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Time of India
2 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh smashes decade-old 200m medley world record; sets second world record in meet
File photo of Summer Mcintosh of Team Canada during the World Aquatics Swimming Championships 2024 at Duna Arena on December 15, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. (Getty Images) Montreal: Summer McIntosh smashed the decade-old world record in the women's 200m individual medley on Monday, touching the wall in 2min 05.70sec for her second record at the Canadian swimming trials. The 18-year-old eclipsed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu's mark of 2:06.12 set at the 2015 World Championships to become the first woman to duck under 2:06. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! It was triple Olympic gold medallist McIntosh's second world record of the meet following her 400m freestyle world record on Saturday. The gifted Canadian teenager had also impressed during Sunday's victory in the 800m freestyle, clocking the third-fastest time in history in an event not typically regarded as her strongest. Yet McIntosh showed no signs of fatigue with another dazzling performance to delight the crowd in British Columbia on Monday. "Overall really happy with that time and always just trying to keep pushing forward," McIntosh said after her record-breaking display. "It's awesome. 200IM is my main race out of my top five or six races where I really have to execute perfectly. "There's no room for mistakes and it's kind of a sprint event for me, so I'm really happy with that. It gives me a lot of confidence heading into Singapore," added McIntosh, referring to next month's World Championships. Asked how she had prepared herself for Monday's effort after a gruelling weekend, she added: "Just recovering, sleeping as much as possible and eating a lot. "And also mentally calming myself down and taking it one race at a time. "I've had a lot of practice at that these past few years." McIntosh laid the foundations for her assault on the record with flawless opening sections in the butterfly and backstroke before an improved breaststroke -- her weakest discipline -- left her on world record pace. From there she turned on the after-burners in the closing freestyle to obliterate Hosszu's record. Mary-Sophie Harvey trailed in second in 2:08.78 with Ashley McMillan third in 2:12.08.
Forbes
30-03-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Jordan Crooks Wraps Up NCAA Championships With New Records
Jordan Crooks of Cayman Islands celebrates after competing in the 50m Freestyle Men Heats during the ... More short course World Aquatics Swimming Championships 2024 at Duna Arena. Budapest (Hungary), December 14th, 2024 Jordan Crooks won his heat with a new world record time. (Photo by Andrea Masini/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) Jordan Crooks successfully concluded his NCAA career by setting new records on the final day of the 2025 Men's Division I NCAA Championships. During the prelims session of the men's 100 free, Crooks posted a time of 39.83 seconds to qualify for the final event. The 22-year-old's performance helped him take down Caeleb Dressel's record of 39.90 set in 2018. He is now the second person to break the 40-second barrier in the 100-yard free. This is certainly not the first time Crooks has challenged Dressel's enduring records. In the 2024 SC Championships, Crooks broke Dressel's 20.16 record by touching the wall in 19.90 seconds during the 50 free semi-finals. Crooks' time has helped him become the first man to break the 20-second mark. Notably, something Dressel remained shy of despite his multiple attempts in 2020 while wearing the fastest swimsuit in an unofficial meet. Fast forward to 2025, on the second day of the men's NCAA championships, in the quest to claim his second individual national title, Crooks posted a time of 17.91 in 50 free. Despite Dressel's NCAA record continuing to stand, Crooks became the second swimmer, alongside the nine-time Olympic gold medalist, to split below 18 seconds at the NCAA championships. However, on the fourth day of the event, Crooks, who had previously struggled to drop time despite performing well in the heat rounds, caught up with him again. During the 100 free finals, he managed to touch the wall in 40.06. But Florida's Josh Liendo, his longtime rival, beat him by 0.07 seconds to achieve a three-peat in the event in 39.99. Interestingly, despite failing to claim his third individual national title, Crooks still managed to seal his NCAA career legacy with a victory in the last meet of the championships. In the 400 free relay, Crooks anchored the Tennessee Vols to claim a record-breaking win with the fastest 100 free split in history. He posted a time of 39.36 to take down the previous record of 39.52 set by him in February. With this performance, Crooks now holds four finishes under the 40-second mark. As Gui Caribe led a split of 40.57, followed by Lamar Taylor and Nikoli Blackman's efforts, Crooks anchored Tennessee to claim another national title in 2:42.30. Following this, the Vols managed to break their own NCAA and U.S. Open record of 2:42.41 set by the same squad at the SEC Championships in February. They also took down the meet record of 2:43.40 set by Arizona State in 2024. 'I couldn't have asked for a better relay to go out on,' Jordan Crooks said. 'We came together, four guys from different walks of life, and we just made it work.'
