{"id":618702,"date":"2025-07-28T19:39:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=618702"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T03:48:29","slug":"world-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships Day 3 Prelims: New Zealand&#8217;s Erika Fairweather Leads Loaded 200 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The prelims of the third day of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships kicked off from Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The events for Tuesday&#8217;s prelims session are the men&#8217;s 50 breaststroke, women&#8217;s 200 freestyle, men&#8217;s 200 butterfly and men&#8217;s 800 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at what happened in the Day 3 heats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2025-world-aquatics-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swimming World Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2025-world-aquatics-championships-entry-list-international-elite-2025-07-27.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2025\/world-aquatics-championships-swm-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/competitions\/4725\/world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025\/schedule?phase=All&amp;disciplines=SW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day-by-Day Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/sports\/highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. TV\/Streaming Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-to-follow-the-world-championships-links-for-streaming-results-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Aquatics Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>World Championships: Men&#8217;s 50 Breaststroke<\/h2>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s <strong>Simone Cerasuol<\/strong>o was the fastest in the 50 breaststroke to kick off the morning. The 22-year-old got to the wall in 26.42 to earn the top seed in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s <strong>Taku Taniguchi<\/strong> was 23 hundredths of a second behind at 26.65 to take the second deed.<\/p>\n<p>German&#8217;s <strong>Melvin Imoudu<\/strong> grabbed the third seed in 26.64, followed by <strong>Kirill Prigoda<\/strong> (26.76), <strong>Ivan Kozhakin<\/strong> (26.77), South Africa&#8217;s <strong>Chris Smith<\/strong> (26.82), <strong>Ronan Wantenaar<\/strong> (26.75) and <strong>Ilya Shymanovich<\/strong>, who rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n<p>Also advancing was Italy&#8217;s <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> (26.90) and Netherlands&#8217; <strong>Caspar Corbeau<\/strong> (26.94), who placed ninth and 10th, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>There were no U.S. swimmers to make the semifinals with <strong>Campbell McKean<\/strong> finishing 24th (27.32) and <strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong> taking 25th (27.37).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x564.jpeg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-618706 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x564.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_-280x154.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_-300x165.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_-450x248.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_22394_www.omegatiming.com_-533x294.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>World Championships: Women&#8217;s 200 Freestyle<\/h2>\n<p>New Zealand&#8217;s <strong>Erika Fairweather<\/strong> put together a strong race to earn the top seed in the 200 free.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old was third after the 50, but turned at the halfway point in the lead at 56.76 before finishing in 1:56.54.<\/p>\n<p>USA&#8217;s <strong>Erin Gemmell<\/strong> was two tenths back with a swim of 1:56.74, putting her in prime position for the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s <strong>Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan<\/strong>, the Olympic champion in the event, took the third seed in 1:57.04, right in the mix as well.<\/p>\n<p>Her compatriot <strong>Jamie Perkins<\/strong> grabbed the fourth seed in 1:57.08, followed by Czech Republic&#8217;s <strong>Barbora Seemanova<\/strong> (1:57.13), China&#8217;s<strong> Liu Yaxin<\/strong> (1:57.33) and U.S. teen <strong>Claire Weinstein<\/strong> (1:57.38).<\/p>\n<p>There was a three-way tie for the eighth with South Africa&#8217;s <strong>Aimee<\/strong> <strong>Canny<\/strong>, Great Britain&#8217;s <strong>Freya<\/strong> <strong>Colbert<\/strong> and Canada&#8217;s<strong> Ella Jansen<\/strong> all finishing in 1:57.53.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s <strong>Li Bingjie<\/strong> (1:57.57) and Canada&#8217;s <strong>Mary<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>Sophie Harvey<\/strong> (1:57.72).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"618708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1121,886\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x809.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-618708 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1121\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg 1121w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_-1024x809.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_-253x200.jpeg 253w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_-300x237.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_-450x356.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_225648_www.omegatiming.com_-533x421.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>World Championships: Men&#8217;s 200 Butterfly<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Luca Urlando<\/strong> pulled ahead at the halfway point to claim the top seed in the 200 fly.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. champion got to the wall in 1:52.71, the only swimmer in the field to reach the 150 mark under 1:22 (1:21.95).<\/p>\n<p>Poland&#8217;s <strong>Krzysztof Chmielewski<\/strong> was the other swimmer in the field to break 1:53, going a 1:52.89 to take the second seed into semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s <strong>Ilya Kharun<\/strong> took the third spot in 1:53.74 with a strong opening 50 (24.49) that lead the field.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s <strong>Chen Juner<\/strong> and Italy&#8217;s <strong>Alberto Razzetti<\/strong> tied for the fourth seed at 1:54.54, ahead of Japan&#8217;s <strong>Genki Terakado<\/strong> (1:54.64).<\/p>\n<p>Poland&#8217;s other twin, <strong>Michal Chmielewski<\/strong>, took the seventh seed in 1:54.68.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. star <strong>Carson Foster<\/strong> reached the semifinals in 12th (1:55.68).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"618710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-prelims-live-recap\/screenshot_28-7-2025_23233_www-omegatiming-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot_28-7-2025_23233_www.omegatiming.com_.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1138,883\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>World Championships: Men&#8217;s 800 Free<\/h2>\n<p>Tunisia&#8217;s <strong>Ahmed Jaouadi<\/strong> claimed the top seed in the 800 free, getting to the wall in 7:41.58, nearly a second faster than the rest of the field.<\/p>\n<p>He will lead the finals ahead of Australia&#8217;s <strong>Samuel Short<\/strong>, who finished in 7:42.22, and Germany&#8217;s <strong>Sven Schwarz<\/strong> (7:43.60).<\/p>\n<p>USA&#8217;s <strong>Bobby Finke<\/strong> turned in a swim of 7:44.02 for the fourth seed heading into finals and will be right in the mix as always.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s <strong>Victor Johansson<\/strong> (7:44.81), Turkey&#8217;s <strong>Kuzey Tuncelli<\/strong> (7:45.13), Germany&#8217;s <strong>Lukas<\/strong> <strong>Martens<\/strong> (7:45.54) and Ireland&#8217;s <strong>Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> (7:46.36) rounded out the finalists.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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The events for Tuesday&#8217;s prelims session are the men&#8217;s 50 breaststroke, women&#8217;s 200 freestyle,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":592600,"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":[70619,136611,90997,69814,129981,67770],"class_list":["post-618702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2025-world-aquatics-championships","tag-ahmen-jaouadi","tag-erika-fairweather","tag-erin-gemmell","tag-ilya-kharun","tag-luca-urlando"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- 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