Summer McIntosh reacts after taking part in the women's 400-metre individual medley at the Canadian Olympic Swim Trials in Toronto on Thursday May 16, 2024. McIntosh has broken her own world record in the women's 400-metre individual medley with a time of four minutes 24.38 seconds at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials.
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TORONTO – Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh has broken her own world record in the women’s 400-metre individual medley with a time of four minutes 24.38 seconds at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials.
Her time eclipsed her previous record of 4:25.87 from the 2023 Canadian trials in Toronto.
The 17-year-old McIntosh, from Toronto, is the two-time defending world champion in the event.
The win is McIntosh’s third of the Olympic trials.
She was dominant in her 400-metre freestyle victory on Monday and followed it up a night later with a comfortable win in the 200 free.
McIntosh will appear in her second Olympics this summer in Paris after turning heads as a 14-year-old at the Tokyo Games.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2024.
