{"id":621273,"date":"2025-08-21T08:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=621273"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:13:54","slug":"world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/","title":{"rendered":"World Junior Championships, Day 3 Finals: Ukraine\u2019s Nikita Sheremet Ties 50 Free WJR; American 1-2 in 200 Backstroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Junior Championships, Day 3 Finals: Ukraine\u2019s Nikita Sheremet Ties 50 Free WJR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nikita Sheremet<\/strong> of Ukraine blasted a time of 21.75 seconds in the semifinals of the men\u2019s 50 freestyle on Thursday at the World Junior Championships. That ties the world junior record and meet record, both set in 2017 by American <strong>Michael Andrew.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It sets the Ukrainian teen up as the favorite for the final on Friday, and it was the first of two records Thursday in Otopeni, Romania. All the action from the third finals session.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/world-junior-championships-international-elite-2025-08-19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2025\/world-aquatics-junior-swimming-championships-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-world-junior-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swimming World Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/File\/0001190005FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Timelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/where-to-watch\/live&amp;ondemand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Livestream\/On-Demand<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 50 butterfly semifinals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Zoe Pedersen<\/strong> of New Zealand led the way in prelims with a time of 25.79, the only sub-26 swim. <strong>Mizuki Hirai<\/strong> of Japan was second in 26.02, with <strong>Jessica Thompson<\/strong> of South Africa third.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mena Boardman<\/strong> of the U.S. made the final in sixth, but teammate <strong>Charlotte Crush<\/strong> was tied for ninth to miss out. Crush has the 200 back final later in the session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/w50flysf-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1446,861\" 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=\"W50flysf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-1024x610.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621278\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1.jpg 1446w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-280x167.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-450x268.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-1200x715.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W50flysf-1-533x317.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 freestyle semifinals<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Nikita Sheremet <\/strong>has had a very fast summer. He went 22.16, a best time, at the European Junior Championships and has quickly blasted past that with a pair of sub-22 swims.<\/p>\n<p>In prelims Thursday morning, he and Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Jacob Mills<\/strong> both broke 22 seconds. Sheremet was alone in doing that at night, with a time of 21.75 that evens what Michael Andrew did twice at this meet in 2017 in Indianapolis. The Ukrainian record is 21.38, set in 2024 by <strong>Vladyslav Bukhov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mills was a distant second in 22.05. <strong>Carlos D\u2019Ambrosio<\/strong> is looking to add to his stellar meet. The Italian is the third seed in finals at 22.10. American <strong>Yury Kuzmenko<\/strong> scraped into the final in eighth, but the other American, <strong>Albert Smelzer,<\/strong> was 13th.<\/p>\n<p>Of note is an African finalist in the 50, with Nigeria\u2019s <strong>Abdul Jabar Adama<\/strong> going 22.32 to tie for sixth. He was 22.21 in prelims to set the national senior record.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/m50freesf-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1243,820\" 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=\"M50freesf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-1024x676.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621277\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-280x185.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-450x297.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-1200x792.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50freesf-533x352.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 200 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Audrey Derivaux<\/strong> picked up her second gold medal of the meet with a time of 2:06.99 in the 200 back. She surged past American teammate <strong>Charlotte Crush<\/strong> in a 1-2 finish for the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Derivaux downed the meet record of 2:07.45 set by <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> in 2017. Crush wasn\u2019t far off that, in 2:07.83. She was more than two seconds clear of the field.<\/p>\n<p>Neutral Athlete <strong>Milana Stepanova<\/strong> held off Canada\u2019s <strong>Madison Kryger<\/strong> by .09 seconds for bronze. Argentina\u2019s <strong>Cecilia Dieleke<\/strong> was sixth, another strong result for that country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/w200back-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1251,734\" 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=\"W200back\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-1024x601.