Angelina Köhler clearly missed the hoped-for medal over 100 meters of butterfly at the swimming World Cup.
The 24-year-old struck on Monday (July 28th, 2025) in Singapore after 56.57 seconds and thus finished sixth. She lacked 24 hundredths of a second for bronze and the Australian Alexandria Perkins.
Gold won the world record player Gretchen Walsh from the USA with World Cup record (54.73 seconds). The Belgian Roos Vanotterdijk (55.84 seconds) secured silver.
Köhler as Defending champion, but not top favorite
Köhler was a defending champion, but not as a top favorite. The Berliner had crowned world champion at the World Cup last year in Doha.
However, some medal candidates were not there at Köhler’s gold show. Köhler’s most recently shown services had encouraged. This year, only the overpowering Walsh was faster than the Berliner before the World Cup.
After Hass messages: Köhler had worried before the World Cup
Before the trip to Singapore, Köhler also reported mental stress. Among other things, she had given the concern to be booed by Chinese fans. Köhler told about hate messages and sentenced Nazi pictures. “I was tackled by Chinese bots in English and German. I was insulted as a Nazi and got photos with Hitler greetings”, In the interview, she described the “Sport Bild”.
At the Olympic Games, Köhler narrowly missed a medal as fourth. At that time, bronze won the Chinese Zhang Yufei, which had previously been vertebrae in connection with doping suspicions. Köhler then had from one “Bitter aftertaste” spoken, but also said that the presumption of innocence applies. This time Zang landed fifth again by 0.06 seconds just ahead of Köhler.
“Everything was fine. The spectators cheered. Fortunately, my fears are not kicked” “the German reported after the semi -finals. In this, Köhler qualified as a fifth in 56.75 seconds for the final run. But it was not enough for the podium.