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McIntosh Smashes 200m Medley World Record At Canada Trials
- Eighteen-Year-Old Summer McIntosh of Toronto broke the world record in the women's 200-meter individual medley during the Canadian Swimming Trials held Monday evening.
- This accomplishment came shortly after McIntosh set a new world record in the 400m freestyle on Saturday and followed her gold medal performance in the 200m individual medley at the Summer Olympics held in Nanterre, France, in 2024.
- McIntosh finished the 200m individual medley in 2:05.70, breaking Katinka Hosszu's 2015 record of 2:06.12, and also holds world records in multiple long and short-course events.
- She additionally set a Canadian record in the 800m freestyle at 8:05.07, the third-fastest time ever and less than one second off Katie Ledecky's world record set in May 2024.
- McIntosh’s multiple records at the trials reinforce her dominant form and boost confidence as she prepares for the world championships in Singapore from July 26 to August 3.
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The chronometer stopped at 2:05.70 and, with it, fell a world record that had been unbeaten for 3,598 days. The author of the feat was Summer McIntosh, an 18-year-old Canadian swimmer who has become accustomed to making history and who was the sensation in the past Olympic Games in Paris, where she won four medals, three of them gold. On Tuesday, during the Canadian national championships, she exceeded by more than four tenths the previous plusm…
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