By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
2025 World Junior Swimming Championships
- August 19-24, 2025
- Otopeni, Romania
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Meet Packet
- Team Leaders’ Guide
- SwimSwam Event Page
- SwimSwam Preview
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
- Live Recaps
After being notably absent from the medal table for the first four days of the 2025 World Junior Championships, Australia made its first appearance on the podium with a gold medal-winning performance on day 5.
Bringing home the first piece of hardware for her country was Ainsley Trotter, who won the girls’ 50 back. The Australian swimmer was the only one in the field to break 28 seconds, blasting into the wall just ahead of Korea’s Kim Seungwon, who broke the Championship Record earlier in the meet.
Turning in another notable performance for his country was Abdul Jabar Adama of Nigeria, who took home silver in the boys’ 50 fly. The 17-year-old made history on Saturday night, as he became the first swimmer, male or female, from his nation to win a medal at a World Aquatics meet.
Japan bumped itself back up to 5th on the medal table thanks to a 1-2 performance in the boys’ 400 IM. Raito Numata and Yumeki Kojima claimed gold and silver, respectively, marking their nation’s second gold medal of the meet and bringing its total tally to 14 medals.
Familiar names continued to make headlines and bring home the medals for their countries. China’s Yang Peiqi won her third individual gold of the meet, giving her nation four total gold medals through day 5.
Team USA only picked up one medal during the fifth finals session, but they did it in record-breaking fashion. The Americans crushed the World Junior Record in the girls’ 4×100 free relay, thanks to the team of Rylee Erisman, Liberty Clark, Julie Mishler and Lily King, bringing the nation’s gold medal count up to eight.
World Juniors Medal Table Through Day 5
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | NAB | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Japan | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Read the full story on SwimSwam: Australia Wins Its First Medal of World Juniors to Break onto the Medal Table After Day 5
