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The Province
3 hours ago
- The Province
Summer McIntosh wins first gold medal at worlds in her quest for five
Published Jul 27, 2025 • Last updated 11 hours ago • 4 minute read From left to right: Silver medallist China's swimmer Li Bingjie, gold medallist Canada's swimmer Summer Mcintosh, and bronze medallist U.S.' swimmer Katie Ledecky celebrate on the podium of the women's 400m freestyle swimming event during the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on July 27, 2025. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP via Getty Images SINGAPORE — For Summer McIntosh of Canada, it's one gold medal won at the swimming world championships with four to go. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors McIntosh is aiming to win five gold medals in individual events at the worlds in Singapore, and the first one came Sunday in the 400-metre freestyle on the first of eight days in the pool. Only legendary American Michael Phelps has ever won five individual medals in the worlds. He also did it at the Olympics. McIntosh won but did not break her own world record, winning in 3 minutes, 56.26 seconds. Li Bingjie of China took silver (3:58.21) with a late charge to leave American Katie Ledecky (3:58.49) with bronze. A year ago in the Olympics, Ledecky also took bronze in the 400. McIntosh was the silver medalist with gold for Australian Ariarne Titmus of Australia. Titmus is taking a year off and did not swim and has since lost her world record in the event to McIntosh. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. For Ledecky, a nine-time Olympic gold medalist, it was her 27th medal in the world championships in an astonishing career. She won her first Olympic gold in 2012 in London, and then started adding world championship medals beginning in Barcelona in 2013. About 25 minutes after winning the 400, McIntosh came back and qualified first in the 200 individual medley, clocking 2:07.39. American Alex Walsh was second in 2:08.49. That final is Monday. 'I've never done a double like that,' McIntosh said. 'I think the 400 free, at past world championships and Olympics, I haven't been at my best. And I haven't been where I wanted to be. So, to finally stand in the centre of the podium is promising for the rest of the meet.' The Canadian added: I think I'm at my best. I'm in the best shape of my life. So now I just have to act on that and put it into all my races.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The shock of the first day might have been Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi, who was the seventh fastest in qualifying and will swim in the final. Asked her reaction, she replied: 'Oh, I'm in,' unaware she had advanced. 'I will continue to work harder,' she added. 'I hope to find a breakthrough at these world championships and show my potential.' Asked for her reaction to the competition, she added. 'You can feel it's quite intense. I try not to think so much and just give it my all.' The 200 IM might not even be her best event with the Chinese likely quicker in the 400 IM and the 200 butterfly. Meanwhile, the United States is swimming with what appears to be a weakened team after officials acknowledged Sunday that some members of the team had come down with 'acute gastroenteritis' at a training camp in Thailand prior to arriving in Singapore. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Nikki Warner, a spokeswoman for USA Swimming, would not say how many fell ill in Thailand. She cited health confidentiality rules. She said all American swimmers had traveled to Singapore. In the other early individual final Sunday, Lukas Martens of Germany won the men's 400 free in 3:42.35, edging Sam Short of Australia who was .02 behind. Bronze went to Kim Woomin of South Korea in 3:42.60. Martens is the defending Olympic champion and also holds the world record of 3:39.96. McIntosh, who won three gold medals a year ago at the Paris Olympics, holds the world record in the 400 free — 3:54.18. She will face off again with Ledecky in the 800 free later in the meet, probably the most anticipated race in Singapore. Though she holds the 400 free world record, McIntosh had failed to win gold in the event in the Olympics or previous world championships. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. McIntosh will also be after gold in the 200- and 400-individual medleys, and the 200 butterfly. Famed Olympian Michael Phelps is the only swimmer to have won five individual gold medals at a world championships. The other two gold medals Sunday were in the relays. The United States was the favourite in both and failed to win either. The Australian women took gold just ahead of the United States in the 4×100 freestyle relay. The Aussies clocked 3:30.60 with 3:31.04 for the US. The Netherlands took bronze in 3:33.89. On the men's side in the 4×100, Australia also took gold in 3:08.97. Italy took silver in 3:09.58 with bronze for the United States in 3:09.64. There were three other semifinal results on Sunday. Qin Haiyang of China took the 200 breaststroke in 58.24 with Paris Olympic champion Nicolo Martinenghi second in 58.62. The Italian was initially disqualified for moving on the blocks, but was later reinstated on appeal. Gretchen Walsh of the United States and Roos Vanotterdijk of Belgium tied in the 100 butterfly in 56.07, and Maxime Grousset of France took the men's 50 fly in 22.61. Check out our sports section for the latest news and analysis. Vancouver Canucks Sports Vancouver Whitecaps News BC Lions
