Summer McIntosh is staring down another world record — but will she go for it?
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Jack Alexy sets American record in 100-meter freestyle at World Aquatics Championships
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Leon Marchand breaks 200m individual medley world record at swim worlds - ESPN
SINGAPORE — Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte.
Singapore's Gan Ching Hwee finishes seventh in 1,500m freestyle final at World Aquatics Champs
SINGAPORE: With cheering dignitaries in the stands and swimming royalty in the pool alongside her, Singapore's Gan Ching Hwee notched a creditable seventh-placed finish in the women's 1,500m freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships on Tuesday (Jul 29).
Watch live coverage of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore
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Summer McIntosh beats Katie Ledecky to claim world title in women's 400m freestyle
For Summer McIntosh of Canada, it's one gold medal won at the swimming world championships with four to go.
Singapore's Gan Ching Hwee smashes 1,500 freestyle national record, through to final at World Aquatics Champs
SINGAPORE: Gan Ching Hwee's stellar World Aquatics Championships continued on Monday (Jul 28), when she obliterated her 1,500m freestyle national record and became the first Singaporean female swimmer to qualify for a final at the meet since 2007.
Singapore swimmer Gan Ching Hwee smashes second national record at World Aquatics Championships
SINGAPORE: Nearly 24 hours after smashing a 15-year national record on home soil, Gan Ching Hwee was at it again as she rewrote her own 1500m freestyle national record at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday (Jul 28).