McIntosh pulls away for 200m IM gold at worlds
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Forbes
19 hours ago
- Forbes
Worlds Day 5: Summer McIntosh Wins Third Consecutive Medal With A Record
Summer McIntosh is only two medals away from matching Michael Phelps' record. On the fifth day in Singapore, McIntosh claimed her third individual world title of the meet, winning the 200 fly. Closing in on the oldest record in women's swimming, the Canadian swimming star posted an impressive time of 2:01.99. Her performance was about 0.18 seconds off of the super-suited world record (2:01.81) set by China's Liu Zige in 2009. "Going into tonight, my coach and I, our big goal was to break that world record," McIntosh stated as she opened up about training for the event. According to the 18-year-old, she "messed up" during the final lap of the race, which led to her missing the record by "a little." McIntosh's first performance under the 2:02 sub still helped her set a new personal best, surpassing the championship record of 2:03.41 set by Australia's Jessicah Schipper at the 2009 World Championships. She is also now the second-fastest swimmer in the category, besting her previous Canadian record set at trials in June. "Happy with the time and the PB (personal best), but I didn't reach my goal tonight. Happy with the gold, happy with the win and just going to keep pushing forward." McIntosh was followed by 200 fly Olympic silver medalist Regan Smith in 2:04.99. The American record holder in the fly is currently the only swimmer to enter the 2:05 sub alongside McIntosh. Australia's Elizabeth Dekkers claimed bronze in 2:06.12 after fighting hard in the final laps against 12-year-old Chinese swimmer Yu Zidi, who missed out on a podium finish in 2:06.43 After winning the 400 free and 200 IM, this performance helped McIntosh claim her third consecutive individual win, achieving more than half of her main aim from the eight-day event. The 18-year-old is inching closer to winning five individual gold medals at Worlds, a feat only achieved by Michael Phelps so far. Tomorrow, she will compete in the most challenging race of her schedule, the 800 free. She will gear up to again face world record holder Katie Ledecky, who holds the most top times in the free event and has posted consistent outings throughout the season. Notably, McIntosh, who will be participating in her first 800 free at a world stage, is the second fastest swimmer in the category, behind Ledecky. At the 2025 Canadian trials, McIntosh qualified for the event with the third-fastest time ever and shattered the Canadian record in the process. 'Heading into the 800 tomorrow and of course the 4 IM (400m individual medley) on the last day, I'm going to be really excited for it.' Summer McIntosh stated in the post-race interview.
Atlantic
21 hours ago
- Atlantic
Scenes From the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
More than 2,500 athletes from more than 200 nations traveled to Singapore over the past few weeks to compete in 77 events across six different aquatic sports. July 31, 2025, 10:42 AM ET Timo Barthel of Germany competes in the men's 3m springboard-diving preliminaries at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 31, 2025. Greece's Dimitrios Skoumpakis attempts a shot at goal during the men's water-polo semifinal at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 22, 2025. Open-water swimmers dive into the water at the start of the mixed 4x1500m race at Sentosa Island, Singapore, on July 20, 2025. Switzerland's Jean-David Duval dives during the men's 27m high-dive semifinals on Sentosa Island on July 25, 2025. Canada's Kylie Masse swims in the women's 50m backstroke semifinals on July 30, 2025. Hannes Daube of Team United States and Lorenzo Bruni of Team Italy wrestle in the Classification 7th–8th Place match for men's water polo on day 14 of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. Team China competes in the Team Technical Preliminaries on day 11 of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on July 21, 2025. Zoi Karangelou of Greece competes in the Women's Solo Free preliminary of artistic swimming on July 20, 2025. Gold medalists Mayya Gurbanberdieva and Aleksandr Maltsev of Team Neutral Athletes B pose on the podium during the Mixed Duet Technical Final medal ceremony on July 23, 2025. Shu Ohkubo and Rikuto Tamai of Team Japan compete in the men's 10m synchronized-diving final on Day 19. Team Croatia gets into position prior to a preliminary-round match against Team Montenegro in men's water polo at the OCBC Aquatic Center on July 14, 2025. Francois-Xavier Marit / AFP / Getty Team Neutral Athletes competes in the final of the Team Free artistic-swimming event on July 20, 2025. Nicholas Sloman of Team Australia warms up ahead of the men's 3km knockout sprint heat on day nine of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. The Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh reacts after competing in a semifinal of the women's 200m butterfly on July 30, 2025. Team Japan competes in the Team Technical Final on day 12, at the World Aquatics Championships Arena in Singapore. Team Spain competes in the Team Free Final on day 10. Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 1500m freestyle final on July 29, 2025. Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Alejandra Estudillo Torres of Mexico compete in the women's 10m synchronized-diving preliminaries on July 28, 2025. Osmar Olvera Ibarra of Team Mexico reacts after a dive during the men's 3m springboard preliminaries on day 21. Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / Getty The Team USA swimmer Kate Douglass competes in the final of the women's 100m breaststroke on July 29, 2025. Melvin Imoudu of Team Germany competes in the men's 50m breaststroke heats on day 19. Francois-Xavier Marit / AFP / Getty The Team China divers Cheng Zilong and Zhu Zifeng compete in the final of the men's 10m platform synchronized-diving event on July 29, 2025. Team Spain performs during the Team Acrobatic Artistic Swimming Final at the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships on July 25, 2025. Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
World Aquatics Championships 2025: Summer McIntosh wins third gold; Leon Marchand falls short of own world record
Canada's Summer McIntosh continued her push to become the first woman to ever win five gold medals in a single swimming world championships after dominating the 200-meter butterfly Thursday in Singapore. It was McIntosh's third gold of the week. Her 2:01.99 was the second-fastest women's 200 butterfly ever and set a Canadian record. McIntosh missed out on the world record by 0.18 seconds. After the race, she actually expressed some frustration she didn't break the world record. She later added that one breath proved to be the difference. McIntosh did break the record for fastest 200m butterfly at the World Championships, so she did make some history. But Zige Liu still holds the world record with a time of 2:01.81. Regan Smith of the United States finished second in 2:04.99, a full three seconds behind McIntosh. Leon Marchand continues dominant run French star Leon Marchand won the men's 200 individual medley finals but fell short of the world record he set a day earlier. Marchand broke Ryan Lochte's 2011 world record in Wednesday's semifinals with a 1:52.69. In the final, Marchand went 1:53.68 — which was also faster than Lochte's previous WR of 1:54.00 — to beat American Shaine Casas' 1:54.30. Casas' time was the third-fastest ever by an American male in the 200 IM, trailing only Lochte and Michael Phelps. American Katharine Berkoff wins women's 50m backstroke Katharine Berkoff has won medals at the World Championships before, but never managed a gold in an individual event. That changed Thursday, as Berkoff picked up the win in the women's 50m backstroke. It was an impressive performance for Berkoff, who posted a time of 27.08 to win the gold. American Regan Smith finished second in the event, posting a time of 27.25. Jack Alexy finishes second in 100m freestyle Romania's David Popovici picked up a win over Jack Alexy in the men's 100m freestyle. Popovici broke his own European record in the win, swimming a 46.51 to take gold. It was the second-fastest swim in men's 100m freestyle. Alexy, who set an American record during prelims Wednesday, finished second with a 46.92, just slightly slower than his record from Wednesday's action. Team USA pulls out of more events Things seemed to be improving after multiple Team USA swimmers pulled out of events early at the World Championships due to acute gastroenteritis. After a few days without issues — and a few gold-medal wins — a number of U.S. athletes pulled out of events Thursday. Gretchen Walsh pulled out of the 100m freestyle and Josh Matheny pulled out of the 200m breaststroke. A few hours later, USA Swimming announced Carson Foster would not swim in the 200m individual medley. It's unclear if that trio is dealing with the illness sweeping through the World Championships or if there are other reasons for their absence Thursday. This story will be updated.
