Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh is off to a unprecedented begin on the World Swimming Championships, profitable two gold medals in as many days as she goals for a historic 5 particular person golds — a feat solely American legend Michael Phelps has achieved.
Also turning heads is 12-year-old Chinese sensation Yu Zidi, who narrowly missed the rostrum ending fourth in 2:09.21. Yu is predicted to compete within the 400 IM and 200 butterfly occasions, the place she exhibits nice promise.
McIntosh will proceed her pursuit of gold within the 400 IM, 800 freestyle, and 200 butterfly over the subsequent six days in Singapore.
Meanwhile, the United States earned its first gold in Singapore as Gretchen Walsh dominated the ladies’s 100 butterfly with a time of 54.73 seconds, simply off her world report of 54.60. Walsh overcame a bout of “acute gastroenteritis” that affected the U.S. group earlier than the championships.
China’s Qin Haiyang, reigning world champion, defeated Olympic gold medalist Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy within the males’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 58.23 seconds. Maxime Grousset of France narrowly received the boys’s 50 butterfly in 22.48 seconds.
The championships proceed with intense competitors as swimmers vie for prime honors on the world stage.
