Toronto’s Summer McIntosh sets another world record at short-course championships

BUDAPEST — Summer season McIntosh has set one more world document.

The Toronto native received gold within the ladies’s 400-metre medley on the World Brief Course Swimming Championships on Saturday. She completed in 4 minutes, 15.48 seconds, practically 5 seconds forward of the subsequent swimmer.

It’s McIntosh’s third gold medal and the third document she has set on the World Brief Course Swimming Championships this week.

“It was tremendous surreal. The group was additional energetic tonight,” mentioned McIntosh after 4 different data have been set earlier within the day. “There’s much more folks within the stands so feeding off that power going into the ultimate was a extremely enjoyable technique to do it. 

“I knew it was going to be one of many hardest world data to interrupt.” 

The 18-year-old McIntosh smashed the earlier 400-metre medley mark of 4:18.94 set by Spain’s Mireia Belmonte in August 2017. 

“To go 4:15 was positively not in my wildest goals, so total I’m fairly proud of that,” she mentioned.

McIntosh lowered the world requirements within the 400 freestyle and 200 butterfly early within the week. With three world document swims this meet and 6 in her profession, she turns her focus to the 200 backstroke — a brand new addition to her worldwide program — as motion wraps up Sunday.

Katie Grimes of the US earned silver (4:20.14) and Nice Britain’s Abbie Wooden (4:24.34) took bronze within the 400-metre medley.

Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivières, Que., completed fourth in 4:26.09.

Harvey anchored Canada’s blended 4x100m medley relay group because it earned bronze. She touched the wall in 3:31.97 to earn a third-place end with Calgary’s Ingrid Wilm, Montreal’s Ilya Kharun, and Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alta.

“It’s been a extremely confidence-building occasion and I can’t wait to see how the remainder of the 12 months goes,” mentioned Wilm.

The Impartial Athletes B group (3:30.47) received gold, whereas the US (3:30.55) took silver.