Sommer Mcintosh wins third gold medal, just past the world record

Sommer Mcintosh wins third gold medal, just past the world record

The Canadian swimming sensation Summer Mcintosh target = "_ blank" href = "https://cnn.com/2025/07/29/sport/vladyslav-bukhov-ukraine-aquatics-championships-intl"> World Championships in water sports won their third gold medal, but unfortunately had to narrowly the world record over 200 meters of smearing miss.

a tight race

The 18-year-old Mcintosh, who has already celebrated victories over 400 meters freestyle and 200 meters, seemed to be on the right track of setting up a new record before deceptive in the last few meters of the race. Your Time of 2: 01.99 was less than 0.2 seconds above the current world record, which was set up in 2009 by the Chinese Liu.

Mcintosh's review of the race

"Before the race, my coach and me were the big goal of breaking the world record," said Mcintosh in her interview after the competition. "I trained on that and it is frustrating that I missed him all the little. I know that I did not swim optimally for the last 12 to 15 meters."

"Overall, I am satisfied with the time and my personal record, even if I have not reached my goal. I am happy about the gold medal, about the victory and will continue to work hard."

The last placements in the race

The American Regan Smith took second place with a time of 2: 04.99, while the Australian Elizabeth Dekkers completed the podium with 2: 06.12. The 12-year-old Chinesin Yu Zidi missed a medal with a time of 2: 06.43.

goal: five gold medals such as Phelps

Mcintosh strives to equalize Michael Phelps's record, which won five gold medals at a single world championship. There are still competitions over 800 meters freestyle and 400 meters.

track record and motivation

She achieved fame at the Olympic Games in Paris last year, where she won three gold medals and a silver medal. With her recent victory in Singapore, your total number of Olympic medals and medals at World Championships increases to 29, including 17 gold medals.

"It is still a personal record, and such achievements are very difficult to achieve at this level," added Mcintosh. "I have to be satisfied with my performance because it gives me a lot of confidence; my butterfly was fantastic and I felt strong during the entire race. I'm looking forward to the 800 meters morning and of course the 400 meters on the last day of the competition."

more competitions on Thursday

The French Star Léon Marchand was also in duty in Singapore and won gold in 200-meter layout races, however, could not improve its world record previously set up in the preliminaries.