1:27 p.m. : Ledecky has already glued 50 meters to the Brazilian, lane n°8. Ouch
1:26 p.m. : There are 300 meters left!
1:25 p.m. : She is barely two seconds from third place, it can matter if the Australian stumbles a little!
1:24 p.m .: The Frenchwoman is getting closer to the podium, she is fourth! THEN MAYBE !!!
1:22 p.m. : Anastasiia Kirpichnikova is still fifth in the 800 meters
1:21 p.m. : Ledecky doesn’t swim, she flies! The second is eight meters behind
1:19 p.m. : Anastasiia Kirpichnikova moved up to fifth place! Come on !
1:17 p.m .: More than three seconds ahead in the 400 meters for Ledecky. We get wet: that should do it for the title
1:15 p.m. : Our Frenchwoman is sixth for the moment
1:14 p.m. : The American already leaves all her competitors behind. She starts on the basis of the world record with a 0.46 lead in the 150 meters
1:13 p.m .: Let’s go for a quarter of an hour of racing! Ledecky aims for a fifth gold medal over the distance
1:11 p.m. : Anastasiia Kirpichnikova, 23, is in lane 7. Naturalized French in the spring, she has already won a silver medal at the Worlds, in 2021, in the 800m, but it was in short course
1:10 p.m. : We change gear going to 1500 meters. Katie Ledecky can equal the record of individual titles at the Worlds, held by Michael Phelps!
1:09 p.m. : Popovici swam in 1’44”90, against 1’43”21 in Budapest. He’s human after all
1:08 p.m. : What a feeling, already! The reigning world champion misses the podium!
1:07 p.m .: POPOVICI GETS SWALLOWED! Richards takes the title ahead of Dean and Hwang, not even a podium for the Romanian!
1:06 p.m. : The Romanian is digging! Already one meter ahead of everyone
1:05 p.m. : Popovici is ahead of the world record after 50m!
1:05 p.m. : Take your mark… GOOOOOO!!!
1:03 p.m. : Last year, David Popovici stuck to his runner-up, Hwang Sun-woo, for more than a second. We put that back ?
1:01 p.m. : Average age of this final: 21.5 years! From the height of his 26 years, Felix Auboeck, lane n ° 8, would almost pass for a grandfather
1:00 p.m.: We attack right away with the 200m freestyle final!
Japan is calling us, and Léon Marchand is waiting for us! Another big session to follow at the start of the afternoon from Fukuoka with three chances for medals on the side of the French team: Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Mewen Tomac and Pauline Mahieu. Crack David Popovici is also aiming for a third world title, at only 18 years old. Do you want more ? See you at 1 p.m. to vibrate!