Overview

• Gina Böttcher, 24, clocked 2:59.26 to claim bronze in the 150m individual medley (SM4) after a strong closing sprint.
• The medal is Böttcher’s third at a World Championships, following her Paralympic silver in the 50m backstroke last year.
• Germany’s tally in Singapore stands at six medals, including four golds, after the latest podium finish.
• Verena Schott placed fourth in the 200m medley (SM6) just eight months after giving birth, missing bronze by about one second.
• Malte Braunschweig (S9 100m butterfly) and Maike Naomi Schwarz (50m freestyle for visually impaired) each finished fourth, and Elena Semechin was reported to be pregnant while targeting a return for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics with an appeal to the federation.