{"id":623112,"date":"2025-09-26T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=623112"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:15:17","slug":"world-para-swimming-championships-day-6-mallory-weggemann-earns-historic-17th-gold-chambers-smith-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-para-swimming-championships-day-6-mallory-weggemann-earns-historic-17th-gold-chambers-smith-win\/","title":{"rendered":"World Para Swimming Championships Day 6: Mallory Weggemann Earns Historic 17th Gold; Chambers, Smith Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Para Swimming Championships Day 6: Mallory Weggemann Earns Historic 17th Gold; Chambers, Smith Win<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Mallory Weggemann<\/strong> made history again with her performance at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore.<\/p>\n

During her sensational career, Weggemann<\/a> has competed in 21 finals and secured a podium finish in every single one at the World Para level.<\/p>\n

On Day 6, the Minnesota native captured her 17th world title, medaling for the 21st consecutive time.<\/p>\n

In a thrilling finish in the women\u2019s 50 freestyle S7, Weggemann closed out her 2025 meet with gold in 32.58, edging the field by just four hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been so fun,\u201d said Weggemann. \u201cI have raced 21 world championship races, and I have now won 21 world championship medals. It is so surreal to finish this competition with gold in the 50 free. I\u2019ve said it all week, there is so much pride in getting to represent Team USA still, to do it with my family in the stands and still be on this journey. I thoroughly love this sport and it\u2019s so fun to see all the incredible ways it keeps advancing.\u201d<\/p>\n

2025 world champions Olivia Chambers<\/strong> and Grace Nuhfer<\/strong> reunited in both the pool and on the podium to kick off the evening of finals. Chambers struck gold once again, completing a trio of world titles with her victory in the women\u2019s 400m freestyle S13 – the same event that crowned her a Paralympic champion – finishing more than six seconds ahead of the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy secret is to just have fun,\u201d Chambers said. \u201cI love that race, getting out there and seeing what I can do but not putting too much pressure on myself to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know what to expect this year. It\u2019s the year after the Games, so you never really know where everyone is going to be, and I just hoped that I could do my best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nuhfer added her second bronze and third medal of the meet, securing the third-place finish alongside Chambers for the duo\u2019s second shared podium in Singapore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just really happy to be here,\u201d Nuhfer said. \u201cI didn\u2019t expect to come here and win three medals. The staff and the team have been amazing. Coach Patrick and I have been working on my freestyle. We totally reconstructed it and put it back together. I\u2019m grateful for him having patience with me and being able to see that payoff is really awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two-time Paralympian Leanne Smith<\/strong> delivered another dominant performance winning back-to-back golds on consecutive nights. Smith stormed to victory in the women\u2019s 200m freestyle S3, finishing nearly 30 seconds ahead of the field to secure her 12th career world title and a championship record time of 3:16.34. The commanding win brought her total medal count in Singapore to six heading into the last day of competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a little bit beat up at the moment,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe have one more race tomorrow to get through, so looking forward to that. I think if anything, this is giving us perspective for what L.A. might look like as far as weather conditions and how to manage that with how my body is tolerating it. I\u2019m gathering information from here; it\u2019s definitely helped and will help moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

World Para Day 6 Winners<\/h2>\n