FINA World Championships Budapest 2022, as it happened: Day two - USA dominate in pool with three golds

Team USA dominated on the second day of swimming finals at the 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022 on Sunday (19 June).

Torri Huske, Caeleb Dressel, and Alex Walsh triumphed in the women's 100 fly, men's 50 fly, and women's 200 IM respectively.

Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi was the other gold medallist, in the men's 100m breaststroke.

Two world junior records were also broken in the swimming pool. Check out all the results from day two.

Medals were also awarded in artistic swimming.

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.

8:17pm - Alex Walsh on racing in front of fans

And we'll leave the final word on Day Two to the women's 200 IM champion Alex Walsh, speaking about racing Katinka Hosszu in Budapest.

"I forgot what it was like to swim with a big crowd and I was a little shocked honestly. Seeing the stadium full gave me adrenaline and to race Katinka was such an honour.

"I've really looked up to her all these years and it was fun. I know the home crowd was rooting for her but really it made me excited to race."

8:10pm - Reaction from Caeleb Dressel

"It was good. It wasn't perfect, none of my races are but I'm excited to get the first individual one out of the way. Day off tomorrow, get the mind right and then I'm excited for the 100 free. It'll boost my confidence going through the meet.

"I never come and count medals, it's just about swimming fast, that's all that's on my mind."

On mental space:

"I'm as good as I can be, the cards are different every day so I'm trying to deal with them the best that I can. I can't change how my body feels. I felt good today so I'm sure I'll be fine the rest of the meet."

8:00pm - Hosszu in demand

There's only one woman the Hungarian media want to speak to in the mixed zone.

7:44pm - WATCH Michael Andrew on Splash In

Michael Andrew picks up his first career individual long-course world medal now for his exploits in the 50m fly earlier.

Watch his episode of Olympic Channel original series Splash In below.

7:38pm - MEDAL MOMENT - Walsh dominates 200m IM

The evening's last final is the women's 200m individual medley, featuring the Hungarian swim queen Katinka Hosszu in lane 8. She gets a deafening roar as she is introduced to the home crowd.

In lane 1, Omoto Rika of Japan; in lane 7, Anastasia Gorbenko of Israel; in lane 2, Kim Seoyeong of Korea; in lane 6, Mary-Sophie Harvey of Canada; in lane 3, Kaylee McKeown of Australia; in lane 5, Leah Hayes of USA; and in lane 4, Alex Walsh, also of the USA.

Hosszu is the world record holder; her 2:06.12 has stood since 2015. The world junior record is 2:09.57 and could come under threat this evening from 16-year-old Hayes.

The Hungarian Hosszu starts well but it's Walsh who's hit the front early and leads through 50.

Onto the backstroke and Walsh still leads from McKeown, a backstroke specialist. Walsh's lead is just under a second through 100m.

This lead looks comfortable for Walsh, by about a body length, into the freestyle. McKeown and Hayes second and third at 150.

It's a comfortable, dominant, victory for Alex Walsh who takes gold in 2:07.13.

McKeown wins silver and Hayes breaks the world junior record for bronze.

"I'm so overjoyed, I really wanted to go 2:07 low and getting a personal best is all I can ask for," Walsh says.

7:30pm - David Popovici breaks world junior record in men's 200m free semis

Romania's David Popovici is the top qualifier for tomorrow evening's men's 200m freestyle final – and he did it in style.

The Romanian clocks 1:44.40 and takes 0.22 seconds off Hwang Sunwoo's world junior record set at Tokyo 2020.

Popovici will be joined in the final by Felix Auboeck, Hwang, Olympic champion Tom Dean, Elijah Winnington, Lukas Martens, and Kieran Smith.

7:10pm - Smith top seed in 100m back

Former world record holder Regan Smith of USA briefly threatens Kaylee McKeown's existing women's 100m backstroke world record in the semis, but settles for the top seed in tomorrow night's final.

The other seven finallists are Kylie Masse, Claire Curzan, Kira Toussaint, Medi Eira Harris, Wan Letian, Peng Xuwei, and Emma Terebo.

