Canada's Summer McIntosh wins gold in 200m butterfly at World Aquatics Championship
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This was the dominant performance Summer McIntosh was looking for at this year's World Aquatics Championships.
This was the dominant performance Summer McIntosh was looking for at this year's World Aquatics Championships.
The 16-year-old from Toronto defended her world title in the women's 200-metre butterfly in spectacular fashion on Thursday. McIntosh led the race at every split and set world junior, Canadian and Americas records with her time of two minutes 4.06 seconds.
McIntosh is only the second Canadian to repeat as world champion, joining Kylie Masse. McIntosh and Masse are also the only Canadians with three career gold medals at the long-course world championships.
"Going into the final I was really pumped up for it as I got gold last time here at worlds," McIntosh said. "That was a really special moment for me, so to repeat it again that meant the world. I'm just really overly happy with the result."
Australia's Elizabeth Dekkers (2:05.46) and American Regan Smith (2:06.58) rounded out the podium.
After starting the world championships with a disappointing result, by her standards at least, McIntosh is rounding into elite form in Fukuoka.
The Canadian finished off just off the podium in her first race, the 400m freestyle on Sunday, while Australian star Ariarne Titmus won gold and broke McIntosh's world record.
