Tag: Summer McIntosh
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Leon Marchand, Summer McIntosh: 2024 Records And Achievements For World Aquatics Athletes of the Year In Numbers
The year 2024 will forever be etched in swimming history, as two titans of swimming, Canada’s Summer McIntosh and France’s Leon Marchand, have claimed record after record and medal after medal on the world’s biggest sporting stages. The two stars have been crowned the World Aquatics Male and Female Athletes of the Year respectively. The announcement followed the…
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Short Course Worlds Overview: Noe Ponti, Summer McIntosh Named Best Swimmers
The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) came to a spectacular close at the Duna Arena on Sunday after six thrilling days of competition that saw a record 30 World Records fall. The final races, the Men’s and Women’s 4x100m Medley Relays, delivered a fitting finale. In the women’s relay, Regan Smith of the United States…
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Summer McIntosh Breaks Long-Standing Record; Gretchen Walsh Sets Second WR At World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
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…
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WATCH: Summer McIntosh Scripts Second World Record At 2024 World Swimming Championships (25m)
For the second time at the 2024 World Swimming Championships (25m), Canada’s Summer McIntosh celebrated a gold medal and a world record. The 18-year-old 3x Olympic champion became the second woman to break 2:00 in the 200m butterfly on Thursday night in Budapest with a 1:59.32, lowering Mireia Belmonte’s 1:59.61 world record from this meet ten years ago at…
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World Records Shattered At 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships Day 1
Gretchen Walsh broke three, Kate Douglass broke two, Summer McIntosh broke one, and Noe Ponti broke one world record on the first day of action at the 2024 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest. Women’s 400m freestyle Canada’s superstar Summer McIntosh opened up the first night of finals of the 2024 World Swimming Championships (25m)…