McIntosh claims fourth gold medal at World Aquatics Championships – Team Canada

Swimming Canada/Ian MacNicol

Five medals. Four of them gold. What an unbelievable efficiency from 18-year-old Summer McIntosh on the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.

On the ultimate day of competitors, McIntosh added a last gold medal to her assortment within the 400m particular person medley, swimming to a time of 4:25.78 and a brand new championship document.

As we’ve seen her accomplish that many occasions this week, McIntosh managed the race from the beginning, charging out within the butterfly leg to take the lead. And she by no means let that lead go, solely rising it over the remaining strokes, to complete 7.48 seconds forward of Australia’s Jenna Forrester and Japan’s Mio Narita who tied for silver in 4:33.26.

McIntosh’s swim in Singapore marked the third quickest time ever within the occasion. She established a brand new world document on the Canadian Trials in June, when she swam 4:23.65. She is a two-time world champion, and the reigning Olympic champion within the occasion from Paris 2024.

There was no time for celebration for McIntosh, as she popped out of the pool instantly to organize to swim for Canada within the 4x100m medley relay. McIntosh swam alongside teammates Kylie Masse, Sophie Angus and Taylor Ruck to complete fifth with a time of three:55.63.

Team Canada’s males’s 4 x 100m medley relay put in a powerful displaying as nicely, swimming to fifth place in a stacked last. The crew of Blake Tierney, Oliver Dawson, Ilya Kharun, and Josh Liendo established a brand new Canadian document of three:29.875.

Throughout the meet, McIntosh has additionally claimed victory within the 200m butterfly, 200m particular person medley, and 400m freestyle, in addition to a bronze medal within the 800m freestyle. The 400m IM gold medal marks McIntosh’s thirteenth profession World Aquatics medal, additional cementing her as essentially the most adorned Canadian throughout all World Aquatics disciplines. Swimmer Kylie Masse and diver Jennifer Abel every have 10 medals to their identify.

Team Canada finishes the meet with a medal rely of eight, with 4 gold medals (all delivered by McIntosh) and 4 bronzes. In addition to McIntosh’s 800m bronze, Ilya Kharun took bronze medal within the males’s 100m butterfly, Mary-Sophie Harvey discovered the third spot on the rostrum within the ladies’s 200m particular person medley, as did the Canadian 4x100m blended medley relay crew