Summer McIntosh celebrates after breaking the World Record in the women's 400m IM at the Canadian Olympic Swim Trials in Toronto on May 16, 2024..In what has been a dominant week for 17-year-old from Toronto , McIntosh also won the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, and 400m individual medley at the trials, in which the top two swimmers in each event make the Canadian roster, provided they meet the Olympic qualifying time.
During each of those performances, McIntosh solidified her position as Canada’s top medal hope at the pool.McIntosh holds the Canadian record in the 200m butterfly, at 2:04.06, a few seconds behind the world record of 2:01.81, set by Zige Liu of China in 2009. On Thursday, McIntosh smashed her own world record as she won the 400m medley, indicating she is in top form with a little over two months to go until the Paris Olympics get under way.
The men’s 200 medley saw Okotoks, Alta.’s Finlay Knox set a new Canadian record, winning in 1:56.07 seconds. Tristan Jankovics took second place in 1:59.32, missing the Olympic qualifying time of 1:57.94. In the men’s 50m freestyle, Josh Liendo of Toronto also set a new Canadian record, winning in a time of 21.48 and booking another spot in Paris. Second-place finisher Yuri Kisil narrowly missed the Olympic qualifying time of 21.96. Kisil finished in 22.01.
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