{"id":614561,"date":"2025-06-09T19:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=614561"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:35:27","slug":"flash-summer-mcintosh-sets-200-im-record-205-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-summer-mcintosh-sets-200-im-record-205-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash! Summer McIntosh Sets 200 IM World Record 2:05.70; On a Special Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flash! Summer McIntosh Sets 200 IM World Record 2:05.70<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bell Canadian Trials are three days old. Summer McIntosh<\/strong> has two world records and one near miss.<\/p>\n

McIntosh won the women\u2019s 200 individual medley in 2:05.70. The swim downs Katinka Hosszu\u2019s<\/strong> record of 2:06.12 set in 2015, a record two months shy of 10 years old.<\/p>\n

“It’s awesome,” McIntosh said on the CBC broadcast. “The 200 IM, I think, is my main race out of my top five, six races where I really have to execute perfectly. There’s no room for mistakes, and it’s kind of a sprint event for me. So overall, really happy with that. It gives me a lot of confidence heading into Singapore.”<\/p>\n

Splits from McIntosh\u2019s swim Monday night at Saanich Commonwealth Place, plus her splits from her gold medal at the Paris Olympics and Hosszu\u2019s record splits.<\/p>\n

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Summer McIntosh, 2025: 27.19 \u2013 30.80 \u2013 37.76 \u2013 29.95 \u2013 2:05.70<\/li>\n
Summer McIntosh, 2024: 26.80 \u2013 31.80 \u2013 37.53 \u2013 30.43 \u2013 2:06.56<\/li>\n
Katinka Hosszu, 2015: 27.30 \u2013 31.64 \u2013 36.70 \u2013 30.48 \u2013 2:06.12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
McIntosh, who will swim the 200 backstroke later in the week, was a full second quicker in the backstroke split than she was last year. She still gives ground to Hosszu in breaststroke, but McIntosh came home in under 30 seconds to get the record.<\/p>\n
“Breaststroke has always been my weakest, so just getting through that 50,” she said. “Trying to get to the wall and knowing that I\u2019ll be really strong in my last 50 because my last 50s have been great here so far. So overall, really happy with that time, and I\u2019m always trying to keep pushing forward.”<\/p>\n
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Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n
Live Steam (CBC Sports on Youtube)<\/a><\/li>\n
Where Summer McIntosh Ranks All-Time in Her Primary Events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Hosszu\u2019s world record was nearing its 10-year anniversary, having been set at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia. When Hosszu posted that time, it erased the previous record of 2:06.15, recorded by the United States\u2019 Ariana Kukors<\/strong> at the 2009 World Championships. That meet featured 40-plus world records and was defined by the use of polyurethane suits that were banned at the start of 2010.<\/p>\n
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\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Summer McIntosh says coming into these trials she could do something special in every single event.<\/p>\n
She has two world records and a Canadian record with two more events to come.<\/p>\n
My latest conversation with the newest 200m individual world record holder. pic.twitter.com\/xPHKOnACLZ<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n