After the Australian domination on Sunday, the second (24) had gold spread over three continents, with two gold medals for Chinaone for the Italy and one for the WE. This time, no world record was broken.

One of the highlights was Portugal’s first medal at the swimming world championships, with Diogo Matos winning silver in the 50m butterfly.

Find out how the second day of the final went:

100m breaststroke men

The 100m breaststroke event won gold for Hiayang Qin of China, who won by a second, clocking an Asian record time of 57.69. But the curious thing was the rest of the podium, with three silver medals. Swimmers Nicolo Martineghi (ITA), Arno Kamminga (NED) and Nic Fink (USA) beat at the same time, with a time of 58.72 and shared the medal. As a result, the event did not have a bronze medalist.

100m butterfly women

In the next race, China won its second gold medal in swimming. Yefei Zhang kept a half advantage over his opponents and took the win. Canadian Margaret Macneil and American Torri Huske competed for silver and Macneil won, with Huske taking third place.

50m butterfly

Italian Thomas Ceccon won gold with a time of 22.68. Behind him, Portuguese Diogo Matos took silver in the fall, ahead of Frenchman Maxime Grousset, who took bronze.

the story made in #Fukuoka2023

Diogo Matos Ribeiro won silver in the 50m butterfly and became the first Portuguese athlete to win a medal in swimming at the world championships!!! pic.twitter.com/F66BJDFKmS

— Olympic outbreak (@SurtoOlimpico) July 24, 2023

200m medley women

The 200m four-stroke event recorded a double for the United States, with Kate Douglas taking the gold and Alex Walsh the silver. The bronze went to China’s Yiting Yu.