‘Something special': McIntosh's stunning run continues with second world record in three days
Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh's breathtaking run has continued in the pool with a second world record in three days.
Just two days after the 18-year-old took down Australian star Ariarne Titmus' 400m freestyle world record, McIntosh smashed Katinka Hosszu's 200m individual medley world record that had stood for a decade, becoming the first female to go under two minutes and six seconds in the four-lap event.
McIntosh, swimming at the Canadian trials ahead of next month's world championships in Singapore, slashed 0.86 seconds off her lifetime best to record a time of 2:05.70 in front of an ecstatic home crowd.
'Overall really happy with that time,' McIntosh said. 'Always keep trying to push forward. It gives me a lot of confidence heading into Singapore.'
McIntosh also told CBC: 'I knew going into trials I could do something special. There's definitely a lot more I can achieve here. I'm motivated to put some good times down.'
McIntosh is now the world record holder in three individual events; the 400m freestyle, 200m individual medley and 400m individual medley.
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom is the only other woman to hold three individual longcourse swimming records (50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly).
Earlier in the week, McIntosh almost broke Katie Ledecky's 800m freestyle world record, coming within 0.95 seconds of the American legend's personal best of 8:04.12.
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