Summer McIntosh Scratching Out of Remainder of Canadian Trials Due To Sickness

2026 Canadian Swimming Trials

Just over 40 hours after breaking the oldest feminine world report on the books, Summer McIntosh is dropping out of the remainder of the Canadian Swimming Trials because of sickness.

The 19-year-old posted a press release on her Instagram Story on Tuesday, asserting her withdrawal from the rest of the meet after starting to really feel unwell on Monday morning.

McIntosh’s Statement

I’m so sorry, however on the recommendation of my medical doctors and coach, I’ve made the tough choice to scratch from my remaining occasions on the 2026 Canadian Trials.

I began feeling unwell yesterday morning, and whereas I hoped I’d be capable of hold racing, that is the appropriate choice.

There is a lot magic on this pool, and I’m extremely grateful I received to expertise it. I’m so upset that I can’t proceed racing in entrance of those wonderful crowds, however my focus now’s on getting wholesome so I may be able to characterize Canada on the Pan Pacific Championships.

Thank you for all of the love and help this week. I’m so sorry our time collectively was minimize quick, and thanks for cheering me and the entire athletes on. Best of luck to everybody for the remainder of the competitors.

– Summer

McIntosh opened the competitors with a bang on Sunday, placing up a time of two:01.65 within the closing of the ladies’s 200 fly to decrease Liu Zige‘s vaunted super-suited world report of two:01.81 set in 2009. The report had stood because the oldest feminine report on the books and was one McIntosh had expressed want to interrupt, particularly final yr, when she got here agonizingly shut on the Canadian Trials (2:02.26) after which on the World Championships (2:01.99).

McIntosh adopted up by profitable the 400 IM final night time in a time of 4:27.35, the eighth-fastest swim of her profession and the ninth-fastest efficiency of all-time, although she mentioned post-race she wasn’t happy with the performance.

On Tuesday morning, she was the highest qualifier into the ultimate of the ladies’s 400 free in 4:11.45 earlier than scratching out. Her withdrawal bumps Juliet Nicholson up in tonight’s ‘A’ closing.

This previous October, McIntosh was compelled to withdraw from all three stops of the 2025 World Cup circuit because of sickness.

Having already punched her ticket to the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine by profitable the 200 fly and 400 IM, McIntosh’s scratch received’t have any implications on what her occasion lineup would possibly find yourself being this summer time. At Pan Pacs, nations can enter as many swimmers as they need in an occasion (supplied they’ve the mandatory time normal), however solely two per nation can advance to the ultimate.

Last August, McIntosh introduced she wouldn’t be competing at this summer time’s Commonwealth Games, which run just some weeks earlier than Pan Pacs in Glasgow.