{"id":617570,"date":"2025-07-23T10:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=617570"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:53:35","slug":"who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of the swimmers at the top of the current world rankings have never won a gold medal at the World Championships &#8211; at least in the event which they lead. Will that scenario change in Singapore? Will they back up their world-leading time with a global title? If so, they&#8217;ll add another bullet point to the resume.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Summer McIntosh<\/strong> is the Olympic champion and the world-record holder in the 200 individual medley, but a world title is missing, albeit for good reason. The Canadian has never contested this event at Worlds, but in Singapore wants to add this title in her collection. At the same time, she has not yet won gold in the 400 freestyle at Worlds or the Olympics. <strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> or <strong>Katie Ledecky<\/strong> have always finished in front, but this time she will face only the American. Meanwhile, McIntosh is in tremendous form, having broken the world record at Trials with a time of 3:54.18.<\/li>\n<li>An Olympic champion who has never been crowned a world champion is <strong>Lukas Martens<\/strong>. The German, after winning gold last summer in Paris and setting a world record this year in the 400 freestyle, is hoping to expand his success. He&#8217;s the only swimmer to go sub-3:40 in the 400 freestyle and that missing gold medal might soon belong in his trophy case.<\/li>\n<li>It seems the appropriate time for <strong>Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> to earn her first individual world title in long course. She was amazing in short course during the winter and she confirmed her long-course excellence by clocking extraordinary times at the U.S. Trials: 54.60 in the 100 butterfly; 23.91 in the 50 freestyle; and 24.66 in the 50 butterfly. Walsh has an opportunity to solidify her standing as one of the sport&#8217;s greatest in Singapore, with multiple trips to the podium expected.<\/li>\n<li>After not being allowed to compete because of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, <strong>Kliment Kolesnikov<\/strong> is back in international action, and he is hungry for fast races. Until a couple of days ago, the Russian was the fastest in the world in both 50 and 100 backstroke but after <strong>Peter Coetze\u2019s<\/strong> 51.99 in 100, he is now only the No1 in 50 with 23.90. His performances are really encouraging but he must show again that his ready for his first world title because in Sette Coli he wasn\u2019t ready to race the rest top backstrokers.<\/li>\n<li>Estonia&#8217;s <strong>Eneli Jefimova<\/strong> is one of the top breaststrokers in the world and winning gold in the 50 breaststroke would be a major accomplishment. The 18-year-old hails from a country of 1.37 million people and Estonia has never won a title at the World Champs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shaine Casas<\/strong> is the fastest swimmer this year in the 200 individual medley, but his mission to win gold might be too difficult. While he has been 1:55.73 in the 200 IM this year, he&#8217;ll need to be much quicker to capture gold. Frenchman and Olympic champ <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> hasn&#8217;t shown his full hand in 2025. He won gold at Worlds in 2022 and 2023 and Marchand is the heavy favorite to prevail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2025 Top-Ranked Swimmers Without World Title in Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lukas Martens (GER) \u2013 400 freestyle \u2013 3:39.96<\/p>\n<p>Sven Schwarz (GER) \u2013 800 freestyle \u2013 7:38.12<\/p>\n<p>Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS) \u2013 50 backstroke \u2013 23.90<\/p>\n<p>Pieter Coetze (RSA) \u2013 100 backstroke \u2013 51.99<\/p>\n<p>Jack Aikins (USA) \u2013 200 backstroke \u2013 1:54.25<\/p>\n<p>Ludovico Viberti (ITA) \u2013 50 breaststroke \u2013 26.27<\/p>\n<p>Ilya Kharun (CAN) \u2013 50 butterfly \u2013 22.68<\/p>\n<p>Luca Urlando (USA) \u2013 200 butterfly \u2013 1:52.37<\/p>\n<p>Shaine Casas (USA) \u2013 200 medley \u2013 1:55.73<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gretchen Walsh (USA) \u2013 50 freestyle \u2013 23.91<\/p>\n<p>Torri Huske (USA) \u2013 100 freestyle \u2013 53.42<\/p>\n<p>Summer McIntosh (CAN) \u2013 400 freestyle \u2013 3:54.18<\/p>\n<p>Katharine Berkoff (USA) \u2013 50 backstroke \u2013 26.97<\/p>\n<p>Eneli Jefimova (EST) \u2013 50 breaststroke \u2013 29.83<\/p>\n<p>Angharad Evans (GBR) \u2013 100 breaststroke \u2013 1:05.37<\/p>\n<p>Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS) \u2013 200 breaststroke \u2013 2:20.36<\/p>\n<p>Gretchen Walsh (USA) \u2013 50 butterfly \u2013 24.66<\/p>\n<p>Gretchen Walsh (USA) \u2013 100 butterfly \u2013 54.60<\/p>\n<p>Summer McIntosh (CAN) \u2013 200 medley \u2013 2:05.70<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title? Many of the swimmers at the top of the current world rankings have never<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165058,"featured_media":592689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[135558,70619,121151,128085,93527,58437,129981,112820,52830,63284,67770,136109,130679,128092,72300,120547,93809,74161],"class_list":["post-617570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2025-world-aquatic-championships","tag-2025-world-aquatics-championships","tag-angharad-evans","tag-eneli-jefimova","tag-evgeniia-chikunova","tag-gretchen-walsh","tag-ilya-kharun","tag-jack-aikins","tag-katherine-berkoff","tag-kliment-kolesnikov","tag-luca-urlando","tag-ludovico-viberti","tag-lukas-martens","tag-pieter-coetze","tag-shaine-casas","tag-summer-mcintosh","tag-sven-schwarz","tag-torri-huske"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>World&#039;s Top-Ranked Swimmers Chasing Top Step of Podium<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At the World Championships in Singapore, several top-ranked swimmers in the world will chase their first gold medal in the event.