{"id":619254,"date":"2025-07-30T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=619254"},"modified":"2025-07-30T20:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T03:56:44","slug":"world-championships-day-5-prelims-absences-evident-in-womens-100-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-5-prelims-absences-evident-in-womens-100-free\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Absences Evident in Women\u2019s 100 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships, Day 5 Prelims: Absences Evident in Women\u2019s 100 Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Paris Olympic final in the women\u2019s 100 freestyle went down as one of the best of the Games, eight star-studded finalists separated by less than a second. The follow-up in Singapore will look much different, though it has the potential to be as entertaining.<\/p>\n

The field got a further alteration on Thursday, with Gretchen Walsh<\/strong> scratching as she continues to battle the gastrointestinal illness befalling the Americans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That means no gold medalist Sarah Sjostrom,<\/strong> who is expecting her first child. No bronze medalist Siobhan Haughey<\/strong> due to injury. No fifth-place Shayna Jack<\/strong> of Australia. No eighth-place Walsh. And a diminished silver medalist Torri Huske,<\/strong> for whom the illness cost an event earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> is there, though, the 200 free champion in Singapore. And so is Olympic finalist Marrit Steenbergen.<\/strong> And rising stars\u00a0Roos Vanotterdijk<\/strong> and Sara Curtis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a busy morning, with several world champions weighing stroke doubles. Pieter Coetze,<\/strong> the 100 back champ, is in action in the 200 back. Anna Elendt,<\/strong> the women\u2019s 100 breast champ, is chasing the 200, where 100 breast silver medalist Kate Douglass<\/strong> is the top seed. And Qin Haiyang<\/strong> is looking to add to his haul of medals with the 200 breast, in which he\u2019s the world record holder.<\/p>\n

The session ends with the women\u2019s 800 free relay prelims.<\/p>\n

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