The 1,500 freestyle was the only women's event at a worlds in which an Australian swimmer had not reached the podium. Pallister's bronze was her country's first medal in this race. She's definitely set the standard of distance swimming in the world." Said Pallister: "I don't think that anyone will be topping Katie for a little while, but I definitely think it's a goal for everyone moving forward. "I've got the relay, that's next on the agenda and then I will tackle the 800m. "I love this pool, I knew I put in the work to have a good swim and got into a rhythm," Ledecky said. The 25-year-old finished more than 14 seconds ahead of compatriot Katie Grimes who took the silver while Australia's Lani Pallister earned bronze, 8.81 off Ledecky's pace. Ledecky, who won the women's 400 event on the opening day, cruised to the gold medal with a time of 15 minutes 30.15 seconds. Ledecky dominates women's 1,500Īmerican Katie Ledecky dominated the women's 1,500 freestyle event to claim her second gold medal at these worlds. WATCH | Canada's Josh Liendo 'glad' to be role model for Black swimmers:ĭuration 0:55 As the only Black male on the Canadian national swim team, Josh Liendo is proud of his roots, and what he has achieved in the sport. He clocked 51.60 seconds on Monday in Budapest to shave 0.15 seconds off the previous best record by American Ryan Murphy from the 2016 Olympics.Ĭeccon is the second Italian man to set a world record in long course swimming after Giorgio Lambert, who held the record in the men's 200 freestyle from 1989-99.Īt 21, Ceccon is also the youngest gold medallist in the men's 100 backstroke at a worlds since the then-19-year-old Aaron Piersol of the United States won in 2003. Italy's Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men's 100 backstroke. Ceccon sets world mark in men's 100 backstroke James Dergousoff, Christina Lake, B.C. - He was disqualified in the 50 breaststroke preliminaries.Ĭoverage continues through July 3, with daily finals streamed live at CBC Sports.ca, CBC Sports App and CBC Gem.Patrick Hussey, Beaconsfield, Que. - 24th in men's 200 butterfly preliminaries (personal best 2:00.24) in his national team debut.
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“As we get closer and closer to 2020, it’s definitely more nerve-wracking at every race.Duration 5:22 The group of Maggie Mac Neil, Taylor Ruck, Kayla Sanchez and Penny Oleksiak finished with a time of 3:31.15 to place 2nd in the competition at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. So the next 18 months are an important stretch of time for her. But she is determined to finish it, to seek out a career in perhaps occupational therapy or athletic therapy, once her swimming career ebbs.īut there are world championships and the Tokyo Olympics on the horizon far sooner. Having reduced course loads to accommodate training for those Olympics and worlds, she needs perhaps another year to get her degree in kinesiology. She wrapped up that portion of her career last month, but she’ll still be on campus for awhile yet. She won 14 more at the U Sports championships over the years.
In fact, she was undefeated through 19 races. Masse’s story also includes a run of dominance in the Ontario Athletic Union swimming championships. championships in California.īut Masse is in her prime and there is plenty of time to take back the record, and she will be gunning for it at the worlds in South Korea later this year. A year and three days later, her American rival Kathleen Baker crushed that record with a swim of 58.00 at the U.S.
Masse shaved two-one-hundredths off the previous mark when she touched at 58.10 seconds in Budapest at the 2017 worlds on July 25, 2017. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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