Summer McIntosh sets a new world record in the women’s 200-metre butterfly during the Canadian trials in Montreal. Multiple outlets report that she touches the wall in 2:01.65 on Sunday night, improving on the previous world mark held by Chinese swimmer Liu Zige. The performance is described as the latest world-record breakthrough at the meet and is framed as one of the most long-standing individual records in women’s swimming.
Yahoo Sports notes the record had stood for a long time and characterizes it as the oldest world record in women’s swimming that remained from the “supersuit era.” That era refers to polyurethane swim suits, which were later banned by world governing body FINA in 2010, after many records were rewritten during the period. Following the race, broadcasters quote McIntosh describing the achievement as a long-held goal. Other coverage similarly identifies the result as a world-record swim at the Canadian trials and confirms it as a women’s 200m butterfly world-record swim.
