{"id":621381,"date":"2025-08-23T01:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=621381"},"modified":"2025-08-23T02:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T09:03:29","slug":"world-junior-championships-day-five-prelims-rylee-erisman-dials-up-speedy-start-in-50-freestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-junior-championships-day-five-prelims-rylee-erisman-dials-up-speedy-start-in-50-freestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"World Junior Championships, Day Five Prelims: Rylee Erisman Dials Up Speedy 50 Freestyle; Jan Malte Grafe Sets WJR in 50 Breast"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Junior Championships, Day Five Prelims: Rylee Erisman Dials Up Speedy Start in 50 Freestyle<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fifth session of preliminaries at the World Junior Championships is stacked with firepower, including Japan’s Yumeki Kojima racing in the men’s 400-meter individual medley. The 16-year-old Kojima is the world junior record holder at 4:09.38, and will be joined in the event by countryman Raito Numata. Meanwhile, Japanese Olympian Mizuki Hirai is the top seed in the women’s 100 butterfly.<\/p>\n

The women’s 50 freestyle will see American Rylee Erisman return to the blocks. Erisman already won the 100 freestyle at the meet in Otopeni, Romania, clocking a championship record of 52.79. The championship record in the 50 freestyle sits at 24.59 while the world junior record is 24.17, set in 2021 by Claire Curzan.<\/p>\n

The men’s 100 freestyle and women’s 100 butterfly will be the first two events of the morning, followed by the men’s 400 individual medley, women’s 50 freestyle, men’s 50 breaststroke and the women’s 400 freestyle relay. The slower heats of the women’s 1500 freestyle will also be held.<\/p>\n

Here is an event-by-event recap of the Day Five prelims:<\/p>\n