FINA World Championships Budapest 2022, as it happened: Day five - David Popovici completes 100-200 free double

Canada's Summer McIntosh set two new world junior records on the fifth night of swimming finals at the 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022.

She won a gold and a bronze on a successful evening for the Canadians, who also picked up another gold through Kylie Masse and another bronze through Joshua Liendo Edwards.

David Popovici of Romania and Leon Marchand of France each completed doubles in their respective strokes – Popovici over the 100 and 200 free and Marchand in the 200 and 400 IM – while the USA won the women's 4x200m free relay.

Japan's Inui Yukiko also secured a gold in artistic swimming earlier in the day.

Check out the full results from the day's five swimming finals.

Olympics.com carried live updates the entire day from Budapest, which you can re-live as they happened below.

All times Central European Time (UTC/GMT +2 hours). Most recent updates first.

8:34pm - Popovici: "Age doesn't really matter"

We've been hearing more from David Popovici in a post-race press conference.

Let's leave the last word with him today.

On why his English is so good:

"My parents were inspired enough to put me through and English school. I still go to a bilingual high school and I haven't finished yet - I still don't even drive and I ride a bike. But that's where I got it from. My parents knew if would be a vital skill and at moments like this I get to practise it and connect with a lot of people and experience new cultures."

On the size of his reception awaiting in Romania:

"I wouldn't mind a big reception. I usually don't like it but this time we have earned our celebration!"

On his tactics for the 100 free:

"We just go out really fast and come back as fast as we can. It's as simple as that. It's an animal instinct race. It's not the pure raw power of the 50, and it has more of a tactical element to it, but still some savageness, some pure speed."

_On winning the 200 by a big margin, but coming from behind to win a close 100: _

"Both have their pros and cons. Winning a tight race like this is more frightening but I like both. I like the thrill part of this race. I like pressure, the enthusiasm, the cheering and I like the competition spirit and atmosphere. The bigger the crowd, the better I am."

On being younger than most 100 freestyle racers:

"Age doesn't really matter, it's only about how hard you work, and hungry and passionate you are for success. What sacrifices you're willing to make. You can be 15 like Summer McIntosh, 17 like me or 42 like Nicholas Santos - he's amazing. No matter our age, we can do interesting things in swimming because we love it."

8:02pm - MEDAL MOMENT - USA break Championship record to win 4x200 relay

Canada start well with Summer McIntosh, and she's in the lead through the first 100.

The 15-year-old is dominating and has one and a half body lengths at the first changeover. Her split of 1:54.79 would have won the individual event at these Championships. That split is a new world junior record – her second of the evening.

Kayla Sanchez has a job on her hands to maintain that lead. And she is, in fact dipping under the world record split at 300m. The Chinese are some way back.

Taylor Ruck will take the third set of 200 here with the Canadians back outside the world record split, but here come the Aussies in lane 4! And it's Australia who lead at 400m. Don't forget, Katie Ledecky has this leg for the USA.

All to play for here. Ruck has the lead back at 450 by around three-tenths. Kiah Melverton of Australia has no real answer to Ledecky though. Canada, Australia, USA, at 500m but only 0.3 seconds between them.

Here comes Ledecky! She's opened up a lead at 550. She could put the Americans in a really strong position going into the anchor leg here.

Ledecky hands off with a lead of 1.07 seconds over Australia – Mollie O'Callaghan on the anchor – and Canada with Penny Oleksiak are back in third.

The lead is around a body length at 700m. Australia turn in second and Canada in third. Ledecky's split, by the way, was 1:53.6.

And that third split has propelled the United States to relay gold.

Australia come home for silver and Canada just hold off China for bronze.

7:41.45 in a new Championship record time.

7:55pm - Relay underway

The night's final event in the pool is the women's 4x200m freestyle relay.

New Zealand are in lane 8, replacing Great Britain who have scratched; Japan in lane 1; Brazil in lane 7; hosts Hungary in lane 2; Canada in lane 6; the USA – with Katie Ledecky swimming third – in lane 3; China are in lane 5; and Australia are the top qualifiers in lane 4.

The world record belongs to the Chinese at 7:40.33 from the Olympic Games last summer. China also hold the Championship record from 2009.

7:51pm - Murphy top seed in 200m back

And no surprises as to the identity of the fastest qualifier in the men's 200m backstroke, with USA's Ryan Murphy – the 100m WR holder – topping the timesheets.

