Summer McIntosh wins bronze, sets record in women's 200m freestyle swimming final at world aquatics

Canada's Summer McIntosh swam to a bronze medal in the women's 200 freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, on Wednesday.

The Toronto native, 16, finished in a world junior record time of one minute, 53.65 seconds.

Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan set a new world record tome of 1:52.85 on the way to gold, while fellow Australian Ariarne Titmus took silver in 1:53.01.

McIntosh finished fourth in her first final at event, the women's 400m freestyle on Sunday.

WATCH | McIntosh swims to bronze:

Montreal's Ilya Kharun finished fifth in the men's 200m butterfly final, setting a new Canadian record with a time of 1:53.82.

French swimmer Leon Marchand took gold in 1:52.43, while Poland's Krzysztof Chmielewski won silver (1:53.62) and Japan's Tomoru Honda claimed bronze (1:53.66).

Live coverage of Wednesday's swimming finals continues on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and on CBC Gem.