Alexy and Popovici are the only two to have clocked a sub-47 time this season, with both of their performances coming last month. Alexy set a new U.S. Open record with a time of 46.99 to win the national title, while Popovici set a new European record and the fastest time in the world this year with a 46.71.

Swimming’s biggest names are competing at the world championships in Singapore, including Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh, Léon Marchand and a 12-year-old from China who could take home a medal.

Former AEW World Champion MJF is returning to Arena Mexico on Friday to challenge Averno for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship.

Women’s 100m Breaststroke Gold: Anna Elendt (GER) -- 1:05.19 Silver: Kate Douglass (USA) -- 1:05.27 Bronze: Tang Qianting (CHN) -- 1:05.64 4. Satomi Suzuki (JPN) -- 1:05.78 5. Evgeniia Chikunova (NAB) -- 1:06.04 6. Anita Bottazzo (ITA) -- 1:06.06 7. Alina Zmushka (NAA) -- 1:06.38 8. Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU) -- 1:06.61

In 2025, the first-ever Spartan Trifecta World Championship held on U.S. soil will take place in West Virginia. According to a press release, on September 6, 2025 and September 7, 2025, the World Championship,

Canada's Summer McIntosh claimed her second title in two days at the world championships in Singapore with victory in the women's 200 metres individual medley on Monday, while Chinese 12-year-old sensation Yu Zidi just missed out on a medal.

Katie Ledecky vs. Summer McIntosh in the 800-meter freestyle is the highlight of the first major international competition since Paris.

Summer McIntosh continued to take the swimming world by storm on Monday, winning her second gold medal in two days to keep up her bid to make World Aquatics Championship history.

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.

It was not clear how much the illness had impacted the team, but several swimmers either were pulled from their events or struggled Sunday.