Editorial content for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships is sponsored by FINIS, a longtime partner of Swimming World and leading innovator of suits, goggles and equipment. World Championships, Day Six Semifinals: Dare Rose Headlines Field in 100 Butterfly Flash back a few weeks to the United States Trials for the World Championships. In the 100-meter butterfly, Dare Rose put together the best performances of his career to land an invitation to Fukuoka. Now, Rose is one race away from grabbing a medal in international competition. Surging down the stretch, Rose won the first semifinal behind a time of 50.53, which was .09 ahead of the 50.62 turned in by France’s Maxime Grousset. Rose just missed a medal earlier in the week in the 50 butterfly, but his efforts over one lap revealed he was in fine form and prepared for a fine showing in the 100 distance. That scenario is unfolding, as Rose packaged a 23.70 outing going split with a homecoming mark of 26.83. Grousset is chasing his third medal of the meet after already grabbing bronze in the 100 freestyle and 50 butterfly. He followed an opening split of 23.44 with a finish of 27.18. The third seed for the final went to Canadian Josh Liendo, the University of Florida standout. Liendo touched the wall in 50.75 and was followed in fourth by Aussie Matt Temple (50.89). There was a tie for fifth between Dutchman Nyls Korstanje and Israel’s Gal Cohen Groumi in 50.98.
