Summer McIntosh is pictured during competing in the 400-metre freestyle final during Canadian swimming trials in Toronto at the Pan Am Sports Centre on Monday.
Canada's Summer McIntosh was an unheralded swimmer who stole the show at her first Olympic Trials appearance three years ago. She returned to the event Monday as a favourite and set the tone for the weeklong competition with a dominating performance in the women's 400-metre freestyle. Canada's Summer McIntosh was an unheralded swimmer who stole the show at her first Olympic Trials appearance three years ago.
McIntosh's time of 3.59.06 at the 2024 Canadian Olympic & Paralympic trials was the fastest in the world. Rebecca Smith of Red Deer, Alta., also beat the standard at 57.89 seconds. The top two finishers in each discipline who beat the Olympic standard are technically "qualified to be nominated," per Swimming Canada wording.
McIntosh was just 14 when she had her breakout performance here in 2021. She pulled off wins in the 200- and 800-metre freestyle before barely missing the podium in Tokyo.Now 17 and at the top of her game, McIntosh is poised to become one of the big Canadian storylines in Paris.Athlete performance — not money — deciding factor in Canadian swim trials move to Toronto
"I've been swimming this for quite a while and I've learned that for me, it's definitely more effective to go out slower and have a second 50 that's better than everyone else," she said. Danielle Dorris of Moncton, N.B., finished first in the women's 50m butterfly in 32.99 and Hannah Ouellette of Saskatoon was tops in the S5 classification in 58.57.Moncton's Danielle Dorris ties her own world record time of 32.99 in the S7 50 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Trials in Toronto.
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