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621276\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-280x164.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-450x264.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-1200x704.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W200back-533x313.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Tajus Juska<\/strong> made Lithuania the ninth different country to grab a gold medal at this meet, his time of 51.83 taking gold by .18 seconds. He held off a charge by Brazili\u2019s <strong>Lucio Flavio de Paula Filho,<\/strong> who was fourth at the turn by closed fast in 27.63. He took second in 52.01.<\/p>\n<p>Bronze went to Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Dean Fearn,<\/strong> who went 52.33. <strong>Maxim Skazobtsov<\/strong> of Kazakhstan was fourth in 52.52.<\/p>\n<p>The only American in the final, <strong>Rowan Cox,<\/strong> tied for fifth. He was eighth at the turn and came back in the fastest final 50 of the heat. But that 27.62 wasn\u2019t enough to erase the early deficit, Cox finishing in 52.59.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/m100fly-9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1243,781\" 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=\"M100fly\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-1024x643.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621281\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-280x176.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-450x283.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-1200x754.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M100fly-533x335.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 breaststroke semifinals<\/h4>\n<p>It could be two golds for Lithuania, if its female breaststroke strength comes good again. <strong>Smilte Plytnykaite<\/strong> set the pace again in the 100 breast, with a time of 1:07.64. She was .11 ahead of Germany\u2019s <strong>Lena Ludwig,<\/strong> with <strong>Hayley Mackinder<\/strong> of Australia third.<\/p>\n<p>The final doesn\u2019t include an American, with <strong>Elle Scott<\/strong> finishing 10th and <strong>Kayda Geyer<\/strong> 14th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/w100breastsf-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1039,864\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"W100breastsf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf-1024x852.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621283\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf-1024x852.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf-241x200.jpg 241w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf-450x374.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100breastsf-533x443.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 50 backstroke semifinals<\/h4>\n<p>Neutral Athlete <strong>Georgii Iakovlev<\/strong> led the way by a wide margin in the men\u2019s 50 back, his time of 24.58 setting the top time by .44 seconds. He was just .14 seconds off the meet record set in 2022 by <strong>Ksawery Masiuk<\/strong> at 24.44.<\/p>\n<p>The second seed in the final belongs to <strong>Daniele del Signore<\/strong> of Italy in 25.02. He was .03 seconds ahead of <strong>Henry Allan<\/strong> of Australia. The NAB squad has two finalists, with <strong>Mikhail Shcherbakov<\/strong> fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Both Americans are through. <strong>Gavin Keough<\/strong> is the fifth seed in 25.16. <strong>Kenneth Barnicle<\/strong> was eighth in 25.50, into the final by just .06 seconds. <strong>John Shortt,<\/strong> the 100 back champ, was seventh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621288\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/m50back-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1160,684\" 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=\"M50back\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back-1024x604.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621288\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back-280x165.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back-450x265.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M50back-533x314.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s 100 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Rylee Erisman\u2019s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rylee-erisman-blasts-52-79-effort-to-win-100-freestyle-gold-at-world-junior-championships-becomes-no-6-american-in-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hot streak in the 100 free continues with a gold medal<\/a>. The American lowered her meet record again, going 52.79 to win gold by more than a second in an utterly dominant performance. She was just .09 seconds away from displacing <strong>Penny Oleksiak\u2019s<\/strong> world junior record, set in the Olympic final in 2016 in Rio.<\/p>\n<p>Erisman led a U.S. 1-2, with <strong>Lily King<\/strong> second in 54.19. King was third at the wall but came home in 28.02, the third-fastest of the race. She went 54.19 to outtouch <strong>Theodora Taylor<\/strong> of Great Britain by .01 seconds. Taylor\u2019s 27.90 on the final 50 lifted her from fifth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kira Manokhina<\/strong> of the Neutral Athletes fell from second to fourth in 54.49. <strong>Luo Mingyu<\/strong> of China was fifth in 54.72.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/w100free-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1405,810\" 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=\"W100free\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-1024x590.