Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh sets a new women’s 200-metre butterfly world record at the national trials in Montreal. Multiple outlets report she touches the wall in 2:01.65 on Sunday night, eclipsing the previous mark held by China’s Liu Zige. The achievement is described as the last remaining world record from swimming’s “supersuit” era, when polyurethane suits helped produce a cluster of record performances before suits were banned by the sport’s governing body FINA in 2010. Yahoo Sports and BBC Sport both note that the record she breaks had stood as a longstanding women’s benchmark in the sport. Winnipeg Free Press and City News Toronto frame it as McIntosh becoming the current world-record holder in the event at the Canadian trials, with City News Toronto adding that she expresses strong personal significance for the record. In addition, the Vancouver Sun notes McIntosh later withdraws from the trials days after breaking the record, indicating a change in participation following the performance. Sources broadly agree on the event, location, distance, and that McIntosh replaces Liu Zige’s world mark with a new best time.
Summer McIntosh breaks women’s 200m butterfly world record at Canadian trials
Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh sets a new women’s 200-metre butterfly world record at the national trials in Montreal. Multiple outlets report she touches the wall in 2:01.65 on Sunday night, eclips...
- Summer McIntosh breaks the women’s 200-metre butterfly world record at the Canadian trials in Montreal.
- Her reported time is 2:01.65, set on Sunday night.
- The previous record is attributed to Chinese swimmer Liu Zige.
- The record is described as the last women’s world record from swimming’s “supersuit” era, after FINA banned such suits in 2010.
- McIntosh withdraws from the trials days after breaking the record.
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1 month agoCanadian Summer McIntosh breaks the women's 200m butterfly world record, the last remaining record from swimming's 'supersuit' era.
1 month agoSummer McIntosh broke the world record in the 200m butterfly on Sunday at the Canadian Swim Championships in Montreal, shattering the oldest world mark in women's swimming.The world record had been the last in women's swimming from the supersuit era, when record books were rewritten by swimmers in polyurethane suits before they were banned in 2010 by world governing body FINA. "As you can see by emotions, this means the absolute world," McIntosh told event broadcasters after the historic victory
1 month agoSummer McIntosh broke the longest-standing individual world record in women's swimming on Sunday night in Montreal.
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