In the first race of the day, the Toronto native won her first gold medal at the 200m butterfly world championship. Later, in the final race of the program, she led Canada to the bronze medal in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay with a starting leg that would be fast enough to win individual gold. McIntosh was not the only Canadian teenager to make waves on Wednesday. Josh Liendo, 19, reached his first podium in the world, swimming up to the bronze in the men’s 100m freestyle. And team-mate Kylie Masse added a new distinction of her own, winning the country’s second gold medal of the day in the 50m backstroke. McIntosh now has the full set of medals in worlds after previously winning the silver in the 400 meters freestyle. She won her gold with a junior world record of two minutes 5.20 seconds, breaking the limit she set in the semifinals on Tuesday. “I think I’m a little shocked right now,” he said after the match. CLOCKS McIntosh wins the gold medal:
Toronto Summer McIntosh teen wins gold 200m butterfly world championship
15-year-old Summer McIntosh broke her own junior world record, set just the day before, to win gold in the women’s 200m butterfly at the FINA 2022 World Championships in Budapest. The American Hali Flickinger took the silver with 2: 06.08, while the Chinese Zhang Yufei scored the bronze in 2: 06.32. McIntosh opened her time on the road to victory, keeping close to the leaders in the 100 meters, taking care not to empty the tank too early. McIntosh made its way halfway. He took the lead at 150 meters and extended it only inland, turning what seemed to be a tight end to an undisputed victory for the Canadian. “I did not expect to go at 2:05,” McIntosh said. “But as soon as I came out with all the energy and excitement from the crowd, I ate it. I got a lot of adrenaline and motivation and I put it down.” This unexpected time was more than eight seconds faster than McIntosh’s mother, Jill Horstead, swam to finish ninth at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The gold medal also marked Canada’s first podium appearance in the women’s 200m butterfly around the world. CLOCKS McIntosh leads the bronze in the Canadian relay:
Canadians Oleksiak, Sanchez, McIntosh and Ruck win world bronze bronze in 4x200m freestyle
Canadians Penny Oleksiak, Kayla Sanchez, Summer McIntosh and Taylor Ruck swam to win the bronze medal in the women’s 4x200m freestyle at the FINA 2022 World Championships in Budapest. Less than two hours later, McIntosh led the relay team, followed by Kayla Sanchez, Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksiak. The teenager put the Canadians in a huge lead with a time of 1: 54.79 which would have been good enough for gold if she had competed in the individual 200 meters freestyle. It also marked the second junior world title of McIntosh Day. The rest of the team just had to stop from there, which they barely did. Canada held fourth place in China with less than a second, finishing in 7: 44.76. The Americans set a championship record of 7: 41.45 to win the gold, while Australia won the silver in 7: 43.86. CLOCKS Behind the talent of the McIntosh generation:
A “once in a generation” swimmer, Summer McIntosh has just started
Summer McIntosh was the youngest member of Team Canada last summer at the Tokyo Olympics – but she certainly did not show her age on the world stage. It is the seventh world career medal – all she has won in relay – for Oleksiak, matching Masse for the national record and equalizing the entire Olympic Games. She will have a shot at her first solo podium on Thursday at 12:02 p.m. ET, when he will compete in the 100m freestyle final with Sanchez. Oleksiak won gold at the 2016 Olympics. McIntosh had two finishes in fourth place at last year ‘s Tokyo Olympics and won one gold and two silver medals at the 2021 Short Track Championship last December in Abu Dhabi. CLOCKS The importance of lane 4:
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Liendo brings the bronze home
Liendo took an alternative approach from McIntosh, quickly coming out of the blocks and reaching the first place in the 50 meters. But Ind. Markham, who became the first Black Canadian to win a medal at a major international short-distance championship meeting, could not keep up his crazy pace in the last 50 meters. Still, Liendo remained strong enough to finish third with a time of 47.71 seconds. Romanian David Popovici took the podium in 47.58 seconds and Frenchman Maxime Grousset took the silver in 47.64 seconds. CLOCKS Liedo gets the bronze in the 100 meters freestyle:
Canadian Josh Liendo swims and wins bronze at the 100m freestyle
Josh Liedo of Markham, OD, won the bronze medal in the men’s 100m freestyle at the FINA 2022 World Championships in Budapest. American Caeleb Dressel, a seven-time Olympian and a favorite in the event, withdrew from the rest of the competition for unspecified medical reasons before the race. “He just is not capable of playing at the moment. And so we just had to make that decision. It had to be a quick decision,” American team manager Lindsay Midenko told reporters. Midenko said she could not be more specific about the reasons for Dessel’s withdrawal, but that she could decide to talk about it himself. He declined to say whether it was a mental or physical problem. Dressel had appeared in good shape. He had retired from Tuesday’s 100m freestyle semifinals and it was unclear at the time if he could continue. He was also going to compete in the 50m freestyle and the 100m butterfly later in the worlds.
Massive gold again
Masse, the two-time 100m backstroke champion who left the title to American Regan Smith earlier in the world but retained the silver, said the race did not cross her mind when she reached the pool on Wednesday. “A whole new race. 50 is fun, I think it’s a dream to come to the pool and swim just one length,” said LaSalle native Ont., By the pool. Masse took an early lead in the non-Olympic Games, but seemed to fall behind as the race came to an end. However, Canada found one last speed, the impressive American Katharine Berkoff with a time of 27.31 seconds to win gold. “It passes very quickly. I just focus on the touch because I know it’s about the small details,” he said. CLOCKS Masse golden at 50m supine:
Canada’s Kylie Masse claims gold at 50m backstroke
Kylie Masse from LaSalle, OD, added her silver medal in the 100m backstroke with a gold medal in the 50m backstroke at the FINA 2022 World Championships in Budapest. Masse became the first Canadian swimmer, male or female, to win three gold medals in a world. Berkoff finished in 27.39 seconds, with France bronze medalist Analia Pigree just one centimeter behind. Canada’s Ingrid Willim narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth in 27.43 seconds. For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians – from anti-black racism to success stories in the black community – see Being Black in Canada, a CBC project that Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here. (CBC)
