for most swimming worlds medals
BUDAPEST — Katie Ledecky decided last fall to drop the individual 200m freestyle from her program, at least for one year. In a recent interview, she added one line to the end of her explanation about focusing on longer events in 2022.
Teens Popovici and McIntosh grab world swimming golds as Dressel quits
David Popovici, a 17-year-old, collected his second gold medal of the Swimming World Championships on Wednesday, while 15-year-old Summer McIntosh won her first as US star Caeleb Dressel quit the tournament for "medical reasons".
Caeleb Dressel withdraws from rest of world swimming championships
BUDAPEST — Caeleb Dressel withdrew from the rest of his events at the world swimming championships on the fifth day of the eight-day meet, a day after scratching out of a race on unspecified medical grounds.
Romanian 17-year-old David Popovici wins 100m freestyle world title
The 17-year-old Romanian finished with another late surge as he followed up his 200m free victory. Olympic gold medallist rival Caeleb Dressel won his heat but withdrew from the championships before the final for unspecified health reasons after winning his heat.
World Championships: Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh wins women's 200m butterfly
McIntosh's time was a new junior world record and adds to her silver medal in the 400m freestyle. The Toronto-born swimmer was the youngest member of Canada's Olympic team in Tokyo where she finished fourth in the women's 400m freestyle.