It's definitely been Summer's Games.
Canada's Summer McIntosh, of Toronto, celebrates with her gold medal won in the 200m women's individual medley final during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, in Nanterre, France, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi.Summer McIntosh is the first Canadian athlete to win three gold medals in an Olympic Games.
Having just taken Canadian sport into new territory at La Defense Arena, the 17-year-old wasn’t ready to contemplate her place in it. But McIntosh said watching Oleksiak and Kylie Masse, who won her fourth backstroke medal in Paris, swim in Rio on television as a nine-year-old inspired her.Canadian fencer makes history at Paris OlympicsNext Video
Poised and laser-focused throughout the meet, there was a hint of mission accomplished in the young swimmer’s demeanour Saturday. With a Canadian flag draped around her shoulders again, McIntosh softly high-fived people along the pool deck between photos.She executed out of the pool as well as in it. Her ambitious swim schedule required an equally ambitious recovery plan between races, which McIntosh said featured primarily eating and sleeping a lot.
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