The Province
7 hours ago
- The Province
Tennis: Vernon's Vasek Pospisil bounced in final NBO appearance, calls it a career
Pospisil wrote on X before his match: "Eighteen years of professional tennis. Looking forward to playing in front of you one last time Toronto." Published Jul 27, 2025 • 2 minute read File photo: Vasek Pospisil at the Odlum Brown VanOpen in 2022 Photo by Joe Ng TORONTO — The Toronto Farewell Tour was short-lived. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Veteran tennis player Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, who announced last week that the National Bank Open in Toronto would be his final hurrah on the pro circuit, was eliminated Sunday in the first round of men's singles by qualifier Facundo Bagnis of Argentina at Sobeys Stadium. Bagnis won the best-of-three match on centre court 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in one hour, 57 minutes. Pospisil wrote on X before his match: 'Eighteen years of professional tennis. Looking forward to playing in front of you one last time Toronto.' The 35-year-old Pospisil had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Against Bagnis, Pospsil had 17 winners, 39 unforced errors, six aces and five double faults. The winner had 20 winners, 25 unforced errors, 11 aces and two double faults. Meanwhile, 18-year-old wild-card entry Nicolas Arseneault of Richmond Hill, Ont., knocked off 24-year-old qualifier Valentin Royer of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) in one hour, 45 minutes on the grandstand court at Sobeys Stadium. Royer had more winners (21-14) than Arseneault, but had more unforced errors (48-23). The Canadian had five aces, four double faults, a first serve percentage of 68, and won five of 11 break points. Royer had three aces, six double faults, a first serve percentage of 61 and only won four of nine break points. Arseneault will next play 18th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Sydney, Australia. In other action on Sunday, the world's 48th-ranked Gael Monfils of France lost to qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera of Chile 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3), while 80th-ranked Roman Safiullin of Russia lost his first set 6-4 to qualifier Ugo Blanchet of France, but bounced back with 6-2, 7-6 (9) wins. The 84th-ranked Adam Walton of Australia lost his first set 6-4 to Benjamin Bonzi of France but bounced back with 6-0, 6-3 victories. Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Whitecaps News BC Lions Sports
The Province
13 hours ago
- The Province
Sexual assault victim speaking to junior hockey players would be best education
'We have a war on toxic masculinity. There's a difference between being a man and an asshole. Being a man is treating women with respect, being accountable and still playing hockey.' — Corey Hirsch Get the latest from Ben Kuzma straight to your inbox Ben Kuzma Published Jul 27, 2025 • 5 minute read Former Vancouver Canucks goaltender Corey Hirsch speaks to WHL players in Kamloops on Sept. 14, 2022 about proper deportment on and off the ice. jpg It's a tough ask for a tough subject, but it could have a lasting effect. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Suggesting a sexual assault victim address young and impressionable junior hockey players, who can easily be led astray by older teammates in an atmosphere that could promote bad behaviour, isn't easy. It's reopening an old wound and relieving a nightmare, but it could also be key to help promote proper behaviour. When an Ontario judge acquitted five members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team Thursday in their sexual assault case — stressing the complainant's allegations lacked credibility — you wonder if the shock of those players going to trial will actually change hockey culture. It should. But will it? Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia said in her summation that prosecutors could not meet the onus of proof for charges against Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Cal Foote. The players pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in an encounter in a London, Ont., hotel room in early hours of June 19, 2018. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. And now, we're left to wonder what will come of all this? A wake-up call? Or nothing at all? 