McIntosh's time eclipsed the record of 3:56.40 that was set last year by Australia's Ariarne Titmus, as well as her own Canadian record of 3:59.32
TORONTO — It took a couple of splits before John Atkinson realized Summer McIntosh's 400-metre freestyle swim at the Canadian trials might be something special.
"And then you turn at 56, and you go, 'Oh, right.' And then, when there was more 29 splits come in, I'm saying to somebody that's sitting with me, 'Where are the world record splits? Where are the world record splits? Come get those splits to me.'""I really don't really focus on records that much, but obviously it's basically any athlete's dream to get a world record or achieve something like that," McIntosh said Wednesday.
It was the first long-course world record by a Canadian since Kylie Masse in the 100 backstroke at the 2017 world championships in Budapest, and the first by a Canadian at trials since Amanda Reason’s 50 breaststroke mark at the 2009 event in Montreal. McIntosh is back in her hometown after recently relocating to Florida to train with the Sarasota Sharks under Brent Arckey.
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