Summer McIntosh reaches 400 I.M. final

PARIS – Two-time world champion Summer McIntosh qualified for Monday’s last of nan Olympic women’s 400-metre individual medley successful Paris.

The 17-year-old from Toronto holds nan world grounds successful nan arena pinch a clip of 4 minutes, 24.38 seconds.

McIntosh won nan 2nd of 2 greeting heats successful 4:37.35, which classed 3rd wide down Americans Emma Weyant successful 4:36.27 and Katie Grimes successful 4:37.24.

The apical 8 advanced. The situation of nan heats is swimming accelerated capable to qualify, but not draining nan vessel for nan evening final.

McIntosh won nan first Olympic badge of her profession and Canada’s first successful Paris pinch a metallic successful 400-metre freestyle connected opening nighttime astatine nan pool.

The 400 I.M. is nan 2nd of 4 individual races that McIntosh plans to aquatics successful Paris.

Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., and Calgary’s Ingrid Wilm reached nan evening semifinals of nan women’s 100-metre backstroke.

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Masse, a metallic medallist 3 years agone successful Tokyo, had nan fourth-fastest clip successful heats and Wilm classed 12th.

The apical 16 precocious to nan semifinals.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published July 29, 2024.