Katie Ledecky wins 1,500 gold at worlds
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As China continues to dominate diving at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, one glaring omission is three-time Olympic champion Quan Hongchan. Quan was originally listed in the squad to compete at the world championships, but had to withdraw because of what she called “a serious ankle” injury.
LaSalle swimming champ Kylie Masse came just shy of the podium in the women's 100-metre backstroke final in Singapore. Masse finished fourth, only 0.32 seconds behind the third-place finisher.
China picked up two more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, and the U.S. got bronze in men’s 10-meter synchro.
McIntosh, who won three gold medals at last year's Paris Olympics, is attempting to join Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to win five golds at a World Championships. The bronze was Ledecky's 27th career World Championships medal.
Summer McIntosh continued to take the swimming world by storm on Monday, winning her second gold medal in two days to keep up her bid to make World Aquatics Championship history.
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China's Yiwen Chen and Jia Chen were top of the standings with 325.20 points, while Lia and Mia Cueva Lobato, of Mexico, were third with 294.36 points. Harper and Mew Jensen have now won three consecutive medals together at the World Aquatics Championships, having claimed silver in 2023 and bronze in 2024.
Legendary American swimmer Katie Ledecky took gold, Italy's Simona Quadarella the silver and Australia's Lani Pallister the bronze.
Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi nearly made it to the 2024 Olympic Games but finished just outside of the qualifying time.