Multiple triple crowns are up for grabs as the opening finals session begins at the third World Cup stop in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Seventeen swimmers headed to the capital of the Central Asia country with a sweep of a single event in their sights as the third and last stop of the 2026 series gets underway.
Marrit Steenbergen, Siobhan Haughey, Mona McSharry and Kasia Wasick are among the women aiming for respective trebles with Chen Juner, Egor Kornev and Pieter Coetze among the men looking for a sweep on the opening day.
The women’s and men’s 1500 timed finals were held at the end of the prelims session with Gan Ching Hwee setting an Asian record en-route to a second straight victory.
Women’s 1500 Free Timed Final
Gan Ching Hwee topped the podium last week in Tashkent and returned to the pool to take almost seven seconds off that time on Thursday. The Singaporean sliced a 3.39sec chunk from the Asian record of 15:41.80 held by Li Bingjie since the 2022 Chinese Championships.
