Summer McIntosh ends Katie Ledecky's 9-year domestic win streak with record-breaking 200m freestyle

Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh delivered another record-breaking performance on Friday, setting a national record in the women's 200-metre freestyle at the 2023 Pro Swim Series event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The 16-year-old from Toronto clocked one minute, 54.13 seconds to eclipse Taylor Ruck's previous mark of 1:54.44 from 2018, while also lowering her world junior record of 1:54.79 set at the world championships last June in Budapest, Hungary.

It is also the fastest time ever recorded in the United States.

McIntosh finished ahead of seven-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky, ending the American star's nine-year domestic win streak.

Ledecky touched second in 1:54.96, while Hong Kong's Siobhan Haughey was third at 1:55.53.

It marked the first defeat for Ledecky in a domestic freestyle long course final of 200m or longer since a loss to Allison Schmitt in 2014.

Fellow Canadian Ella Jansen, 17, was sixth with a personal-best time of 1:58.30.

Jansen finished second in the women's 400m individual medley later on Friday in 4:43.32, with Ledecky winning in 4:36.04.

Tess Cieplucha of Georgetown, Ont., finished third in 4:44.92, while Bailey Andison of Smiths Falls, Ont., was fourth (4:46.66).

Calgary's Lorne Winnington added a second-place finish in the men's 400m individual medley with a time of 4:19.95, finishing behind American Bobby Finke (4:15.93).

Three-time Olympian Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., tied for third in the women's 50m butterfly with Natalie Hinds of the U.S. (26.68). Fellow American Abbey Weitzeil and Emilie Beckmann of Denmark tied for first at 26.27.

''I swam both the 200 free and 50 fly heats and finals (B final for the 200 in which she placed third for 11th overall) to continue a heavy