https://www.scmp.com/rss/522101/feed The latest news and top stories on Florian Wellbrock, a highly accomplished German swimmer. Known for his exceptional versatility, Wellbrock excels in both open water and pool events. He is an Olympic champion, multiple World Champion and European champion, holding the world record in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. His career highlights include winning gold in the 10km open water swim at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and securing a bronze in the 1500 metre freestyle at the same Games. He... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tom Bell Tom Bell Pan Zhanle suffered more disappointment at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday, when China failed to reach the men’s 4x100 metres medley relay final – the event in which he shocked the world at the Olympics. The heroics of Pan on the final freestyle leg at the Paris Games last August had ended a decades-long American monopoly in this discipline. But on Sunday morning in Singapore, a repeat proved beyond a team that included Pan and China’s other leading light, Qin Haiyang, who was also in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3320587/pan-zhanle-cant-repeat-olympic-relay-victory-over-us-yu-zidi-12-has-medal-chance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3320587/pan-zhanle-cant-repeat-olympic-relay-victory-over-us-yu-zidi-12-has-medal-chance?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Aug 2025 08:19:15 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Artistic swimmer Xu Huiyan claimed China’s first gold of the World Aquatics Championships, continuing her dominance of the women’s solo technical event on Saturday. The 19-year-old, who comfortably qualified first for the final, was again too good for her rivals, posting a score of 272.9917 at the WAC Arena in Singapore. Vasilina Khandoshka, who qualified second, took silver with 260.5416, and Spain’s Iris Tio Casas’ 260.2917 was good enough for bronze. The gold medal was Xu’s first at a world... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3318868/artistic-swimmer-xu-huiyan-claims-chinas-first-gold-world-aquatics-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3318868/artistic-swimmer-xu-huiyan-claims-chinas-first-gold-world-aquatics-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:00:14 +0000 dpa dpa Japan’s Ichika Kajimoto won gold in the 3km knock-out sprint on Saturday at the World Aquatics championships. The 21-year-old came out on top after six minutes, 19.90 seconds, beating Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy by two seconds. Third place went to Australia’s Moesha Johnson and Hungary’s Bettina Fabian. In the knock-out sprint, which was contested for the first time at the World Aquatics championships, three races are completed in quick succession. Athletes first swim 1,500 metres, then 1,000m,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3318839/world-aquatics-championships-wellbrock-claims-third-gold-kajimoto-takes-3km-sprint-crown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3318839/world-aquatics-championships-wellbrock-claims-third-gold-kajimoto-takes-3km-sprint-crown?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Jul 2025 04:07:22 +0000