American Katie Lediki crowned her twenty -second world title, by winning the 1500 -meter freestyle gold, Tuesday, during the swimming competitions in the World Water Games Championship held in Singapore until August 3 to approach the record for her legendary citizen Michael Phelps, while Romanian David Popovichi, the Paris 2024 Olympics champion, won his second world title in a race in 200 meters free.
The 28 -year -old American won her sixth world title in this race with 15: 26.44 minutes, ahead of the Italian title holder Simona Ko Adarilla (15: 31.79 minutes) and Australian Ballaster (15: 41.18 minutes).
And the American crowned with the gold of this race in Olympici became the golden. Tokyo Summer 2021 and Paris 2024, 4 golds from the Phelps number equation in terms of the largest number of titles in the World Championship.
Lydiki, the winner during her career with 9 Olympic golds as well, was the most fortunate candidate for gold, on Wednesday, after qualifying for the final by more than 10 seconds from the Palceter.
She also entered the race and in her record the fastest 24 time in the history of the race, the last of which was when she broke her record in 2018 with 15: 20.48 minutes in Indianapolis.
“I love this race,” said the American, who came, on Sunday, said a third in the 400 -meter free race behind her young Canadian rival Samer Macintosh, and Chinese Lee Bingge. In this race, I achieved the first world record in 2013 (in the World Cup Barcelona).
“I tested a lot of wonderful races and memories over the years in the world championship,” she added. Happy to be able to do it (winning this race again) in Singapore. ”
The attention is now turning to the upcoming confrontation between Lydiki and Macintosh in the 800 -meter free race, which is the most anticipated in the tournament.
The second title of Popovichi
Popovichi was late 150 meters later, but the twenty -year -old rose in the last fifty meters, and won the race by scoring 1: 43.53 minutes, ahead of the owner of the Bronze of Paris 2024 American Luke Hobson (1: 43.84 seconds) and Japanese Tatsuia Morasa (1: 44.54 seconds) who ranked second and third.
The Romanian considered his crowning, on Tuesday, with the world title “better than the Olympics (gold) frankly,” adding: “Do you know why? I have passed a lot for the Olympic Games, but this year it was more relaxed and easier. I am very proud of myself. ”
Popovichi revealed that it was just around the corner from withdrawing, to the extent that he started searching for trips to return to his home, and added: “Frankly, just one or two days before the competition, I wanted to withdraw.”
He continued, “It was psychological, and it was related to fear of showing my true potential.”
“This is very frightening,” he said. So, I am very happy because I did not give up. ”
Popovichi added the title of race in Singapore to that which he won in 2022 in Budapest 2022 when he also crowned the title of 100 meters free, the race in which he won the bronze during the Paris Olympics last summer.
The final of this race was absent from the British Paris Olympics, Matthew Richards, after his failure to overcome the semi -finals.
South African Peter Cotzi won a 100 -meter race for men, the Italian pre -Italian, Thomas Chikon, the Olympic champion in this category of nail with gold.
South African recorded 51.85 seconds, beating Chicun, who was running 0.05 seconds.
The French Johann Nadwi-Bourwar came third (51.90 seconds), winning his first international medals ever.
McCion is about to break a record number
The Olympic champion in Tokyo and Paris, Australian Kylie McChyun, won the 100 -meter race in the afternoon for the second time in her career.
Australian recorded 57.16 seconds and was close to the destruction of the world record (57.13 seconds), registered in the name of its American competitor, Reagan Smith, who came again (57.35 seconds), while the other American Catherine Berkov came third (58.15 seconds).
The competition for this race is a new chapter of historical competition between the archenemy and McGon and Samith.
Smith broke the global number of McGON, recording 57.13 seconds, during the American Olympic experiments in 2024, but Australia excelled the American in the Paris Olympics, and scored two golds 100 meters and 200 meters in the afternoon.
German Anna Elendt surprised the candidates to win the title in the 100 -meter racing.
Eleindt traveled the race distance with a time of 1: 05.19 minutes, superior to the American Kate Douglas (1: 05.27 minutes) and Chinese, Chenging Tang, the world champion in this category in the World Cup Doha (1: 05.64) in the face of the fierce fierce between the trio.
Eilet, 23, won the second world medal in her career after winning the silver in 2022 in Budapest in the same category.
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