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621292\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free.jpg 1405w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-280x161.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-450x259.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-1200x692.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/W100free-533x307.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Men\u2019s 800 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Kuzey Tuncelli\u2019s<\/strong> 400 free wasn\u2019t what the Turkish Olympian would\u2019ve wanted. The 800 was more normal.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic finalist in the 1,500 won the 800 in 7:46.52 on Thursday, a margin of 1.82 seconds. He was less than a second off Mack Horton\u2019s world junior record from 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Second place went to <strong>Kazushi Imafuku<\/strong> of Japan in 7:48.34. <strong>Grigorii Vekovishchev<\/strong> of the Neutral Athletes was third in 7:50.04.<\/p>\n<p>Both Americans made the fastest heat but were just off the podium. <strong>Aiden Hammer<\/strong> finished fourth in 7:51.68. <strong>William Mulgrew<\/strong> of the U.S. was fifth in 7:51.99.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/m800free-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"920,789\" 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=\"M800free\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621294\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free.jpg 920w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free-233x200.jpg 233w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free-450x386.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M800free-533x457.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Mixed 400 freestyle relay<\/h4>\n<p>It was a quick turnaround for the American women\u2019s sprinters, and boy did they deliver.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. was sixth when the men got out of the water, but 100 free gold medalist <strong>Rylee Erisman<\/strong> and silver medalist <strong>Lily King<\/strong> dragged hem up to the gold medal by .14 seconds over Great Britain in a time of 3:26.03.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Rice<\/strong> was eighth after one leg, and <strong>Rowan Cox<\/strong> got the U.S. to sixth. Erisman split 53.11 to halve that placement. And King was the best of the anchors in 53.91 to get the U.S. to gold.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain was second at each of the last two handoffs, thanks to <strong>Jacob Mills<\/strong> splitting 47.76. <strong>Skye Carter<\/strong> and <strong>Theodora Taylor<\/strong> defended that on the women\u2019s legs for a 3:26.17.<\/p>\n<p>Italy had the heartbreak. The Italians led thanks to <strong>Carlos D\u2019Ambrosio\u2019s<\/strong> 47.40 on the second leg. <strong>Ludovica di Maria<\/strong> held the lead, but <strong>Alessandra Mao<\/strong> was run down on the anchor, the Italians getting third in 3:26.79. The Neutral Athletes were fourth, .90 off the gold.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"621297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/m400reefrelay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"926,904\" 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=\"M400reefrelay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-621297\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay.jpg 926w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay-205x200.jpg 205w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay-450x439.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay-922x900.jpg 922w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/M400reefrelay-533x520.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Junior Championships, Day 3 Finals: Ukraine\u2019s Nikita Sheremet Ties 50 Free WJR Nikita Sheremet of Ukraine blasted a time of 21.75 seconds in the semifinals of the men\u2019s 50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":589397,"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":[136721,136301,136739,129777,135358,131836,136404,136741,135939,135814,134786,132760,42940,136740,67664,131295,136737,134946,133850,136409,134617,133945,105531,136738,136130],"class_list":["post-621273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2024-world-junior-championships","tag-2025-world-junior-championships","tag-abdul-jabar-adama","tag-audrey-derivaux","tag-carlos-dambrosio","tag-charlotte-crush","tag-dean-fearn","tag-georgii-iakovlev","tag-jacob-mills","tag-jessica-thompson","tag-kazushi-imafuku","tag-kuzey-tuncelli","tag-lily-king","tag-lucio-flavio-de-paula-filho","tag-mena-boardman","tag-mizuki-hirai","tag-nikita-sheremet","tag-rowan-cox","tag-rylee-erisman","tag-smilte-plytnykaite","tag-tajus-juska","tag-theodora-taylor","tag-world-junior-championships","tag-yury-kuzmenko","tag-zoe-pedersen"],"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>Ukraine\u2019s Nikita Sheremet Ties 50 Free WJR at World Juniors<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nikita Sheremet of Ukraine blasted a 21.75 in the semifinals of the men\u2019s 50 free at the World Junior Championships, a meet and WJR record.\" \/>\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\/world-junior-championships-day-3-finals-ukraines-nikita-sheremet-ties-50-free-wjr\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Junior Championships, Day 3 Finals: Ukraine\u2019s Nikita Sheremet Ties 50 Free WJR; 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