Gold medallist Summer time McIntosh of Canada celebrates as shes poses together with her medal after profitable the ladies’s 200m particular person medley at Paris 2024 Olympics for Girls’s 200m Ind. Medley Victory Ceremony at Paris La Protection Area, Nanterre, France on August 3, 2024. — Reuters
Canadian three-times Olympic champion Summer time McIntosh set a world report within the ladies’s 400 metres freestyle on the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday.
The 18-year-old clocked 3:54.18 to higher Australian Ariarne Titmus’ mark of three:55.38 set on the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
“Going into tonight, I knew that my training has been really good these past few months, and I knew that I could do something special,” McIntosh advised public broadcaster CBC.
“So being able to input my training in doing that — I didn’t think my training would be 54.1 but I’m really happy with that.”
On the Paris Olympics, McIntosh grew to become the primary athlete from Canada to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Video games.
In Paris, the four-times World Aquatics champion gained gold within the 400 metres particular person medley, 200 butterfly and 200 particular person medley, in addition to taking silver within the 400 freestyle.
However issues felt totally different on the Canada trials.
“I just felt so strong throughout, and that’s never been the case in the 400 freestyle for me. That last 100, I’m always really, really hurting.
“However I flipped on the 200 and I used to be simply cruising, so I knew that I used to be having a robust swim. I may inform by the group and knew the way in which they had been cheering that I used to be in all probability near the world report.
“So I really tried to push that last part for them.”