6:54pm - MEDAL MOMENT - Dressel wins 50m fly gold

The evening's third final will be a quick one. It's the men's 50m fly, and all eyes are on Caeleb Dressel, the Championship record holder.

Great Britain's Ben Proud, the 2017 world champ, is the top qualifier.

Others to watch in this final are Thomas Ceccon of Italy and Michael Andrew of USA.

Twenty-two seconds of pure butterfly speed. Who comes out on top?

They're away and Dressel starts strong. Proud is there are well. Brazil's 42-year-old Nicholas Santos is in the mix too. Dressel does touch home in first place.

Gold for Dressel in 22.57, that's two in a row in this event. Silver to Santos and bronze to Andrew.

It is Dressel's 14th world title.

"Glad to get my first individual race over and done with and I'm excited for the rest of the meet," Dressel says.

6:41pm - Meilutyte continues comeback

The London 2012 Olympic champion in the women's 100m breaststroke, Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte, is into the final here in Budapest.

She served a two-year suspension from 2019-2021 for three missed anti-doping tests, during which time she claimed to have quit the sport.

But she is now back and will be among the top eight in the final.

USA's Annie Lazor was disqualified from the second semi-final, which means world record holder Lilly King barely scrapes through.

The qualifiers are Anna Elendt, Benedetta Pilato, Tang Qianting, Meilutyte, Aoki Reona, Sophie Hansson, Molly Renshaw, and King.

6:30pm - Christou breaks Championship record in 100m back semis

Wow, this is a surprise. Greece's Apostolos Christou tops the timesheets in the men's 100m back semis by breaking the Championship record.

He clocks in at 52.09 to take a tenth off Xu Jiayu's record from Gwangju in 2019.

Here are the eight finallists: Christou, Thomas Ceccon, Hunter Armstrong, Ksawery Masiuk, Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Ryan Murphy, Irie Ryosuke, Robert Glinta.

6:16pm - MEDAL MOMENT - Huske threatens world record to win 100 fly gold

Straight into the second of four finals tonight, the women's 100m butterfly.

World junior record holder Claire Curzan is in this final. Her WJR is 56.43; Sarah Sjostrom holds the world record at 55.48.

In lane 8, Farida Osman of Egypt; in lane 1, Lana Pudar of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in lane 7, Zhang Yufei of China; Louise Hansson of Sweden is in lane 2; in lane 6, Australia's Brianna Throssell; Curzan of USA is in lane 3; Marie Wattel of France goes in land 5; and in lane 4 is the top qualifier, Torri Huske of the USA.

A good start from Huske, who's fastest off the blocks. Under world record pace at the 50m split as Huske turns in the lead.

It's a comfortable lead by half a body length and the world record is under threat here. She's fading a little just towards the end but a very strong 55.64 swim for gold.

Gold for Huske, silver for Wattel, bronze for Zhang.

"This is an amazing field of women and I'm just so luck to be here," Huske says. "I'm just happy, I don't know how to really put it into words right now. This is a really big moment for me.

"I heard the crowd, I heard Team USA (cheering), I'm really thankful for them."

A special mention, by the way, for Osman who finished 7th in 57.66 seconds – a new African record.

6:08pm - MEDAL MOMENT - Martinenghi pips Kamminga to breaststroke gold

Tonight's first final is the men's 100m breaststroke, in a race without the injured world record holder and defending champion Adam Peaty.

Peaty's record won't be under threat tonight as he is the only man to have gone under 57 seconds, with Arno Kamminga – the favourite in lane 3 tonight – the only other man under 58.

Here are the starting lanes:

Andrius Sidlauskas of Lithuania in lane 8; Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia in lane 1; Lucas Mazerath of Germany in lane 7; Yan Zibei of China in lane 2; James Wilby of Great Britain in lane 6; Kamminga of the Netherlands in lane 3; Nic Fink of USA in lane 5; and Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy in lane 4.

The world – and Championship – record is 56.88 set by Peaty in Gwangju in 2019.

Off they go with Martinenghi the fastest off the blocks but Fink has pulled away right from the start despite having a slower reaction time.

Fink, Martinenghi, and Kamminga turn in the top three as they come back down and it's very close between all three. The Italian just holds the lead to the end from Kamminga and Fink.

