MONTREAL
\nSummer McIntosh smashed the decade-old world record in the women\u2019s 200m individual medley on Monday, touching the wall in 2min 05.70sec for her second record at the Canadian swimming trials.
\nThe 18-year-old eclipsed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu\u2019s mark of 2:06.12 set at the 2015 World Championships to become the first woman to duck under 2:06.
\nIt was triple Olympic gold medallist McIntosh\u2019s second world record of the meet following her 400m freestyle world record on Saturday.
\nThe gifted Canadian teenager had also impressed during Sunday\u2019s victory in the 800m freestyle, clocking the third-fastest time in history in an event not typically regarded as her strongest.
\nYet McIntosh showed no signs of fatigue with another dazzling performance to delight the crowd in British Columbia on Monday. \u201cOverall really happy with that time and always just trying to keep pushing forward,\u201d McIntosh said after her record-breaking display.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s awesome. 200IM is my main race out of my top five or six races where I really have to execute perfectly.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s no room for mistakes and it\u2019s kind of a sprint event for me, so I\u2019m really happy with that. It gives me a lot of confidence heading into Singapore,\u201d added McIntosh, referring to next month\u2019s World Championships.
\nAsked how she had prepared herself for Monday\u2019s effort after a gruelling weekend, she added: \u201cJust recovering, sleeping as much as possible and eating a lot.
\n\u201cAnd also mentally calming myself down and taking it one race at a time.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of practice at that these past few years.\u201d
\nMcIntosh laid the foundations for her assault on the record with flawless opening sections in the butterfly and backstroke before an improved breaststroke \u2014 her weakest discipline \u2014 left her on world record pace.
\nFrom there she turned on the after-burners in the closing freestyle to obliterate Hosszu\u2019s record.
\nMary-Sophie Harvey trailed in second in 2:08.78 with Ashley McMillan third in 2:12.08.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MONTREAL Summer McIntosh smashed the decade-old world record in the women\u2019s 200m individual medley on Monday, touching the wall in 2min 05.70sec for her second record at the Canadian swimming trials. The 18-year-old eclipsed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu\u2019s mark of 2:06.12 set at the 2015 World Championships to become the first woman to duck under 2:06. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-483473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n