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Who were the TOP 10 World Champs Swimmers?

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Leon Marchand breaks a long-standing 200 IM world record.

1. Propulsion Swimming ranks its top 10 swimmers from the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. 2. Scott and Dan lead the episode as the Propulsion Swimming hosts, and their rankings matter because they are the people making the 10-to-1 order. 3. The episode asks which swimmers delivered the best overall week, not just the fastest single race. 4. Ahmed Jawadi of Tunisia is placed tenth after winning the distance double and swimming the third-fastest time in 1500 freestyle history. 5. The hosts say Jawadi’s 800 freestyle was especially strong because he beat a field that included Lucas Martins and Sven Schwarz. 6. Gretchen Walsh is ranked ninth after the 50 fly, the 100 fly, and relay splits, including the world-record 4x100 medley relay. 7. The hosts note that Walsh was dealing with illness and did not race every freestyle event. 8. Ching Hai Yang is ranked eighth after winning the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke and taking bronze in the 50 breaststroke. 9. They highlight his 58.23 in the 100 breaststroke and 2:07.4 in the 200 breaststroke from an outside lane. 10. Peter Kertesz of South Africa is seventh after podiuming in all three backstroke distances and winning the 100 backstroke in 51.85. 11. The hosts call the men’s 100 backstroke one of the deepest finals they have seen because three swimmers went under 52 seconds. 12. Maxime Grousset is sixth after doubling up in the 50 fly and 100 fly and adding a sub-50 freestyle relay contribution. 13. They point to his 49.6 in the individual 100 fly and his 22.4 French record as evidence of a strong week. 14. Kaylee McKeown is fifth after winning both backstroke titles and pushing Regan Smith in another close individual race. 15. Katie Ledecky is fourth after defending the pressure around the 800 freestyle and posting a strong relay split. 16. The hosts say Ledecky faced real challenge in the 800 for the first time in years from swimmers such as Summer McIntosh and Lani Pallister. 17. The conversation is informal, opinionated, and full of back-and-forth disagreement about rankings. 18. Scott and Dan keep returning to specific race times, relay legs, and race tactics rather than broad generalities. 19. Listeners who follow elite swimming, world records, and race analysis will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want a strictly objective recap of results may skip it.

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