Kate DOUGLASS clinched her first gold of Singapore 2025 in style, breaking the women’s 200m breaststroke Championship Record on Friday (1 Aug). She led from start to finish to win the race in 2min 18.50sec and lower the previous mark of 2:19.11 set by Rikke PEDERSEN (DEN) in 2013. In the men’s 200m breaststroke, QIN Haiyang (CHN) emerged the surprise winner from lane eight clinching a stunning … Continue reading Sports: Douglass breaks women’s 200m breaststroke Championship Record to win first gold at Singapore 2025

Matteo SANTORO and Chiara PELLACANI (ITA) made history by winning their country’s first world title in the mixed 3m synchronised springboard event at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 on Wednesday (30 July). It is Italy’s first diving gold medal at the world championships since 2015, when Tania CAGNOTTO won the women’s 1m springboard.  Santoro and Pellacani were in second place at the end … Continue reading Sports: Divers Matteo Santoro and Chiara Pellacani win Italy’s first gold at Singapore 2025; France’s Marchand shatters men’s 200m individual medley world record

World record holder Gretchen WALSH (USA) cruised to the women’s 100m butterfly gold medal in Championship Record time at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 on Monday (28 July). She clocked 54.73sec to finish on top of the podium and break Sarah SJOESTROEM’s (SWE) previous record of 55.53sec. Coming in second was Roos VANOTTERDIJK (BEL) who clocked 55.84sec to win her country’s first swimming medal since … Continue reading Sports: Walsh (USA) wins women’s 100m butterfly in Championship Record time

AUS set a Championship Record to win the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 on Sunday (27 July). They clocked 3min 8.97sec to finish ahead of ITA (3:09.58) and USA (3:09.64) in a thrilling finale to the first day of swimming action in Singapore.  The result sealed a double victory for AUS as the women also won the 4x100m freestyle … Continue reading Sports: Double delight for AUS who clinch both 4x100m freestyle relay golds at Singapore 2025

China completed a clean sweep of team events, as artistic swimming at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 came to a close on Friday (25 July).  ZHANG Yayi (CHN), still nursing a leg injury, returned to the Chinese squad to help them win the Team Acrobatic event. They were once again the top performers in both technical and artistic impression scores, finishing with 229.0186 … Continue reading Sports: China sweeps artistic swimming’s team events, Tio Casas wins third title; High diver Rhiannan Iffland wins fifth straight gold at Singapore 2025

GRE clinched their first women’s water polo world title in 14 years with a statement 12-9 win against HUN on Wednesday (23 July) at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025.  The Greeks, who also won the World Cup in April, last won the World Championships in 2011 in Shanghai. Meanwhile, ESP retained their bronze after beating USA 13-12. The final was a spirited affair … Continue reading Sports: GRE clinch first women’s water polo world championship in 14 years

Reigning World Cup champions GRE ousted defending champions USA to reach their first women’s water polo world championship final since 2011 on Monday (21 July). They will face rivals HUN, to whom they narrowly lost 10-9 in their opening match of Singapore 2025, in what promises to be an exhilarating final on 23 July. HUN easily overcame Olympic champions ESP in the semi-finals, surging to a 6-1 … Continue reading Sports: GRE edge out defending champions USA to reach women’s water polo final at Singapore 2025

The men’s water polo semi-finals at the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 will see two exhilarating clashes after GRE, ESP, SRB and HUN emerged victorious in the quarter-finals on Sunday (20 July).  World No. 3 GRE produced a near-perfect performance to beat Doha 2024 silver medallists ITA, dominating from the beginning to make a return to the top four after missing out last edition. They … Continue reading Sports: HUN stun defending champs CRO in men’s water polo quarter-finals at Singapore 2025; hosts clinch first win to finish 15th in debut

The World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 crowned its first artistic swimming champions today, when the men’s and women’s solo technical events were decided. The women’s solo technical final was a hotly-contested one, with podium finishers all finishing with high-scoring routines. World junior champion XU Huiyan (CHN) showed she is just as strong in the senior ranks, taking gold in dominant fashion with a score … Continue reading Sports: XU, MALTSEV beat stiff competition to be crowned world champions in solo technical events