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Heartbreak for veteran New Zealand swimmer Laura Quilter at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore - despite a victory in her heat

Heartbreak for veteran New Zealand swimmer Laura Quilter at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore - despite a victory in her heat

2 August 2025

The 33-year-old's won her women's 50-metre freestyle qualifier, edging a Slovakian teenager by 0.14 seconds .

But Quilter's missed out on the top-16 semifinals spots on time ... by 0.19 of a second.

No luck for compatriot Andrew Jeffcoat in his men's 50 backstroke heat, finishing eighth.

Fellow Kiwi Finn Harland has qualified from his 50 backstroke heat, finishing in a dead tie for third with an American and a Spaniard.

The trio qualify 10th-equal-fastest for the semifinals ... the Russian winner of their heat, Kliment Kolesnikov, topped the timesheets.

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Other Swimming News

23 Aug: Kiwi Zoe Pedersen has won gold in the 50 metres butterfly at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Romania, clocking 25.63 seconds to beat her own national age record

03 Aug: Kiwi swimmer Erika Fairweather has finished 7th in the women's 800 metres freestyle final at the World Champs in Singapore

01 Aug: Swimmer Erika Fairweather has qualified for the 800 metres freestyle final at the World Championships in Singapore

31 Jul: Lewis Clareburt has made tonight's final of the 200-metre medley at the swimming world championships in Singapore after a semi-final in which Leon Marchand broke the world record - Erika Fairweather finished sixth in the 200-metres freestyle

30 Jul: Lewis Clareburt will need to improve to reach the final of the 200m medley at the world swimming championships in Singapore

30 Jul: New Zealand swimmers Amber George and Savannah-Eve Martin have failed to progress out of their 50m backstroke heats at the World Championships in Singapore

29 Jul: Olympic swimmer Lewis Clareburt has qualified for the 200 metres butterfly semifinals overnight at the World Championships in Singapore

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