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:
Summer McIntosh of Toronto broke the world junior record in the 200 metre freestyle race, capturing a bronze medal as well with a time of 1:53.65 at the world aquatic championships.
Kharun sets Canadian record
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.
