Overview
- Summer McIntosh captured her second gold in the 200m individual medley in 2:06.09 and now eyes Michael Phelps’s five-medal mark.
- Chinese divers Zongyuan Wang and Jiuyuan Zheng won gold in the men’s 3m synchro with 467.31 points, extending China’s dominance.
- Mexico’s diving team reached five medals—four silvers and one bronze—with Osmar Olvera becoming the country’s top world aquatics medalist at seven career podiums.
- Teenager Zidi Yu, China’s latest prodigy, narrowly missed the podium in the women’s 200m individual medley by six hundredths of a second.
- USA Swimming confirmed a gastroenteritis outbreak from its Phuket training camp that disrupted several athletes on day one.