Summer McIntosh continues to dazzle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championship in Budapest, Hungary. On Saturday in the women’s 400m individual medley, McIntosh won her second gold medal after previously winning the women’s 200 metre butterfly on Wednesday.
In the women’s 400m individual medley, McIntosh posted a winning time of 4:32.04, a world junior record. Katie Grimes of the United States won the silver medal with a time of 4:32.67. Emma Weyant of the United States won the bronze medal with a time of 4:36.00. McIntosh reached the podium by 5.85 seconds over Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, who finished in fourth place with a time of 4:37.89.
This was one of two medals for Canada on Saturday. The other came in the women’s 4×100 medley relay, as the Canada team posted a third place time of 3:55.01. The United States won the gold medal with a time of 3:53.78. Australia won the silver medal with a time of 3:54.25. The Canadians reached the podium by 0.95 seconds over Sweden, who had a fourth place time of 3:55.96.
The Canadian team consisted of Canadian Olympic gold medalists Penny Oleksiak of Toronto, Ontario, and Maggie MacNeil of London, Ontario, as well as Kylie Masse of Windsor, Ontario, and Rachel Nicol of Regina, Saskatchewan. Oleksiak won the gold medal in the women’s 100 metre freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and MacNeil won the gold medal in the women’s 100 metre butterfly at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021.
Canada now has 11 medals at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships–three gold medals, four silver medals and four bronze medals. The medals for McIntosh, Oleksiak, MacNeil, Masse and Nicol will give them confidence as they prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
