Summer McIntosh breaks third world record in 5 days, matches Michael Phelps' feat
The 18-year-old Toronto native set her third world record in five days while swimming the 400-meter individual medley in 4:23.65 on Wednesday. It beat her previous record of 4:24.38 set at the 2024 Canadian Olympic Trials.
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'(The) 400 IM is the race I've come close to mastering for myself,' McIntosh told CBC. 'So going into tonight, I knew it would take an extra little push if I wanted to lower, or, go a best time I'd like to say, since I hold the world record. … I mean, overall, happy with the time, but I know I can go faster. The faster I swim, the happier I am.'
Earlier in the trials, McIntosh began her streak by setting a record in the 400-meter freestyle on Saturday and in the 200-meter individual medley on Monday.
She finished the 400m freestyle in 3:54.18, winning by more than 13 seconds. McIntosh took more than a second off the previous record of 3:55.38 set by Ariarne Titmus of Australia in 2023.
Two days later, McIntosh swam the 200m medley in 2:05.70 and broke the record of 2:06.12 set by Katinka Hosszú of Hungary in 2015. With her impressive time, McIntosh became the first female swimmer to finish the event under 2:06.
Her performance at this year's trials in Victoria, British Columbia, put McIntosh in elite company with Michael Phelps, who was the last person to break a world record in three individual events at one meet, doing so at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Additionally, McIntosh had her record-setting week at the Saanich Commonwealth Place pool, the same venue where Phelps set three world records at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships.
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Phelps competed in five Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) and racked up 23 gold medals, three silvers and two bronzes while dominating everyone else in the pool.
McIntosh already has three Olympic golds and one silver after competing for Canada in the 2024 Paris Games. She also participated in the 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021 at age 14, making her the youngest member of the Canadian team. McIntosh did not medal in Tokyo.
The swimming sensation turns 19 on Aug. 18, and at such a young age, she could potentially compete in three more Olympic Games and match Phelps' five.
McIntosh now turns her attention to training for the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to Aug. 3.
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