Canadian swimming teen Summer McIntosh shatters 400 metres freestyle record
Canadian three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh set a world record in the women's 400 metres freestyle at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday.
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The 18-year-old clocked 3 minutes 54.18 seconds to better Australian Ariarne Titmus' mark of 3:55.38 set at 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 told 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.'
At the Paris Olympics, McIntosh became the first athlete from Canada to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
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