The World Aquatics Championships start Friday, but swimming fans have to wait

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In a little over two weeks, Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh will take to the pool at the world championships in Singapore, where she'll try to match a Michael Phelps record by winning five individual gold medals.

The 18-year-old triple Olympic champion will be joined by around two dozen other Canadian swimmers, including three-time backstroke world champ Kylie Masse, who won her fifth career Olympic medal last summer; 20-year-old Ilya Kharun, who captured a pair of men's butterfly bronze in Paris; and 21-year-old Josh Liendo, who took silver in the 100m butterfly. The international headliners are France's Leon Marchand, who won four Olympic golds last year, and nine-time Olympic champ Katie Ledecky, who will take on McIntosh in the 400m and 800m freestyle events as she looks to add to her 21 career world titles.

So, that'll be fun. But we'll have to be patient as pool swimming is the last sport to get going at the World Aquatics Championships, which open tomorrow in Singapore. The program includes water polo, open-water swimming, artistic swimming, diving and high diving before McIntosh and company hit the water on the night of July 26 in Canadian time zones.

Here's a glance at where Canada stands in the other sports:

Water polo (July 11-24): Despite placing eighth at both the world championships and the Olympics last year, the Canadian women's team will not be competing after deciding to sit out last fall's Pan American championships, which served as a qualifier for the worlds. The Canadian men's team did not make it to the Paris Olympics, but they got into this year's worlds by placing second to Brazil at the Pan Ams. Canada opens against the United States on Friday night and will also face host Singapore and the Brazilians in the group stage.

Open-water swimming (July 15-20): Canada's lone Olympic qualifier in the two marathon swim events was Emma Finlin, who finished 23rd out of 24 in the women's 10K. The world championships also include a 5K and a 3K "knockout sprint" for both men and women, plus a mixed 4x1,500m relay.

Artistic swimming (July 18-25): Last year in Doha, Jacqueline Simoneau won the women's solo free event to become Canada's first world-championship winner since 1991 in the sport formerly known as synchronized swimming. She also took silver in the solo technical before placing ninth in the duet at the Paris Olympics with Audrey Lamothe (there are no solo events on the Olympic program). Simoneau is now coaching and pursuing her medical degree, but Lamothe has had some solid results on the World Cup circuit both individually and with new duet partner Ximena Ortiz Montano. Lamothe also helped Canada to a sixth-place finish in the Olympic team event.

High diving (July 24-27): Whereas regular divers jump from either a 3m springboard or a 10m platform, these daredevils take the plunge from 27m (for men) or 20m (women). Canada's three entries include Molly Carlson, who's won two consecutive silvers at the worlds.

Diving (July 26-Aug. 3): Canada failed to win a medal at last year's world championships, but Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray took bronze in the Olympic men's 10m synchronized event for the country's only diving medal in Paris. The duo also took bronze together at the 2022 worlds.

How to watch:

You can stream live action from the World Aquatics Championships on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, starting with the Canadian men's water polo team's opening match against the U.S. on Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET. The CBC TV network will have additional coverage on weekends. See the full streaming and broadcast schedules for details.

For more on the worlds, watch this quick primer with CBC Sports' Brittany MacLean Campbell.