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the World Championships in Singapore, several top-ranked swimmers in the world will chase their first gold medal in the event.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T17:48:24+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T19:53:35+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elisabeth Grigoriadou\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elisabeth Grigoriadou\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elisabeth Grigoriadou\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/897a36879a1949ad654fd60a0319e8bf\"},\"headline\":\"On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T17:48:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T19:53:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/\"},\"wordCount\":614,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2025 World Aquatic Championships\",\"2025 World Aquatics Championships\",\"Angharad Evans\",\"Eneli Jefimova\",\"Evgeniia Chikunova\",\"Gretchen Walsh\",\"Ilya Kharun\",\"Jack Aikins\",\"Katherine Berkoff\",\"Kliment Kolesnikov\",\"Luca Urlando\",\"Ludovico Viberti\",\"Lukas Martens\",\"Pieter Coetze\",\"Shaine Casas\",\"Summer McIntosh\",\"Sven Schwarz\",\"Torri Huske\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/\",\"name\":\"World's Top-Ranked Swimmers Chasing Top Step of Podium\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T17:48:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-23T19:53:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"At the World Championships in Singapore, several top-ranked swimmers in the world will chase their first gold medal in the event.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Lukas Martens of Germany competes in the swimming 400m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 27, 2024.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/897a36879a1949ad654fd60a0319e8bf\",\"name\":\"Elisabeth Grigoriadou\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7a150202d3c36489a422e653c7f8179?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7a150202d3c36489a422e653c7f8179?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Elisabeth Grigoriadou\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/elisabeth-grigoriadou\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World's Top-Ranked Swimmers Chasing Top Step of Podium","description":"At the World Championships in Singapore, several top-ranked swimmers in the world will chase their first gold medal in the event.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?","og_description":"At the World Championships in Singapore, several top-ranked swimmers in the world will chase their first gold medal in the event.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2025-07-23T17:48:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-23T19:53:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Elisabeth Grigoriadou","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Elisabeth Grigoriadou","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/"},"author":{"name":"Elisabeth Grigoriadou","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/897a36879a1949ad654fd60a0319e8bf"},"headline":"On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?","datePublished":"2025-07-23T17:48:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-23T19:53:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/"},"wordCount":614,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg","keywords":["2025 World Aquatic Championships","2025 World Aquatics Championships","Angharad Evans","Eneli Jefimova","Evgeniia Chikunova","Gretchen Walsh","Ilya Kharun","Jack Aikins","Katherine Berkoff","Kliment Kolesnikov","Luca Urlando","Ludovico Viberti","Lukas Martens","Pieter Coetze","Shaine Casas","Summer McIntosh","Sven Schwarz","Torri Huske"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/","name":"World's Top-Ranked Swimmers Chasing Top Step of Podium","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-23T17:48:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-23T19:53:35+00:00","description":"At the World Championships in Singapore, several top-ranked swimmers in the world will chase their first gold medal in the event.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Lukas Martens of Germany competes in the swimming 400m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 27, 2024."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/who-is-seeking-first-gold-worlds-top-ranked-swimmers-chasing-top-step-of-podium\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"On the Bucket List: Which Swimmers are Ranked No. 1, but Still Chasing a World Title?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/897a36879a1949ad654fd60a0319e8bf","name":"Elisabeth Grigoriadou","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7a150202d3c36489a422e653c7f8179?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7a150202d3c36489a422e653c7f8179?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Elisabeth Grigoriadou"},"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/elisabeth-grigoriadou\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240727_GSca_SG11418.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2AEO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165058"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617570"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":617831,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617570\/revisions\/617831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}