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Beatty, a three-time world champion (2015, 2017 and 2019) and two-time Olympic champion in the distance, has missed the last two world championships, in 2022 due to a foot injury and last year due to depression that forced him to take a break. of his professional life. The Briton returned to competition last October.
Beatty finished third with a time of 59.10. Nick Fink (30 years old) won with a time of 58.57 seconds. The American wins his first world title at this distance. He had already won the 50-meter breaststroke in 2022. Italian Nicolo Martinengi won the silver medal with a time of 58.84 seconds.
Diogo Ribeiro became the first Portuguese in history to win a world swimming title. Ribeiro (19 years old) won the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 22.97 seconds, ahead of American Michael Andrew (23.07 seconds) and Australian Cameron McEvoy (23.08 seconds).
Among the women, German Angelina Kohler won the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 56.28 seconds. American Claire Corzan (56.61) won silver and Sweden's Louise Hanson (56.94) won bronze. This is the first title for the 23-year-old Kohler.
American Kate Douglas (22 years old) retained her title in the 200-meter medley race with a time of 2:07.05 minutes. She was accompanied by Canadian Sydney Bickrem (2:08.56) and Chinese Yu Yiting (2:09.01).
