Summer McIntosh put in perhaps her most impressive performance at the Championships on Saturday, smashing the World Record in the Women’s 400m IM that had been held by Mireia Belmonte of Spain since the summer of 2017.
Coming off the backstroke at 200m, her lead over the World Record was a ludicrous 5.49 seconds. By going 4:15.48, she finished nearly 3.5 seconds below the old all-time global standard.
Meanwhile, American Gretchen Walsh set World Record No.2 of the night, this time in the Women’s 50m Freestyle Semifinals.
Despite having the slowest reaction time of her semifinal (.76), Walsh hit the turn at 11.13 and came home in 11.74 to claim another World Record in Budapest.
This time, its Ranomi Kromowidojo of the Netherlands that has been bumped down to the No.2 all-time list by Walsh in the Hungarian capital.
Complete Results:
Full Results from the Women’s 400m IM Final
1. Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 4:15.48 – World Record
2. Katie Grimes (USA) – 4:20.14
3. Abbie Wood (GBR) – 4:24.31
Full Results from the Women’s 50m Freestyle Semifinals
1. Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 22.87 – World Record
2. Kate Douglass (USA) – 23.35
3. Katarzyna Wasick (POL) – 23.46