Brodie Williams, Luke Greenbank, Mewen Tomac, Adam Telegdy, Shaine Casas, Roman Mityukov, and Benedek Kovacs join him.

There's no room for Mitch Larkin, who's first reserve in ninth.

7:37pm - King through in 200 breast semis

Lilly King, arguably the favourite to win the women's 200m breaststroke in the absence of world record holder and Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker, is safely through to the final of that event as the second seed.

She was out-qualified by Australia's Jenna Strauch, and they are joined in the final by Kotryna Teterevkova, Kate Douglass, Kelsey Wog, Molly Renshaw, Abbie Wood, and Francesca Fangio.

7:14pm - MEDAL MOMENT - Marchand does medley double with 200 IM win

Straight on to our fourth final of the evening, the men's 200 IM.

In lane 8, Matthew Sates of South Africa; in lane 1, Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand; in lane 7, Tom Dean of Great Britain; in lane 2, Hubert Kos of Hungary who gets a nice cheer from the crowd; in lane 6, Chase Kalisz of the USA; in lane 3, Seto Daiya of Japan; in lane 5, Carson Foster of USA; and the top seed in lane 4, Leon Marchand of France.

The four in the middle lanes are the heavy favourites. The world record of 1:54.00 belongs to Ryan Lochte and was set in 2011.

Off on the first 50 and Kos has the best reaction off the blocks. Foster leads through the first length as they move onto the backstroke. The American is being pushed by Kos, the world junior record holder.

Onto the breaststroke and Foster leads from Marchand, who has really closed the gap to the American and has just edged ahead as they switch to the freestyle for the final leg.

The Frenchman pulls away and has a clear lead now. Leon Marchand completes the IM double in 1:55.22!

Foster takes silver and Seto the bronze.

"It was amazing. It's very exciting to race these guys. It was such a fun race," Marchand says. "I was pretty good with my underwater. I had pretty good endurance."

7:05pm - Popovici reacts to double gold

We're now hearing the Romanian national anthem for the second time this week for David Popovici after his 100m free triumph.

Here's what he had to say in the mixed zone:

"I feel good, I think the two golds are going to be fairly heavy (on my neck) taking them home!"

On setting the same time as Kyle Chalmers when he won gold at Rio 2016:

"That's exactly what I was thinking about when I saw my time. That was my first thought. It wasn't the best time I can do - the semi-final was quicker. But we will analyse the race and come back stronger, because when there's room for improvement, that's the best thing about sport.

"This race hurt a little more (than the semi-final) - I guess I was more tired, more nervous. But I'm glad it's over and I get to rest.

"I hope Caeleb is OK and he comes back strong."

7:00pm - World record holder Stubblety-Cook tops 200 breaststroke semis

No surprises as to the identity of the top seed for tomorrow's men's 200m breaststroke final.

It's world record holder and Olympic champion Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia, who's qualified with a 2:06.72.

Others through are Anton McKee, Hanaguruma Yu, Erik Persson, Matti Mattsson, Caspar Corbeau, Nic Fink, and Mura Ryura.

6:35pm - MEDAL MOMENT - Kylie Masse wins women's 50 back

No rest for the wicked here in Budapest. Moving straight on to our next final, the women's 50m backstroke.

In lane 8, Medi Harris of Great Britain; Kira Toussaint of Netherlands in lane 1; in lane 7, Kaylee McKeown of Australia; in lane 2, Katharine Berkoff of USA; in lane 6, Ingrid Wilm of Canada; in lane 3, Analia Pigree of France; in lane 5, Regan Smith of USA – fresh from the 200 fly final –; and lane 4 sees Kylie Masse of Canada.

A single length sprint of the pool.

There's a solid start in 7 from McKeown, the world record holder over the 100m distance. It's a very even race through 30m. All of them are nearly at the wall in the same time and it's gold to Kylie Masse, silver to Berkoff, and bronze to Pigree.

Under half a second split first from eighth; just 0.16 seconds between the top six.

"The 50 is fun. It's a dream to be able to come to the pool and only swim one length," Masse says with a grin. "It goes by really fast. I'm just focussing on trying to nail the touch. It comes down to the really small details and I'm just trying to look for the flags and get to the wall as fast as possible."

6:27pm - MEDAL MOMENT - David Popovici does 100-200 sprint freestyle double

Up next is the men's blue-riband event, the men's 100m freestyle final.

