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-metre 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 time of 1:52.85 on the way to gold, while fellow Australian Ariarne Titmus took silver in 1:53.01.
McIntosh also secured a spot in Thursday’s women’s 200 butterfly final, swimming to a time of 2:06.85 in Wednesday’s semifinals.
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.
O’Callaghan broke the performance-enhancing bodysuit era mark of 1:52.98 set by Italian Federica Pellegrini at the 2009 worlds in Rome.
“I’m absolutely excited. I was not expecting that at all entering this. I just wanted to have fun and just give it a crack. I was really nervous leading up to this because I didn’t know how I was going to race,” O’Callaghan told Channel Nine.
“The lead-up to this has been so up and down like a roller-coaster, just with injury and then coming off trials and all that. Just to do that, I just think is incredible and I’m excited for what else I can do.”
WATCH | McIntosh: ‘I knew it was going to be a tough race, close’
Summer McIntosh post race reaction to winning 200 metre bronze medal, and setting new world junior record at world aquatic championships.
Kharun sets Canadian record
Montreal’s Ilya Kharun finished fifth in the men’s 200 butterfly final, breaking his own 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). Marchand earlier posted a world record in the 400 individual medley at these championships.
In the women’s 50 backstroke semis, Canadians Kylie Masse and Ingrid Wilm advanced to the final after competing in the same heat.
Masse, of LaSalle, Ont., finished second in with a time of 27.49, while Calgary’s Wilm finished fourth in 27.71.
WATCH | Masse, Wilm advance to final:
Kylie Masse and Ingrid Wilm both advanced to the 50 metre final with convincing swims in semifinal action Wednesday at world aquatic championships.
China’s Qin Haiyang also added another gold to his tally at the meet in the men’s 50 breaststroke after securing the title over 100 earlier in the week.
The 24-year-old had gone quickest with a new Asian best of 26.20 seconds in the preliminary event and came home in 26.29 in the final to edge American Nic Fink who was 30-100ths slower. China’s Sun Jiajun rounded off the podium in 26.79.
Britain’s triple Olympic champion Adam Peaty, who holds the world record of 25.95 in the event, skipped the meet for mental health reasons after also missing the previous edition with a fractured bone in his foot.
Live coverage of Wednesday’s swimming finals continues on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and on CBC Gem.
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