The top qualifier takes gold. 58.26 is a personal best for Martinenghi.

"It was amazing, it's incredible that it was my first World final, my first gold medal at Worlds. I felt confident before the final, after the semi-final. I spoke with my coach and I think I did the race he told me to. I'm very happy," Martinenghi says in his post-race interview in the arena.

And here's what else he had to say to Olympics.com in the mixed zone:

"I think it's 100 per cent (about) mentality in this kind of competition. It's everything. It's not the same without Adam Peaty, but I'm happy to be on his throne in his absence."

5:50pm - Finals time

We are just about ready for the evening session from the Duna Arena in Budapest. Here's a reminder of what's on tap tonight:

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

The crowd are being hyped up by the in-arena DJ as well as a local youth doing some Hungarian hip-hop karaoke (picture).

The crowd is certainly building nicely.

5:35pm - FINA adopts new gender inclusion policy

Swimming's world governing body FINA has been holding an Extraordinary General Congress in Budapest alongside the World Championships.

Today, its member federations voted to approve a new gender inclusion policy, covering eligibility rules for transgender athletes and athletes with differences in sex development.

The body will also study the possibility of adding open-competition categories.

5:04pm - MEDAL MOMENT - China claim gold in women's duet technical as three sets of sisters complete podium

Ukraine's Aleksiiva twins, Maryna and Vlaydslava, complete the final with the last routine of the 12 finalists.

But an error towards the end of their routine means they miss out on gold after a long review by the judges.

Gold to China's Wang Liuyi / Wang Qianyi, silver to Ukraine's Maryna Aleksiiva / Vladyslava Aleksiiva, and bronze to Austria's Anna-Maria Alexandri / Eirini Alexandri.

A real family affair.

4:35pm - Chinese twins take the lead

93.7536 for China's Wang twins in the final, which improves on their qualifying score by over a point.

Incredible stuff from the Chinese sisters.

Five duets to go.

3:55pm - Welcome back!

That was a quiet afternoon with no action but we are back.

The Szechy Outdoor Pool in Budapest is about to welcome the women's duet technical final, the second medal event of the artistic swimming programme.

China's Wang Liuyi / Wang Qianyi were the top qualifiers on Friday.

12:15pm - China lead the way in team technical event

The first of two artistic swimming events today was the women's team technical preliminary round.

Perhaps surprisingly, Ukraine – a traditional powerhouse in the sport – withdrew from the event, recording a Did Not Start.

Instead, it's China who set the top score of 94.0039. The top 12 teams will compete in Tuesday's final, with preliminary scores wiped.

11:42am - How ballet helps Claire Curzan in the water

With the morning's swimming action now concluded, let's take a closer look at one of this evening's women's 100 backstroke semi-finallists.

Claire Curzan may only be 17, but she already has an Olympic silver medal and will swim in four individual events here in Budapest.

We spoke to the North Carolina native from the USA training camp in Croatia, ahead of the World Championships.

She reveals how a background in ballet helps her in the water, how she is now able to control the enormous expectation on her young shoulders, and why Lindsey Vonn is her Olympic hero.

Check out our interview with Claire Curzan here.

11:15am - Distance queen Ledecky too good

There are few things as certain in swimming as Katie Ledecky winning a 1500m freestyle race.

And so it was that the newly-crowned 400 free world champion dominated the women's 1500 heats in Budapest, never relinquishing the lead to clock 15:47.02 and book her place in tomorrow evening's final as the fastest finisher.

It was well off her world record in the event of 15:25.48, but that could yet tumble.

Joining her will be Simona Quadarella who won a thrilling Heat 2. The Italian was neck-and-neck with Australian duo Moesha Johnson and Lani Pallister for almost the entirety of the race, the lead changing hands with almost every turn in.

Quadarella eventually made her move in the final 400 to take the win in 15:56.19.

It will be fascinating to see that trio face off once more with the addition of Ledecky tomorrow, who will be looking to add to her amazing record below.

10:35am - Elijah Winnington on fire in men's 200 free

Fresh from his 400 freestyle world title win yesterday, Australian Elijah Winnington put on an impressive final straight sprint to pull away from Lithuanian veteran Danas Rapsys in their men's 200 freestyle heat, clocking 1:46.19. Both men progress to this evening's semi-finals.

