It was a golden (and silver and bronze) weekend for Canadian athletes

04.12.2023 - 22:03 cbc.ca

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. On ice, snow, water and solid ground, Canada's Olympic athletes won all kinds of medals in all kinds of sports in all kinds of places over the weekend.

Here are the highlights: Summer McIntosh dominated the U.S. Open Championships. Seven months before she takes centre stage at the Paris Olympics, the teenage swimmer closed out her phenomenal year by winning two gold medals and a bronze at the U.S.

Open in North Carolina. McIntosh kicked things off Thursday night by easily defeating Katie Ledecky in the women's 400m freestyle, dealing the American star her first loss in the 400 free in a U.S.

pool in 11 years. The young Canadian was even more dominant in Friday's 400m individual medley, blowing away the rest of the field by almost eight seconds in an event where she holds the world record and has won the last two world titles.

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