Summer McIntosh wins 3rd gold medal with another world-record performance at short course swim worlds
Summer McIntosh set her third world record and claimed a third gold medal at the world short course swim championships on Saturday in Budapest, Hungary.
The 18-year-old Canadian won the women’s 400-metre individual medley final in four minutes, 15.48 seconds, smashing the previous record by more than three seconds.
The previous mark was 4:18.94, set by Spain’s Mireia Belmonte in August of 2017.
American Katie Grimes finished 4.66 seconds behind McIntosh to claim silver, while bronze-medallist Abbie Wood of Great Britain was 8.66 seconds off the Canadian’s time.
WATCH | McIntosh smashes world record in 400m IM final:
Summer McIntosh broke the short course world record in the 400-metre individual medley final, with a time of 4:15.48. It’s her third world record and third gold medal at these World Aquatics short course championships in Budapest.
Mary-Sophie Harvey, of Trois-Rivières, Que., finished 10.66 seconds behind her Canadian teammate to earn a fourth-place result.
Toronto’s McIntosh set new world-record times earlier this week at the Duna Arena, claiming gold in both the women’s 200m butterfly (1:59.32) and in the the women’s 400m freestyle (3:50.25).
“It’s so validating,” McIntosh told CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux.
“Nerves are normal before a race, that just means you care. But I really like to channel those nerves and push them into my race. And now that being my sixth world record is pretty crazy. “
WATCH | McIntosh takes 6th world record in stride:
The Canadian swimming superstar chatted with CBC’s Devin Heroux following her historic gold medal-winning performance in the women’s 400m individual medley. Her time of 4:15.48 was her third gold medal and third world record at these World Aquatics short course championships in Budapest.
Canada scores relay bronze
Harvey would eventually win a medal on Saturday as she was part of the Canadian mixed 4x100m medley relay team that claimed bronze.
Swimming the anchor leg, Harvey touched the wall in 3:31.97 to earn a third-place finish with Calgary’s Ingrid Wilm, Montreal’s Ilya Kharun, and Finlay Knox, from Okotoks, Alta.
The Neutral Athletes B team (3:30.47) won gold, while the United States (3:30.55) took silver.
Canada qualified a team for the relay final thanks to the performance of Knox, Sophie Angus, Blake Tierney, and Penny Oleksiak in the heats.
WATCH | Canada’s mixed relay team reaches podium:
The team of Ingrid Wilm, Finlay Knox, Ilya Kharun and Mary-Sophie Harvey finished with a cumulative time of 3:31.97 to reach the podium of the mixed 4×100-metre medley relay event at the World Aquatics short course championships in Budapest.
National records fall in prelims
Saturday’s preliminary action saw a pair of Canadian records fall.
Tristan Jankovics broke Brian Johns’ Canadian record in the men’s 400-metre IM. The record – set in 2003 – had been the longest active Canadian record on the books. Jankovics’s new national mark of four minutes, 2.01 seconds was third-fastest in qualifying on Saturday.
Knox also broke the Canadian record in the men’s 50m breaststroke with a time of 26.30. However, Knox did not advance to the semifinals.
On the women’s side, Angus advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 50m breaststroke.
WATCH | Full replay coverage of Saturday’s preliminary session from Hungary:
Watch the morning session, on the fifth day of competition at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest.
