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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Summer McIntosh to change coaches to Bob Bowman
Triple Olympic gold medalist Summer McIntosh of Canada will start training under a new swim coach, Bob Bowman, moving to Austin, Texas, after this summer's World Championships. "I know I can fully trust Bob and trust his training, and I know I'm going into an amazing training group," McIntosh told CBC Sports. "But I also think there's unknowns when it comes to what that's going to do with my racing and my potential. I think the sky's the limit with him. I know he's going to make me reach my full capacity and potential." Advertisement Bowman was Michael Phelps' career-long coach and coached France's Léon Marchand to four individual golds at the Paris Olympics. McIntosh's three Olympic golds in 2024 came in events that Phelps and Marchand also swam — the 200m and 400m individual medleys and the 200m butterfly. 'Bob having someone like the greatest of all time swimmer Michael Phelps, being able to do all those events is definitely an attraction, and along with Léon as well,' McIntosh, who has a cat named "Mikey" after Phelps, said in February. McIntosh, 18, previously said that this would be her final season in Sarasota, Florida, under Brent Arckey, her full-time coach for the last two and a half years. She also recently trained in France under coach Fred Vergnoux, who will be with her through worlds in Singapore in July and August. Advertisement She is leaving Arckey amicably, seeking to continue her personal and professional development while factoring in academics but not swimming in the NCAA. McIntosh and Arckey gave a joint interview in February to discuss her decision and reflect on their success together. McIntosh said in February that she had reached out to Bowman, the University of Texas head coach who also coaches pro swimmers in Austin. While McIntosh won't swim in the NCAA, she does plan to start taking college classes next year, whether that's in person at Texas or elsewhere online. McIntosh, who swam four individual events at the 2023 Worlds and the 2024 Olympics, repeated that she plans to race five individual events at the 2025 Worlds: the 200m and 400m individual medleys, the 200m butterfly, the 400m freestyle and one of the 200m backstroke, 200m free or 800m free. If she chooses the 800m free, it could add another showdown with Katie Ledecky, the four-time reigning Olympic gold medalist in the event. Advertisement In February 2024, McIntosh became the first swimmer to beat Ledecky in an 800m free final since 2010. Ledecky and McIntosh are the two fastest women in history in the event. McIntosh did not swim the 800m free at the Paris Games. Katie Ledecky Katie Ledecky rides world record wave into Toyota U.S. Swimming Championships Katie Ledecky had one of the best meets of her career at her last meet before the U.S. Championships.
NBC Sports
28-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Summer McIntosh eyes 5 individual events at swimming worlds, then a move
Triple Olympic gold medalist Summer McIntosh wants to swim five individual events at this summer's world championships and at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, plus plans to move to a new training base in between. McIntosh, an 18-year-old Canadian, said this will be her final season in Sarasota, Florida, under Brent Arckey, her full-time coach for the last two and a half years. 'Coach Brent has really pushed me to be the best swimmer I can be, and I'll forever cherish my years here.' she said. 'It's been a great run.' She is leaving amicably, seeking to continue her personal and professional development while factoring in academics but not swimming in the NCAA. McIntosh and Arckey gave a joint interview to CBC Sports to discuss her decision and reflect on their success together. Arckey said he had mixed emotions. 'This is what we do here; everybody goes onto another step,' he said. 'I'm happy to usher her into the next part of her career. Glad I've been a part of it, and I will always be a part of it, however she wants me to be a part of it, in the years to come. I'm proud of her. I'm proud of what we've done. I'll obviously be sad to see her go. But at the same time, part of what I do as a developmental coach is encourage these kids to get out of the nest, too.' She has already reached out to Bob Bowman, the University of Texas head coach who also coaches pro swimmers in Austin. Bowman was Michael Phelps' career-long coach and coached France's Léon Marchand to four individual golds at the Paris Olympics. McIntosh hasn't decided yet where she will move, but she does plan to visit Bowman. McIntosh's three Olympic golds came in events that Phelps and Marchand also swam — the 200m and 400m individual medleys and the 200m butterfly. 'Bob having someone like the greatest of all time swimmer Michael Phelps, being able to do all those events is definitely an attraction, and along with Leon as well,' she told CBC Sports. McIntosh swam four individual events at the Paris Olympics and at the 2023 Worlds. She said she wants to swim five individual events at a major international meet for the first time at this summer's worlds in Singapore, then do it again at the 2028 LA Olympics. That could mean adding the 800m freestyle. McIntosh is the second-fastest woman in history in the event, but has never raced at a major meet. Last February, McIntosh became the first swimmer to defeat Katie Ledecky in an 800m free final in 14 years. McIntosh then swam 8:09.86 earlier this month, a time that would have won the 2024 Olympic 800m free by 1.18 seconds over Ledecky. 'Definitely not my favorite event, but I am good at it, so maybe I'll grow to like it again,' she said in the CBC Sports interview. 'At worlds I definitely want to be doing five individual events. What that looks like, I don't know exactly yet.' She also doesn't know what her 2028 Olympic swimming program could look like. 'But for LA, definitely doing five individual events is a long-term goal of mine for sure,' she said. Nick Zaccardi,
