Americans Kate Douglas and Nick Fink won the individual gold medal on the second day of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Monday.
Douglas set a personal best in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2:07.05, making her the world champion once again following an impressive run over the past 11 months.
She edged Canada's Sydney Pickrem by 1.51 seconds.
Since March of last year, Douglas has won two individual world titles, seven world championship medals, seven titles at the 2023 NCAA Championships (including relay), and last month also won the U.S. title in the 200-meter breaststroke. broke the record.
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Douglas, 22, has three individual events remaining at these world championships: the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle, and the 200-meter chest.
After that, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials will be held in June, and the top two athletes in each event (the top six in the 100m and 200m free relay) are expected to be selected to represent Paris.
In the 200m IM, Douglas' chances of winning gold heading into the summer will be affected by the decision of 17-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh to swim. She Mackintosh is one of the world stars not competing in these world championships, which will be held for the first time in an Olympic year.
McIntosh has never swum the 200 IM at a world championships, but last March she became the fourth fastest woman in history with a time of 2:06.89. In Paris, the women's 800m free and 200m IM finals will be held in the same session, and McIntosh is the second fastest 800m free in history behind Katie Ledecky, but the Canadian has also never swum at a world championships. It's an event.
McIntosh's main events are the 400m free, 200m butterfly, and 400m IM.
Earlier Monday, Fink, 30, became the second-oldest American to win an individual world swimming title, following Ryan Lochte in 2015, according to OlyMADMen's Bill Maron.
Fink won the 100m chest in 58.57 seconds, beating 2022 world champion Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy) for silver and Rio and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Adam Peaty (Great Britain) for silver. demoted to bronze medal.
Petey will be competing in his first World Championship since the Tokyo Games.
The 29-year-old missed world championships in 2022 (he broke a bone in his foot) and 2023 (he did not participate in trials citing mental health reasons).
During Peaty's absence last July, China's Qin Haiyang won the world title with a score of 57.69, becoming the second-fastest athlete in history. Fink was part of a three-way tie to win the silver medal in that race. Qin has not competed in these worlds.
Claire Curzan of the United States won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly, beating Angelina Kohler of Germany by 33-100ths. Curzan, 19, currently has world championship medals in backstroke, butterfly, freestyle and medley relay.
In the men's 50m fly, which is not an Olympic event, American Michael Andrew won silver behind 19-year-old Portugal's Diogo Ribeiro.
The World Championships continue on Tuesday with the finals being broadcast live peacock 11 a.m. ET. Americans Curzan and Hunter Armstrong were the top qualifiers for the women's and men's 100m back finals.
