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Kate Douglass will likely find herself anchoring the medley relay but could possibly end up swimming the fly leg or, in one possible scenario, the breast.

The US swam a sneaky fast time in the 4x100 medley relay, leading start to finish by using an impressive front half highlighted by Lilly King's 1:04.93 split.

With gold in the 200 breaststroke, Tatjana Schoenmaker became the 1st swimmer in over 30 years to hold the Olympic, Worlds and WUG titles concurrently.

Katie Ledecky is back in action during Day 7 finals of 2023 Worlds, looking to add another gold medal to her collection in the 800 freestyle.

Schoenmaker makes way for her South African teammate and defending bronze medalist Van Niekerk to qualify for her first semi-finals of these Worlds.

With the two fastest 100 freestylers expected to be added to the team, it's not a question of if but rather by how much they will break the world record by

World Record holder Zac Stubblety-Cook will be racing the finals of his premier event, the 200 breaststroke, on Friday night at the 2023 World Champs.

Regan Smith is taking on the 200 butterfly/50 backstroke double on Day 5 of Worlds and aiming to strike gold in both events.

Nic Fink's breaststroke leg will be paramount for the US to repeat as champions in the mixed 400 medley as the US attempts to hold off a resurgent China.

The US may be asking too much of Ryan Murphy to try to lead the US to gold in the Mixed Medley over the ever improving Australian and Chinese squads.