No Caeleb Dressel, remember, but all eyes on the 200 world champ David Popovici of Romania, who's been on a tear and has the world record in his sights.

From 1 through 8: Brooks Curry of USA, Pan Zhanle of China, Josh Liendo Edwards of Canada, Popovici of Romania, Maxime Grousset of France, Lewis Burras of Great Britain, Alessandro Miressi of Italy, and Nandor Nemeth of Hungary.

The world record is 46.91, belonging to Cesar Cielo Filho and dating back to 2009. Popovici's 47.13 from semis is the world junior record.

They're off. Grousset reacts the quickest off the blocks. Liendo Edwards has started well and turns in the lead ahead of Popovici and Grousset.

The two in the middle have just caught the Canadian now and it's those three who will be on the podium, and at the wall David Popovici out-touches Grousset by 0.06!

47.58 the winning time; Liendo Edwards takes bronze.

"I guess I'm a little more proud of the 200; we're going to discuss the race, see how it went, what I could've improved and what I could've done better. We've got a long, long road ahead," Popovici says.

6:22pm - Sjostrom through to women's 100 free final as second seed

Sarah Sjostrom, the world record holder, is through to the final of the women's 100 free, her first event of these Championships.

She qualifies second-fastest and is joined by Mollie O'Callaghan, Torri Huske, Penny Oleksiak, Cheng Yujie, Kayla Sanchez, Claire Curzan, and Marie Wattel.

6:08pm - MEDAL MOMENT - 15-year-old McIntosh is 200 fly world champ

First up is the 200m butterfly final for women.

Defending champ Boglarka Kapas of Hungary is in 8; Denmark's Helena Bach is in 1; in lane 7, Elizabeth Dekkers of Australia; in lane 2, Olympic champion Zhang Yufei of China; in lane 6, Lana Pudar of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in lane 3, Regan Smith of USA; in lane 5, Hali Flickinger of USA; and in lane 4, the top qualifier who set a world junior record in the semis, Canada's Summer McIntosh.

Zhang has the fastest reaction time and has pulled into the lead early on. She turns at 50 in the lead by over half a second with Smith and McIntosh second and third.

The Chinese swimmer's fast start will probably start to hurt really soon and Smith and McIntosh have taken the lead down below a half-second at the halfway mark.

McIntosh has now edged ahead on the third length and is a quarter of a second up on Smith at 150, with Zhang in third.

Coming home for the final length now and McIntosh still leads. Can the Americans find anything?

No. Summer McIntosh wins in a new world junior record 2:05.20. Flickinger wins silver and Zhang overhauled Smith for bronze.

"I'm a little bit in shock right now. I'm really happy with how I swam the race. Going into tonight I just wanted to try my hardest," McIntosh says in the post-race arena interview. "There's so much energy coming off everyone in the stands and I just to feed off that."

5:55pm - Kamminga out of 200m breaststroke semis

Arno Kamminga, who qualified 10th overall from this morning's men's 200m breaststroke heats, has withdrawn from the evening's semi-finals.

Here's a reminder of what's on the schedule tonight:

• Women's 200m butterfly final
• Women's 100m freestyle semi-finals
• Men's 100m freestyle final
• Women's 50m backstroke final
• Men's 200m breaststroke semi-finals
• Men's 200m individual medley final
• Women's 200m breaststroke semi-finals
• Men's 200m backstroke semi-finals
• Women's 4x200m freestyle relay final

5:15pm - Latest: Caeleb Dressel out of Worlds

Caeleb Dressel, who was a medical scratch from last night's men's 100m freestyle semi-finals in the pool, will not compete any further in Budapest.

NBC Sports has this USA Swimming statement:

5:05pm - MEDAL MOMENT - Inui doubles up with second gold

Inui Yukiko has been unbeatable this week in Budapest in the solo categories.

The Japanese top-scores on 95.3667 to win her second gold, this one in the solo free to go along with her solo tech gold.

Ukraine's Marta Fiedina and Greece's Evangelia Platanioti complete the podium.

4:30pm - Anita Alvarez requires medical help

The United States' Anita Alvarez needs some medical attention after finishing her routine as she appears to have lost consciousness at the end. It's something that has happened to her before, notably after her Olympic qualification routine last summer.

As she completed her routine, she does receive a score - 87.6333 puts her provisionally in first but that won't matter right now.

We wish her a fast recovery.

