{"id":618572,"date":"2025-07-28T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=618572"},"modified":"2025-07-28T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:10:09","slug":"world-championships-several-paris-olympic-medalists-having-rough-go-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-several-paris-olympic-medalists-having-rough-go-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Several Paris Olympic Medalists Having Rough Go in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: Several Paris Olympic Medalists Having Rough Go in Singapore<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first two days of the World Championships have proven rough for several reigning Olympic medalists, including Great Britain’s Matt Richards<\/strong>. During Monday’s evening session, Richards finished 12th in the semifinals of the 200-meter freestyle, with his swim of 1:45.85 leaving the 22-year-old a quarter-second shy of advancing to the final. But Richards isn’t the only Paris medalist to struggle.<\/p>\n

In addition to Richards, four other athletes from last summer’s Olympics failed to qualify for the final of an event in which they earned a medal. The Brit is the most notable miss, since he was the 2023 world champion in the 200 freestyle and was the silver medalist at the 2024 Games in 1:44.74, just .02 behind Romania’s David Popovici<\/strong>. At the latest edition of the World Champs, Richards was more than a second slower in his semifinal outing.<\/p>\n

It isn’t unusual for athletes to not match their times from an Olympic campaign, but the early misses on qualifying for a final are surprising.<\/p>\n

Other Paris medalists who failed to advance to the final at Worlds included:<\/p>\n