Swimming-Canada’s McIntosh takes down final girls’s ‘supersuit’ world document

July 5 (Reuters) – Summer McIntosh worn out the final “supersuit” world document in girls’s swimming on Sunday with a surprising victory within the 200 ​metres butterfly at Canada’s trials for the ‌Pan Pacific Championships.

Olympic and world champion McIntosh touched the wall in two minutes, 1.65 seconds within the closing in Montreal, eclipsing Liu Zige’s long-standing document (2:01.81) at China’s National Games ‌in ​October 2009.

Liu’s mark was set ⁠months earlier than polyurethane fits ⁠had been banned from international competitors and was thought of one of many hardest information to interrupt.

But McIntosh has been chipping away.

The 19-year-old turned the second ​lady to interrupt 2:02.00 eventually yr’s world championships and now owns 5 of the ⁠six quickest occasions within the ⁠occasion.

“As you can see my emotions, ​this means the absolute world,” she stated poolside.

“Growing up, ​this is the one world record I thought ‌I would never break and to do it tonight is really special in front of a home crowd.

“It means the absolute world and I’m in ⁠shock right now.”

McIntosh now holds world information in 4 occasions, having claimed the 200 and 400 metres particular person ⁠medley (IM), and 400 ‌metres freestyle eventually yr’s Canadian ⁠trials.

She could have probabilities to lift ​the ‌bar once more, beginning with the 400 ​IM on ⁠Monday.

With three Olympic gold medals on the Paris Games and eight world championships since 2022, McIntosh is hurtling towards greatness in girls’s swimming regardless of nonetheless being in her teen years.

(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by ​Muralikumar Anantharaman)