Kate Douglass turned in an excellent performance to win gold at the World Championships.
After a slow start, Team USA is surging back to prominence at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. Kate Douglass was the latest member of the team to turn in a medal-winning performance, taking gold in the 200m breaststroke.
Douglass was excellent in the event, defeating second-place finisher Evgeniia Chikunova by over a second. Douglass finished with a winning time of 2:18.50. She didn't set a new world record with her performance, but came fairly close.
Kate Douglass just threw down a huge 2:18.50 in the 200 breaststroke, and dare I say, with cleaner turns, that World Record might’ve gone down.
— Kyle Sockwell (@kylesockwell) August 1, 2025
What a meet she’s having so far, amid a whole lot of uncertainty for Team USA. pic.twitter.com/aCMZDlAslI
For now, Douglass will have to settle for beating the world-record holder. Chikunova holds that title after turning in a 2:17.55 performance back in 2023.
Douglass' medal gives Team USA five golds in swimming at the World Championships. That moves them into a tie with Australia, which also has five gold medals. Team USA does have the most medals of any team so far, with 20.
It's quite the comeback for Team USA, which has battled acute gastroenteritis throughout the event. Multiple swimmers on the team have pulled out of races due to the illness, or have turned in disappointing performances.
This story will be updated.
Category: General Sports
