Summer McIntosh sets world junior, Canadian records in 200m butterfly at national swimming trials

31.03.2023 - 23:01 cbc.ca

Summer McIntosh now has a hat-trick of records after her first three events at the national swimming trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

On Friday night, McIntosh set a world junior and Canadian record in the 200-metre butterfly. Her time of 2:04.70 took down her previous record time (2:05.05) set earlier this month.

McIntosh's smooth, powerful strokes helped her surge to the wall in a blistering time, once again electrifying the crowd. The generational talent is having a remarkable meet.

It started on opening night when the 16-year-old swimming sensation broke the world record in the 400m freestyle. WATCH | Relive Summer McIntosh breaking world record in 400m freestyle: With her parents, Jill and Greg McIntosh, in the crowd on Tuesday night, Summer stopped the clock in a time of 3:56.08, breaking the world record held by Ariarne Titmus of Australia. "I don't think pressure really exits in my mind," McIntosh said Friday. "The only true pressure is the pressure I put on myself to perform." On Thursday night, McIntosh broke her own world junior record in the 200m individual medley.

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T wo years ago in Tokyo, the duel in the pool between Australian prodigy Ariarne Titmus and American legend Katie Ledecky was the most anticipated rivalry of the Olympics. Titmus narrowly came away with the upper hand: the Australian won the 200m and 400m freestyle gold medals, while Ledecky conquered the 800m freestyle (and the 1500m, which Titmus did not race). It was the rivalry that defined the Tokyo swim meet – and left fans salivating at the prospect of rematches on the road to the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Summer McIntosh caps historic week at national trials with world junior, Canadian records in 200m freestyle

Summer McIntosh has capped off one of the most impressive swimming meets ever by setting another world junior and Canadian record at the national trials.