Open water swimming - Women's 10k
· Aurélie Muller (FRA) could win back-to-back world titles in women's 10km. The only athlete to have achieved back-to-back wins in this event was Larissa Ilchenko (RUS) who won three times in a row in 2006, 2007, 2008.
Angela Maurer (GER) has won three medals in the women's 10km and now she has a chance to come close to the record of Edith van Dijk (NED, 4) with four medals in this event.
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Synchro swimming - Duet Technical
· Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS) won the solo technical on Saturday and she may win her 14th gold medal in synchro swimming at the World Championships, equalling Anastasia Davydova ranked third. Only Svetlana Romashina (RUS, 22) and Natalia Ishchenko (RUS, 20) have won more gold medals.
· Ona Carbonell (ESP) may equal Romashina and Ishchenko achieving the record of a total of 22 medals in synchro swimming at the World Championships.
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Diving - Men's 1m Springboard
· Michael Hixon (USA) is the only finalist in men's 1m springboard to have won a medal in this event at the World Championships - bronze in 2015.
· Chinese divers have won eight out of 11 world titles in men's 1m springboard at the World Championships, including the last five editions.
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Diving - Women's 10m Platform Synchro
· Eight out of nine world titles in women's 10m platform synchro have been claimed by China, with the exception of the inaugural edition of this event in Perth in 1998.
· Meaghan Benfeito (CAN) could become the second diver with at least four medals in this event behind Chen Ruolin (CHN, G5).
· Australian divers have collected four medals in women's 10m platform synchro (S4), second-most of all countries after China (9).
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Water Polo - Women
· All seven countries of world title in women's water polo will be present in the tournament in Budapest - United States (4), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Australia (1), Greece (1), Netherlands (1), Spain (1).
· United States will defend their title. USA (2007, 2009) is already one of the two countries (Italy 1998, 2001) to have defended their world title in this competition.
· USA have won every major competition since the 2013 World Championship in which Spain achieved victory. Since then USA won the Olympic Games (2016), World Championship (2015), World League (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and the Pan American Games (2015) .
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