SEOUL, South Korea (Yonhap) — China won 20 gold medals to take the overall title at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships .In the most popular event, Australia won the most gold medals with 13.The United States won seven gold medals, tied for the most ever at a World Aquatics Championships.China swept 12 of the 13 gold medals in diving to take a commanding lead in the overall standings, while also performing well in management, surpassing the previous record of 18 gold medals set in Budapest in 2022.Australia (13), the United States (7), China (5), and France (4) are the leaders in business events gold medals.The most gold medalists came from Australia.Five of the nine world records set at the Games came from Australia.Molly O’Callaghan, 19, broke the world record in the women’s 200-meter freestyle (1:52.85) and shared the record with her Australian teammates in the women’s 400-meter freestyle relay (3:27.96), 800-meter freestyle relay (7:37.50), and 200-meter medley relay (3:18.83).He also won the 100-meter freestyle in 52.16 to earn five gold medals.O’Callaghan became the first woman to win both the 100 and 200 meters freestyle at a single World Championships, cementing her status as a “one-woman freestyle team. She also earned the honor of being the most decorated gold medalist in Fukuoka.SEOUL, South Korea (Yonhap) — China has won the overall title at the 2023 World Aquatics championships with 20 gold medals.In the most popular discipline, Australia won the most gold medals with 13.The United States won seven gold medals, tied for the most ever at a World Aquatics Championships.China swept 12 of the 13 gold medals in diving to take a commanding lead in the overall standings, while its strong performance in management saw it surpass its previous record of 18 gold medals in Budapest 2022.Australia (13), the United States (7), China (5), and France (4) are the leaders in business events gold medals.The most gold medalists came from Australia.Five of the nine world records set at the Games came from Australia.Molly O’Callaghan, 19, broke the world record in the women’s 200-meter freestyle (1:52.85) and shared the record with her Australian teammates in the women’s 400-meter freestyle relay (3:27.96), 800-meter freestyle relay (7:37.50), and 200-meter medley relay (3:18.83).He also won the 100-meter freestyle in 52.16 to earn five gold medals.O’Callaghan became the first woman to win both the 100 and 200 meters freestyle at a single World Championships, cementing her status as a “one-woman freestyle team. She also earned the honor of being the most decorated gold medalist in Fukuoka.Triple gold medalist Leon Marchand (FRA), 21, was another star of the Fukuoka Games.Marchand won the 토토사이트 men’s 400-meter individual medley in 4:02.50, breaking the old world record of 4:03.84 set by Michael Phelps (38, USA) at the Beijing Olympics in August 2008.Phelps’ record, set in a “full-body” swimsuit that helped him achieve the feat, was shaved off by 1.34 seconds by Marchand, 15 years later.Marchand won back-to-back individual medley titles in the 400-meter and 200-meter freestyle and the 200-meter butterfly after finishing second in Budapest last year, giving him three gold medals.Kayla McCown (AUS), 22, also swept the women’s individual backstroke events to claim a trio of titles.The triple Olympic gold medalist (100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke and 400-meter medley relay) won the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstroke events. This is the first time in history that McCown has dominated all three backstroke events at a single meet.Regan Smith (USA), 21, finished second in all three individual events, the first time a swimmer has ever finished second in all three backstroke events at a single meet.The U.S. will leave Fukuoka with just seven gold medals, tying its “fewest ever” since Rome 1994.The lone bright spot for the U.S. was “living legend” Katie Ledecky, 26.She won her sixth consecutive women’s 800-meter freestyle title and fifth 1,500-meter title, setting a new world record for most individual gold medals at a world championships (16 – Michael Phelps had 15) and moving into a tie with artistic swimmer Svetlana Romashina (RUS) for the most gold medals by a female athlete with 21, including team events.South Korea is 26th overall and 18th in the medal standings thanks to Hwang Sun-woo (20-Gangwon Provincial Office)’s bronze medal in the men’s 200-meter freestyle.