Summer McIntosh still ‘in shock’ after setting new world record in 400m freestyle

The 16-year-old clocked 3:56.08 in the event Tuesday night at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Toronto

She spent much of the race so far in the lead she had no one pushing her, shaved three seconds off her previous best time, and swam every 50-metre split of the race in world-record time.

She slept in Wednesday morning and visited the pool just long enough for a brief workout. Even as media clamoured for more of her time after her record made international swimming news, Ms. McIntosh did not veer from her recovery plan during a heavy week of racing. The first world record set in the Toronto pool was by U.S seven-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky, at the World Cup this past October. Hers was a short-course world record in the 1500-metre freestyle.

First, Ms. Leblanc caught Ms. McIntosh before she left the deck and snapped a photo of the label on the backside of her Speedo swimsuit. Officials had to crosscheck the number on her suit to verify it was an approved technical racing suit. That’s just one of many details World Aquatics – the sport’s world governing body – requires.

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