Entry Lists Posted for Final Stop of World Cup in Toronto; Triple Crown Pursuits the Main Theme
After two weeks of stellar competition, including five world records, the 2025 edition of the World Cup circuit will come to a conclusion this week. Following U.S.-based stops in Carmel (Ind.) and Westmont (Ill.), the tour moves North of the Border to Toronto for action from Thursday through Saturday. Here are the pre-scratch entry lists for the Canadian leg of the annual series, which typically takes place in Europe and Asia.
Fifteen athletes will chase a Triple Crown in Toronto, which entails winning the same event at all theee stops of the World Cup. In women’s competition, Gretchen Walsh (100 IM/50 butterfly/100 butterfly) and Kate Douglass (200 breaststroke/100 breaststroke/100 freestyle) will have three opportunities each at Triple Crowns, while Hubert Kos (200 backstroke/50 backstroke/100 backstroke) will have three chances in men’s races.
During the first leg of the World Cup, Walsh set a world record in the 50 butterfly. The record-breaking picked up steam at the second stop in Westmont, where Kaylee McKeown (200 backstroke), Regan Smith (100 backstroke), Mollie O’Callaghan (200 freestyle) and Douglass (100 freestyle) all established global standards.
Initially, the Toronto meet was supposed to be a homecoming for Olympic champion and world-record holder Summer McIntosh of Canada. However, illness forced the teenage star to withdraw from the meets and focus on her recovery.
