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BBC News
a day ago
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McIntosh wins second gold as GB earn diving bronze
Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh won another gold medal on Monday as she bids to make history at the World Aquatics Championships while Great Britain claimed a diving winning the women's 400m freestyle final on Sunday, McIntosh has a chance to equal Michael Phelps' record of five individual titles at a single world second final was in the 200m individual medley, and the 18-year-old won in two minutes 6.69 seconds, with American Alex Walsh second and Canada's Mary-Sophie Harvey Britain's Abbie Wood, 26, finished sixth as McIntosh stayed on course for a full house in three-time Olympic champion is also set to race in the 400m individual medley, 800m freestyle and 200m butterfly, with the latter being her next event on divers Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding won bronze in the men's 3m synchronised final in what was almost a repeat of last year's Olympic were again third with a score of 405.33, while Mexico's Juan Celaya and Osmar Olvera were again second (449.28).But China's Olympic champion Wang Zongyuan has a new partner, Zheng Jiuyuan, and they proved too strong with Bond and Lois Toulson were fifth in the women's 10m synchro final, as was fellow Briton Ben Proud in the men's 50m butterfly.
CNA
2 days ago
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- CNA
Canada's McIntosh aces her 'biggest' night of world championships
Canadian Summer McIntosh was delighted to have made it through what she described as her toughest night at the world championships with a gold medal, saying her dominant showing on Sunday boded well for the remainder of the competition. McIntosh claimed gold in the women's 400 metres freestyle in three minutes and 56.26 seconds, nearly two seconds ahead of Chinese silver medallist Li Bingjie, with American great Katie Ledecky finishing in third place. The three-times Olympic champion did not have much time to savour her win, however, and exited quickly to prepare for the 200 individual medley (IM) semi-finals. Despite the tight schedule McIntosh was again in a class of her own, qualifying for the final more than a second ahead of her nearest rival. "While preparing mentally for this world championships, I thought tonight is my biggest night of the whole meet," the 18-year-old said. "So to come out with a gold medal and a really good, strong semi-final in the 200 IM, I'm really happy. "I've never done a double like that, and I think 400m free, at past world championships and Olympics, I haven't been at my best, and I haven't been where I wanted to be. "To finally stand in the centre of the podium is promising for the rest of the meet... I was very relaxed, just based off how I've been feeling this past couple of months, and especially in warm-up today, I felt really strong." McIntosh is coming into the competition on the back of a barnstorming Canadian trials last month, where she set world records in the 400 freestyle as well as the 200 IM and 400 IM.