'The concern is that the community will see this decision, and they'll say hockey culture doesn't need to change, because these guys did nothing wrong,' Greg Gilhooly, a lawyer and survivor of sexual abuse by hockey coach Graham James, told TSN. Former Vancouver Canucks goaltender Corey Hirsch rode the junior hockey bus with Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. He has long been a mental-health advocate and has educated players and the populace about the pitfalls of not reaching out for help, or ignoring warning signs that something isn't right. On a personal level, Hirsch has struggled with mental-health issues, including an acute obsessive-compulsion disorder, but this lack of respect for women is different and disturbing. And even before Carroccia's ruling, he knew for a long time that junior hockey's culture was corroded. Even though his experience was good. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I played in a great Kamloops organization that focused on hockey and creating good people,' he stressed. 'We had curfew calls and monitored pretty heavily. They took care of us and made sure we were good players and citizens.' It's why the Hockey Canada trial was a reminder that players do fall through the cracks. Corey Hirsch is a mental health advocate who has concerns about the culture in junior hockey and how it can lead young players astray. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG 'This isn't a one-off,' Hirsch told Postmedia. 'This is junior hockey and a life-in-general thing. Have a sexual-assault victim come in and talk to these hockey kids and let them know exactly what it is, what it has done to them as a human being. That should be mandatory training. 'There are a lot of women who are terrified to do that, to show that this is what it did to my life, but it's the education. It's like me talking about my mental health. Let them see what happens when you don't ask for help. I almost ended up dead. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'It's one thing to have a psychiatrist come in and say: 'This is what it does to people.' Bring in a victim. Then we'll see change.' The WHL has a personal conduct policy that applies to players and employees and is broad in nature. Here's a excerpt: 'A policy and rules promoting lawful, ethical and responsible conduct serve the interests of the WHL, its players and fans. Illegal, unethical or irresponsible conduct does more than simply tarnish the offender, his or her family and team. it may also damage the reputation of others involved in the game, and it undermines public respect and support for the WHL. 'Individuals who fail to live up to this standard of are subject to discipline, regardless of whether or not the conduct results in a criminal or quasi-criminal conviction. Discipline may be imposed by the WHL in any of the following circumstances: 'Criminal offences including, but not limited to, those involving the use or threat of violence, other forms of harassment or abuse, theft and other property crimes, sex offences, obstruction or resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Hirsch was appointed to Hockey Canada's board of directors in November of 2023 and served a one-year term to help the troubled organization regain respect, credibility and wellness. He was fortunate to play for a model WHL franchise in Kamloops that kept player deportment at top of its priorities. That's easier in a hockey-mad city where everyone knows your name and game. However, Hirsch also knows that young players riding on a bus with older players for as many as eight or nine hours to the next game are affected by what veterans have experienced on and off the ice. They talk about it. They boast about it. And having a 'good story' to tell is often part of that boorish bravado. 'Older players are college students and adults and experimenting with whatever and younger players are listening to college-age people talk about sex and life,' said Hirsch. 'It's like the cycle of abuse. You emulate what you learn. For me, there's no reason for a 16-year-old to be in junior hockey and playing with adults. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'You spend every waking hour with these guys and then you want to be part of that peer-pressure group. It can be: 'This is what it takes to be a man.' In Kamloops, we were good people and we were monitored, but I saw stuff that I shouldn't have seen, or heard, or learned stuff that I shouldn't have learned. 'What do 18-year-olds know about love, relationships and sex? They know nothing. And they're teaching 16- and 17-year-olds. They've learned what they've learned and the culture passes it on. It could be a kid coming from not a great home, or whatever, and looking for something. 'It's not everybody. But if you get some kids looking for acceptance, this is what you get because you can't control everything. We have a war on toxic masculinity. 'There's a difference between being a man and being an asshole. We're struggling to identify the two. Being a man is treating women with respect and being accountable and still playing hockey.' bkuzma@ Read More Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Whitecaps BC Lions Vancouver Whitecaps News