A photo finish saw Germany's Lukas Martens - second to Winnington in the 200 free final - win his heat in 1:46.45.

He edged out Japan's Matsumoto Katsuhiro and Kieran Smith of the USA, who were second and third respectively, and both progress.

Olympic champion Tom Dean of Great Britain struggled to hold the pace in a rapid final heat, relinquishing second place in the final 50 to finish down in fourth.

He still qualifies alongside Romanian winner David Popovici, whose superior stroke helped him top qualifying in a blisteringly quick 1:45.18.

Hwang Sunwoo of Korea and Austria's Felix Auboeck also demonstrated good pace in the final heat to finish second and third overall.

10:15am - Lilly King just makes it through

Rio 2016 Olympic champion Lilly King will need to find her speed if she is to reclaim her women's 100 breaststroke crown.

The USA Trials winner will progress to this evening's semi-finals after finishing fourth in her heat, but seemingly had no answer to the pace of prelims winner Tang Qianting (China), who blitzed down the Budapest pool in 1:05.99.

Australia's Jenna Strauch was second in the heat, and overall, while USA's Annie Lazor swam with a smooth stroke to win her heat and finish third overall.

9:50am - Hunter Armstrong on course to make more history

American breakout star Hunter Armstrong will go through to this evening's men's 100 backstroke semi-finals as the No. 1 seed after clocking an impressive 52.81 in qualifying.

After breaking the 50m world record earlier this year, many are tipping him to repeat that feat and break Ryan Murphy's mark over 100. He's certainly in the right arena to do it.

Irie Ryosuke of Japan finished second overall with Greece's Apostolos Christou in third.

Rio 2016 Olympic champion Ryan Murphy qualified as the fifth-fastest finisher, while Xu Jiayu of China and Australia's Mitch Larkin also made it through.

9:30am - Regan Smith fastest in 100 backstroke heats, Kaylee McKeown DNS

Olympic champion and world record holder Kaylee McKeown surprisingly did not start the women's 100 backstroke prelims, despite being the heavy favourite to win. Perhaps the Australian wants to conserve all her energy for the 200 IM final this evening.

Her two main backstroke rivals in USA's Regan Smith and Kylie Masse of Canada (and the only other women in history to break the 59-second barrier) take first and second overall respectively after winning their heats in 58.31 and 58.89.

Smith's 17-year-old compatriot Claire Curzan also qualified safely for this evening's semi-finals, alongside Letian Wan of China, and the Dutch record holder Kira Toussaint among others.

Smith is the former 100 back world record holder and will be hoping to take that accolade back again.

8:50am - Djibouti bringing the fun!

The excitement of last night's swimming opening ceremony, and the first gold medals being awarded, has happily spilled over into this morning's warm-ups on deck.

There are 185 nations participating at these World Championships, superbly organised at just three months' notice after Fukuoka, Japan, had to pull out over COVID safety concerns.

It's important to also remember the achievement of the swimmers from less traditional nations like Djibouti, competing on the same stage as traditional aquatics superpowers like the USA and Australia.

The women's 100 backstroke prelims start in 10 mins, and Heat 1 will feature athletes from Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Maldives, and Brunei.

8:30am - Today's programme

Good morning from the Hungarian capital for Day Two in the pool!

Today we have Lilly King, the women's 100m breaststroke world record holder, in action in the prelims, while her USA teammate Katie Ledecky – fresh off her 400m free win last night – goes in the 1500m free heats.

Olympic champion Tom Dean from Great Britain is also in action in the men's 200m freestyle heats.

Australian backstroke queen, and triple Olympic gold medallist from Tokyo 2020, Kaylee McKeown has pulled out of the women's 100m backstroke prelims in order to concentrate on her 200 IM final this evening.

There are four swimming finals tonight, in addition to the Women's Duet Technical final in artistic swimming.

Here's today's swimming schedule:

Morning session – heats

• Women's 100m backstroke
• Men's 100m backstroke
• Women's 100m breaststroke
• Men's 200m freestyle
• Women's 1500m freestyle

Evening session – semi-finals and finals

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