BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh has added to her burgeoning medal case.
Australian Kiah Melverton finished 7.77 seconds behind McIntosh for the silver medal.
“I was excited to re-do my time from worlds and see what I can do to get better,” McIntosh said. “I’ve been working on a lot of stuff in training so I can execute my 400 IM better than I did at worlds, because I had so much room for improvement, and I still do.”Article contentElla Jansen of Burlington, Ont., was fifth and Tessa Cieplucha of Oakville, Ont., was eighth.
“I’m so proud of both of them. We executed it well and hit our target of getting on the podium and just standing next to them made it that much more special.”Article content The men’s sprint team of Ryan Dodyk, Tyler Rorke and Nick Wammes, moved to the bronze medal final, also against New Zealand, just missing the podium finishing 0.717 seconds behind the Kiwis to take fourth.
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