McIntosh breaks own world record in women's 400m IM at Canadian swimming trials
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Summer McIntosh authored more history at Canadian swimming trials in Victoria on Wednesday, breaking her own world record in the women's 400-metre individual medley.
The 18-year-old from Toronto touched the wall in a time of four minutes, 23.65 seconds, eclipsing her previous record of 4:24.38, set at last year's national trials.
McIntosh now lays claim to each of the top three results in the 400m IM's history.
"I think 400 IM is the race I've come close to mastering for myself," McIntosh told CBC Sports' Devin Heroux.
"Happy to go best time. I think there's still lots of room for improvement in and out of the turns. ... overall happy with the time, but I know I can go faster."
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McIntosh has also broken worlds records in the 400m freestyle and the 200m IM over the last four days, while also notching national records in the 800m freestyle and 200m butterfly.
Wednesday's result concludes McIntosh's 2025 trials, in what undoubtedly has been one of the most successful individual swimming meets ever.
She now looks to turn the page and focus on world championships in Singapore from July 27-Aug. 3.
"Now that I'm done [at trials], I can kind of chill out. I've got a double tomorrow for training," McIntosh laughed.
"You really just use this as motivation and also validation for my training so far, and just to keep pushing and moving forward and working even harder from now until Singapore."
This latest benchmark result is the ninth overall world record performance of McIntosh's career.
Fans turned up in droves at the Saanich Commonwealth Place pool, expressing loud support for McIntosh throughout the competition, endeavouring to spur the young star on in her momentous pursuit.
"I cannot thank any of these people enough. It's absolutely amazing to see everyone in the stands and the posters," McIntosh said.