4:00pm - Inui the favourite for solo free

The women's solo technical world champ, Inui Yukiko of Japan, is also the top qualifier in the solo free final.

She scored 94.5667 in preliminaries, ahead of Marta Fiedina and Evangelia Platanioti.

Those three will be the medal favourites.

12:40pm - China wow in team free prelim

The day's only artistic swimming preliminary has just concluded with China topping the standings and making it through to the final on Friday.

With an impressive routine that clearly wowed the judges, the Chinese scored 95.8000 points – nearly a point and a half clear of second-placed Ukraine.

Those two teams will be joined in the final by Japan, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, USA, Mexico, Israel, Kazakhstan, and Great Britain.

We're going to take a break on the blog for now and return just before 4pm for the artistic swimming women's solo free final.

11:45 am - Today's women's water polo fixutres...

11:00 am - Shaine Casas interview: What a mental reset did for me

It has been a long journey to get to the 2022 FINA World Championships for USA's Shaine Casas, who is one of the favourites to medal in the men's 200 backstroke after a commanding prelims performance this morning.

The California native was considered a top-two certainty to make his nation's Olympic team for Tokyo 2020 in the 100 and 200 backstroke, but came up short in both.

In a candid interview with Olympics.com, the 22-year-old reveals how overconfidence cost him, why he has a Scarface tattoo, and why Michael Jordan is his hero. You can read our interview with Shaine Casas here.

10:35 am - Australia lead the way in women's 4x200 relay

USA quartet Alex Walsh, Claire Weinstein, Hali Flickinger, and Bella Sims put in a powerful display to win Heat 1 of women's 4x200 freestyle in 7:49.25.

But there was still everything for the individual swimmers to play for, with Leah Smith and Katie Ledecky almost certain to be brought into that team for this evening's final.

Heat 2 was a much more closely-contested race, with Australia's Leah Neale, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell, and Kiah Melverton delivering the win in 7:47.61. Individual 200 freestyle silver medallist Mollie O'Callaghan and Madison Wilson will be added for the medal race later.

Olympic champions China finished second to Australia, with individual 200 free world champion Yang Junxuan, bronze medallist Tang Muhan, and 200 butterfly Olympic champion Zhang Yufei set to significantly upgrade their team.

This evening's finallists will be (in order of fastest heat times): Australia, China, USA, Canada, Hungary, Brazil, Japan, and Great Britain.

10:15 am - Stubblety-Cook shows golden form

Australia's Zac Stubblety-Cook produced a late burst to secure the men's 200 breaststroke heats fastest time in 2:09.09. The Olympic champion and world record holder is looking good to take his first world title after that run.

Dutchman Caspar Corbeau led for most of that race but was forced to settle for second overall and a place in this evening's semis.

USA's Charlie Swanson won his heat in 2.09.36 to take third overall, while his compatriot Nic Fink, who took out the 50 breaststroke title yesterday, struggled to maintain his pace over the longer race but did enough to qualify.

Japan sealed a 1-2 heat finish with Hanaguruma Yu (2:09.86) and Mura Ryuya respectively progressing.

Netherlands' Arno Kamminga, still looking for his first world championship title after taking second in the 100 breaststroke earlier this week, also qualifies for the semis after finishing behind the Japanese pair.

9:50 am - Kelsey Wog seals top spot

Heat 2 saw a massive performance from Canada's Kelsey Wog who beat a star-studded field to seal the top women's 200 breaststroke qualifying time in 2:24.37.

Lilly King returned to form to win an epic battle with Lithuania's Kotryna Teterekova in the final heat, to secure the second and third-fastest times overall. Rio Olympic champion King, who was fourth in the 100 free final earlier this week, will be looking to silence her doubters in this evening's semis.

Great Britain's Molly Renshaw and King's compatriot Kate Douglass also progress.

South African reigning Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker decided to skip these championships in order to focus on the Commonwealth Games.

9:35 am - Shaine Casas take a bow!

No one had any answer to World Championships rookie Shaine Casas' pace as the USA star sealed the top spot in men's 200 backstroke qualifying in 1:56.66.

Joshua Edwards-Smith of Australia took second in that heat, with Rio Olympic champion Ryan Murphy, chasing his first world title, making his move late in the race to secure third place and a place in this evening's semis. They finished 1-2-3 overall as well.

