{"id":646377,"date":"2026-07-05T16:24:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=646377"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:58:29","slug":"bell-canadian-trials-night-1-summer-mcintosh-downs-200-fly-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bell-canadian-trials-night-1-summer-mcintosh-downs-200-fly-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Canadian Trials, Night 1: Summer McIntosh Downs 200 Fly World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bell Canadian Trials, Night 1: Summer McIntosh Downs 200 Fly World Record<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the last five years, Summer McIntosh<\/strong> has had her eyes firmly fixed on the last of the super-suited records: The 200 fly.<\/p>\n

Sunday night, she summited that mountain.<\/p>\n

McIntosh went 2:01.65 at Bell Canadian Trials in Montreal Sunday night, opening the meet with a swim that finally banishes the 2:01.81 set by Liu Zige<\/strong> of China at the 2009 World Championships. It’s her fourth current world record, with both IMs and the 400 free.<\/p>\n

All the action from the first session.<\/p>\n

Live results<\/a><\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n
Ella Jansen<\/strong> scratched the 200 fly to focus on the 200 free, a gambit that paid off. She got her hand to the wall first in 1:57.58, pulling away in the final 50 from Summer Cardwell.<\/strong> Cardwell was second in 1:58.01, overtaking Sienna Angove<\/strong> by a tenth on the final 50. It was another four tenths back to Emma O\u2019Croinin<\/strong> in 1:58.51, then two tenths to fifth-place Brooklyn Douthwright.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 200 freestyle<\/h4>\n
After a sluggish morning session, four swimmers broke 1:48 ahead of six in the 1:48s. Lorne Wigginton<\/strong> was the fastest of the bunch in 1:47.37 to get the win. Teens Laon Kim<\/strong> and Ethan Ekk<\/strong> tied for second in 1:47.56. It was a gap back to Finlay Knox in 1:48.40 for fourth.<\/p>\n
Ruslan Gaziev<\/strong> played the rabbit, out in 1:16:59, three seconds up on Wigginton. The elastic snapped coming home, Gaziev fifth in 1:48.52. Francis Brennan<\/strong> was sixth, with Filip Senc-Samardzic<\/strong> seventh. Canadian record holder Antoine Sauve<\/strong> finished ninth in 1:50.40, more than four seconds off his record.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 100 backstroke<\/h4>\n
Taylor Ruck<\/strong> set a best time seven years in the making, edging out Kylie Masse<\/strong> and Ingrid Wilm<\/strong> with a time of 58.37. That bests the 58.55 she set at Canadian trials all the way back in 2019.<\/p>\n
Masse was second in 58.87. She had been fastest in prelims at 58.87. Wilm was third in 59.21. Madison Kryger<\/strong> also broke a minute at 59.59. Fifth was Reina Liu<\/strong> in 1:00.77.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 100 backstroke<\/h4>\n
Blake Tierney<\/strong> came home strong to best the field with a time of 53.63. The leader at 50 meters, he held on by .16 seconds over Raben Dommann\u2019s<\/strong> 53.79. Parker Deshayes<\/strong> was third in 54.73, with Ethan Ekk<\/strong> fourth in 54.80.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 200 butterfly<\/h4>\n
Finally, it is time. Liu Zige\u2019s<\/strong> world record from the 2009 super-suited worlds finally vanished into the ether, Summer McIntosh<\/strong> going 2:01.65.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a record she\u2019s long sought. She previously owned the times ranked two though five. She was visibly upset to come so close at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore at 2:01.99. But now the record is all McIntosh\u2019s.<\/p>\n
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WORLD RECORD SUMMER MCINTOSH<\/p>\n
SHE\u2019S DONE IT IN MONTREAL<\/p>\n
Canadian swimmer phenom Summer McIntosh takes down the longest standing women\u2019s world record (6,101 days).<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an astounding 2:01.65 in the 200m butterfly. McIntosh now holds FOUR long course world records pic.twitter.com\/kgoeCNMGJN<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n