McIntosh breaks 3rd swim world record in 5 days

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  • Associated Press

Jun 12, 2025, 06:14 AM ET

VICTORIA, Canada -- Canadian teen Summer McIntosh has done it again.

The 18-year-old made it 3 satellite records successful little than a week erstwhile she broke her ain 400-meter idiosyncratic medley people Wednesday night.

McIntosh won astatine the Canadian swimming trials successful 4 minutes, 23.65 seconds to little her erstwhile champion successful 1 of the sport's toughest events by 0.73 seconds.

Her closest rival was 12 seconds behind.

"What a week Victoria! Had truthful overmuch amusive successful the excavation this week," McIntosh wrote connected Instagram.

McIntosh broke the satellite grounds successful the 200 idiosyncratic medley Monday successful 2:05.70, 2 days aft shaving much than a second disconnected the 400 freestyle record, completing the contention successful 3:54.18.

The Toronto autochthonal besides acceptable caller Canadian marks successful 2 different events: the 200 butterfly, wherever she was little than fractional a 2nd disconnected a grounds that has stood since 2009, and the 800 freestyle, wherever she was besides conscionable disconnected Katie Ledecky's satellite grounds set past month.

McIntosh is scheduled to vie successful those 5 events astatine the satellite aquatics championships successful Singapore adjacent month.

She won 3 golden medals astatine the Paris Olympics past year, winning her 3 idiosyncratic events of the 400 and 200 idiosyncratic medleys and the 200 butterfly. She besides won metallic successful the 400 free.

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