Earlier, Great Britain's Luke Greenbank, who led off Great Britain's victorious men's medley relay team at the 2019 World Champs, took an early lead and never relinquished it to win his heat in 1:57.33.

There was another British win in the next heat, with Brodie Williams setting a Personal Best time of 1:57.09. Australian former world champion Mitch Larkin finished fourth, just doing enough to qualify.

9:18 am - Big names progress in women's 100 free, Shayna Jack scratches

Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan blasted through to this evening's women's 100 freestyle semis in the fastest time of 53.49.

Second overall went to Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Penny Oleksiak, who delivered a trademark finishing masterclass to overtake Team GB's Anna Hopkin and take their heat in 53.7. Both progress to this evening's semi-finals. The Canadian will be keen to redeem herself in this event after being disqualified from the 200m heats for movement on the block.

Third fastest was final heat winner Torri Huske, the USA's 100 butterfly world champion from these championships, who finished in 53.72. Her 17-year-old compatriot Claire Curzan surprisingly faded to fifth place, but still did enough to qualify.

World record holder Sarah Sjostrom put on a comfortable, if conservative, to ensure her progression to the semis.

Australian Shayna Jack was a shock late scratch from these heats, having broken her hand this morning during training. She will play no further part in the 2022 World Championships. What a blow that is for her and the Australian relay teams. Here's hoping she can still make the Commonwealth Games in one month's time.

8:55 am - Watch Sarah Sjostrom's 'Splash In' episode

The Swedish sprinter won her first world title in 2009 and has competed at the top table ever since. It's amazing to think that she's still only 28 years old, and one of the favourites to win today's women's 100 freestyle heats.

A brief summary of her resume reads Rio 2016 Olympic champion (100 butterfly), and current long course world record holder in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 fly, and 100 fly! Quite simply, she's one of the GOATS.

In February 2021, she broke her elbow after falling on ice, just months before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. But showing her champion spirit, the eight-time world champion returned to training a month later and managed to take out the 50 freestyle Olympic silver in Japan. A truly remarkable achievement.

Sjostrom starred in the new Olympics.com series "Splash In", where she explains how she was able to accelerate her recovery, and plans to dominate at the Paris 2024 Olympics. You can watch her episode below now.

8:40 am - In case you missed it...

Last night saw the first round of men's water polo matches completed at the outdoor Alfred Hajos Swimming Complex.

It looks like Kristof Milak's 200m butterfly world record may have given his compatriots a boost, who landed a massive win against Montenegro shortly after!

Group A

Hungary 12 - 8 Montenegro

Georgia 14 - 10 Brazil

Group B

Japan 12 - 11 Germany

Croatia 8 - 8 Greece

Group C

Italy 22 - 4 South Africa

Spain 19 - 2 Canada

Group D

Australia 10 - 4 Kazakhstan

Serbia 17 - 13 USA

8:30 am - Today's programme

Good morning and welcome back to Olympics.com's FINA World Championships 2022 live blog!

Yesterday's winds have settled and the Danube, which curls around the picturesque Duna Arena, is a picture of calm once more. But inside the venue, the waves are about to be made on Day 5 of the swimming races.

The coveted women's 100 free heats are up first, and the field is wide open. Keep an eye out for evergreen Sarah Sjostrom.

USA's Ryan Murphy is expected to dominate the men's 200 backstroke heats, with his World Champs rookie compatriot Shaine Casas a decent outside bet.

There will be another five world titles awarded this evening, with Romania's breakout star David Popovici taking centre stage. In Caeleb Dressel's absence, the 17-year-old, who won the 200 free title with a new junior world record, is on for a sprint double.

A star-studded women's 50 backstroke final will see awesome Kylie Masse, Regan Smith, and Kaylee McKeown lock horns once more, while Leon Marchand will look to make it a medley double in the men's 200 IM final.

Here's today's swimming schedule:

Morning session – heats

• Women's 100m freestyle
• Men's 200m backstroke
• Women's 200m breaststroke
• Men's 200m breaststroke
• Women's 4x200m freestyle relay

Evening session – semi-finals and finals

• Women's 200m butterfly final
• Women's 100m freestyle semi-finals
• Men's 100m freestyle final
• Women's 50m backstroke final
• Men's 200m breaststroke semi-finals
• Men's 200m individual medley final
• Women's 200m breaststroke semi-finals
• Men's 200m backstroke semi-finals
• Women's 4x200m freestyle relay final