US EditionCanada's Tierney Just Misses Podium as McIntosh Sets up Showdown with Ledecky
- Blake Tierney finished fourth in the men’s 200-metre backstroke with a time of one minute 55.09 seconds, just 47 hundredths shy of the podium.
- Tierney broke the Canadian record twice during the competition, first in the heats at 1:55.17 and then in the semifinal at 1:55.03.
- Canada has won six medals at the world aquatics championships, with five in swimming and one in high diving.
- Summer McIntosh has won gold in the 400 freestyle, 200 individual medley, and 200 butterfly, and has qualified for the 800 freestyle final against Katie Ledecky.
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Canadian swimmer Blake Tierney finished fourth on the 200m back at the World Water Sports Championships in Singapore.
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Canada's Tierney just misses podium as McIntosh sets up showdown with Ledecky
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Newmarket TodaySaskatoon's Tierney just misses podium in 200m backstroke at swimming worlds
SINGAPORE — Saskatoon's Blake Tierney finished fourth in the men’s 200-metre backstroke at the world swimming championships on Friday. Tierney finished with a time of one minute 55.09 seconds, 47 hundredths shy of the podium.
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Saskatoon’s Tierney just misses podium in 200m backstroke at swimming worlds
SINGAPORE — Saskatoon’s Blake Tierney finished fourth in the men’s 200-metre backstroke at the world swimming championships on Friday. Tierney finished with a time of one minute 55.09 seconds, 47 hundredths shy of the podium. Hungary’s Hubert Kós won gold in 1:53.19, followed by South Africa’s Pieter Coetze (1:53.36) and France’s Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (1:54.62). Tierney broke the Canadian record twice — in the heats (1:55.17) and again in the sem…
Saskatoon's Blake Tierney just misses podium in 200m backstroke at swimming worlds
Saskatoon's Blake Tierney finished fourth in the men’s 200-metre backstroke at the world swimming championships on Friday. Tierney finished with a time of one minute 55.09 seconds, 47 hundredths shy of the podium.
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