Canada’s McIntosh strikes triple gold in Paris
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It's definitely been Summer's Games.
PARIS – It’s definitely been Summer’s Games.
Summer McIntosh is the first Canadian athlete to win three gold medals in an Olympic Games.
The Toronto teenager completed her hat trick in Paris on Saturday in the 200-metre individual medley in Olympic-record time.
Victories in 200-metre butterfly, also an Olympic record, and 400-metre medley earlier in the meet put McIntosh in a Canadian triple gold club of one.
Having just taken Canadian sport into new territory at La Defense Arena, the 17-year-old wasn’t ready to contemplate her place in it.
“No, I mean there’s been so many people before me, that have led the way and inspired me to be where I am today and I really owe a lot of that to them,” McIntosh said. “I’m just proud of what I’ve been able to accomplish for Team Canada.”
Her four medals, including a 400-metre freestyle silver on opening night, matched teammate Penny Oleksiak’s four won in 2016 in Rio.
The difference is McIntosh went four-for-four in individual events. Oleksiak accrued freestyle gold and butterfly silver and two relay bronze in Rio.
