Overview
- Canada secured its fifth medal by taking bronze in the mixed 4×100m medley relay with a 3:40.90 finish from Kylie Masse, Oliver Dawson, Josh Liendo and Taylor Ruck.
- Neutral Athletes B set a meet record of 3:37.97 to win gold and China claimed silver in 3:39.99.
- Summer McIntosh reached Thursday’s 200m butterfly final with the second-fastest semifinal time of 2:06.22.
- McIntosh will pursue her third gold of the meet and aim for a fifth individual world title, matching Michael Phelps’s single-championship haul.
- Ilya Kharun narrowly missed the podium in the men’s 200m butterfly, placing fourth in 1:54.34, just 0.17 seconds off bronze.