Day eleven of the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 delivered drama and thrill as artistic swimming crowned new champions, while Greece stunned by defeating defending champions USA in the women's water polo semi-final, setting up a gold medal showdown with Hungary on Wednesday.
In the artistic swimming competition, athletes delivered flawless performances across the Men's Solo Free Finals and Women's Duet Technical Finals, while twenty six teams competed in the Team Technical Prelims with eyes on championship glory.
Hear more about it all below.
Artistic Swimming
Filippo PELATI (ITA) – Bronze in the Men’s Solo Free Finals
On the result:
“I’m very happy with my performance because I didn’t expect the result. I was only enjoying the moment and I only felt the music and the choreography and thought about nothing. I’m very proud of myself and happy to win a bronze. It’s very important for me; it’s like a gold medal and I’m very emotional.”
On his first World Championships medal:
“Now it’s confirmed, because last year I took part in the junior worlds in Lima and I won the bronze in the mixed duet technical and placed fourth (in both solo free and technical). So for me, now (this) seems like a gold. And also because it’s with all the best male artistic swimmers – every (swimmer) is the best one. I’m very proud.”
Eirini-Marina ALEXANDRI (AUT) - Gold in Women's Duet Technical Finals
On whether being twins gives them an advantage:
“We have a special connection because we know how we feel. I know how she feels even if I just look at her, so I know what I have to tell her to calm her down. And the same applies for her; she knows everything about me and we can communicate very easily. If it’s another girl, then sometimes maybe you have to be careful how you tell them things.”
Water Polo
Kathy ROGERS (GBR), captain and Player of the Match – re. FRA V GBR (9-14)
On their Singapore 2025 campaign and the future:
“There’s going to be a really good future. It’s going to be really big. We’re getting more support from Swim England and Aquatics GB, so it’s a really exciting time.”
Tilly KEARNS (AUS), Player of the Match - re. AUS-JPN (21-17)
On how close the match was:
“From a disappointing quarter-final, it’s always hard to get up and play another game when it’s not for a medal and it’s not for the result that you want. But we’re a team that always gets around each other and we love each other a lot, so we wanted to play for each other.”
Eleftheria PLEVRITOU (GRE), captain - re. GRE v USA (14-10)
On the match:
“It was amazing today. We played really good. My team is ready for the final, ready for the gold. At the beginning, it was just the attack that we were stuck a little bit. We couldn’t score. That’s why, I think the score was close. Until the third quarter, it was close…We played amazing in the last minutes. We controlled the game with the time.”
Boglarka NESZMELY (HUN), Player of the Match - re. HUN v ESP (15-9)
“It was a perfect win from us. Our team, we played really, really good water polo. We did what the coach said so thanks to my teammates, thanks to my coach and to everybody who helped us. I’m so blessed to be a part of this team because it’s a huge thing for us, reaching the final. Our team is basically a new team and we have a lot of young players, including me, so it’s a huge thing for us. It means everything because Hungary is a water polo nation and I’m so thankful.”