Summer McIntosh sets Olympic record with gold-medal win in the pool

Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh is entering nan Olympic record books aft winning golden connected Thursday successful nan women’s 200-metre butterfly pinch a clip of 2:03:03.

All eyes were connected McIntosh to make yet different scatter aft already claiming a golden successful nan individual medley arena and metallic successful freestyle.

The 17-year-old started disconnected nan title successful nan apical 3 swimmers, trailing down China’s Zhang Yufei, but arsenic nan arena wore connected McIntosh took nan lead.

In nan end, McIntosh came successful first pinch Regan Smith of nan U.S. taking metallic and China taking bronze.

It’s not conscionable a grounds successful nan arena that McIntosh is taking location either, she joins Canadians George Hodgson and Alex Baumann arsenic nan only 3 Canadian swimmers to execute double golden astatine an Olympic Games and nan only female swimmer from Canada to do so.

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McIntosh’s clip successful nan excavation isn’t over, however, arsenic she races successful a freestyle relay later connected Thursday and will besides compete successful nan 200-metre individual medley.

—with files from The Canadian Press