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McIntosh just misses breaking oldest women's record by blink of an eye

At the Canadian Swimming Trials held on Tuesday evening, 18-year-old Toronto swimmer Summer McIntosh came very close to surpassing the longest-standing women's 200-meter butterfly world record.
McIntosh's time of 2:02.26 fell 0.45 seconds short of Liu Zige's 2009 record of 2:01.81, while she also lowered her own Canadian record by 0.76 seconds.
Earlier in the trials, McIntosh claimed victory in the 200-m individual medley with a time of 2:05.70, surpassing Katinka Hosszu's nearly decade-old record of 2:06.12, and began the competition by triumphing in the 400-m freestyle event with a 3:54.18 finish, beating the previous record set by Australia's Ariarne Titmus.
Four additional swimmers joined Team Canada’s roster for the World Aquatics Championships, while Penny Oleksiak secured victory in the women's 100m freestyle with a time of 54.03, surpassing the AQUA A qualifying mark of 54.25.
McIntosh expressed encouragement about approaching the record, saying, "I'm knocking on the door on that world record," suggesting she believes the record remains attainable.

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McIntosh just misses breaking oldest women’s swimming record by blink of an eye

VICTORIA — Summer McIntosh came within a blink of an eye of breaking swimming's oldest women's world record at the Bell Canadian Swimming Trials on Tuesday night.

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