Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh, 16, broke the 400m freestyle world record held by Australia’s Ariarne Titmus on Tuesday in Toronto.
The 200m butterfly and 4×400 world champion set the new best time in the distance in 03.56.08 minutes, 32 hundredths ahead of the mark set by Titmus at the Australian Championships (3.56.40), on May 22, 2022 , in the Canadian trials for the 2023 Swimming World Championships.
“It’s absolutely incredible,” McIntosh admitted, in the mixed zone of the competition, before breaking down in tears and venting: “I’m not an emotional person, but there were a lot of emotions and now it’s pure euphoria.”
The Canadian is runner-up in the 400-meter freestyle world, after finishing second in Budapest last year, behind the American Katie Ledecky, who held the distance record since the Rio 2016 Games and for six years (03.56, 46). , until Titmus beat him. in 2021.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, McIntosh was the youngest member of the Canadian delegation, having placed fourth in the 400-meter freestyle final.
In the event that selects Canadian swimmers for the next World Championships, to be held in Fukuoka, Japan, between July 14 and 30, the young swimmer will also compete in the qualifiers in the 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 4×200 and 4×400. .
Source: TSF
