Canadian swimmers Summer McIntosh and Sydney Pickrem have advanced to the semifinals of the women's 200-metre individual medley at the Olympic Games in Paris.
The veteran backstroker's bronze in the women's 200 metres Friday made her the first Canadian swimmer to win a medal in an individual event in three consecutive Olympic Games.The 28-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., was a 100-metre backstroke bronze medallist in 2016 in Rio followed by silver medals in both the 100 and 200 backstroke three years ago in Tokyo.
"It means a lot," Masse said."I was disappointed after my 100. It stings a bit being just off the podium. I knew tonight's race was going to be difficult and I knew I was going to have to fight to the very end. Those final metres were fighting for sure. The last 15 definitely hurt, but I knew that's where I had to stay strong.
Toronto's Josh Liendo almost scored a sixth podium by placing fourth in the men's 50-metre freestyle. He also posted the third-fastest time in the men's 100-metre butterfly semifinals to reach Saturday's final. He'll be joined by teammate Kharun, who qualified sixth. Australia's Kaylee McKeown defended her 200 backstroke gold in Olympic-record time of two minutes, 3.73 seconds ahead of silver medallist Regan Smith of the United States in 2:04.26.
Gold has eluded her, but Masse proved again Friday she's a big-game racer. The Canadian team's co-captain was not ready to say Paris is her final Olympic Games as she wants time to reflect. "As soon as I heard that he scratched, I was like 'all right, we're doing this. Let's go,'" Liendo said."It's an Olympic final. Why not? I never second-guessed it."
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