Canada's 28-member team at the pool contains multiple medal threats swimming in more than one race.
Summer McIntosh swims the backstroke leg on her way to winning the women's 200-metre individual medley at the Canadian Olympic swim trials in Toronto on Sunday, May 19, 2024. John Atkinson compares Canada's Olympic swim team in Paris to a complex jigsaw puzzle requiring a deft hand to complete.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank GunnJohn Atkinson compares Canada's Olympic swim team in Paris to a complex jigsaw puzzle requiring a deft hand to complete.
"Sometimes you have to be comfortable with things looking chaotic because you know there is a plan behind it all," Atkinson said. Toronto's McIntosh steps onto the blocks in the women's 400-metre freestyle a podium contender in that event and more. Deploying those swimmers, and incorporating key cogs Rebecca Smith, Taylor Ruck and Mary-Sophie Harvey into relay heats and finals is part of the chess game Canadian coaches will play in Paris.An example of Canada's juggling act is the men's and women's medley relay heats fall on the same Day 8 as the mixed relay, men's 100-metre butterfly and women's 200-metre medley finals.
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