At the short-course Swimming World Championships in Budapest, Tang Qianting won her first gold for China after coming out on top in the women's 100m breaststroke on the third day of competition. 

Tang, who was the 2024 Doha World Championships gold medalist, swam 1 minute 2.37 seconds in the semi-finals, just 0.01 second behind the world record. 

In the final, Tang led the world record by 0.52 seconds after 50 meters. She went on to touch the wall first with 1 minute 2.38 seconds. American Lilly King finished second, and Estonia's Eneli Jefimova came third.

In the men's 100m breaststroke, China's Qin Haiyang clawed back from behind to win gold in the final meters. Qin was trailing Kirill Prigoda and world record holder Ilya Shymanovich after 50 meters, but he turned up the gas just in time to edge out Prigoda by just 0.02 and Shymanovich by 0.13 with a new Asian record of 55.47 seconds. 

Meanwhile, Canada's Summer McIntosh made waves again clinching gold and setting a new world record in the women's 200m butterfly. 

The 18-year-old Olympic champion clocked 1 minute 59.32 seconds, becoming only the second woman in history to break the elusive two-minute barrier. McIntosh's performance eclipsed the previous world record held by Spain's Mireia Belmonte since the Doha Championships a decade ago. American swimmer Regan Smith finished in silver position, smashing the American record with a time of 2 minutes 1 second. 

In the women's 100m freestyle, American Gretchen Walsh clocked in at 50.31 seconds, shattering her own championship record and becoming the first American gold medalist in this event since 1999. 

She then followed up her freestyle triumph with a remarkable performance in the 100m medley semifinal, setting a new world record at 55.71 seconds, besting her previous record of 55.98 seconds.

Team USA also clinched gold in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay, finishing with a time of 7 minutes and 30.13 seconds, breaking Australia's world record set in Melbourne two years ago.