Chinese record under threat from Canada’s McIntosh at swimming worlds
Singapore-bound teen is first swimmer to set three world records in different events since Michael Phelps did it at 2008 Beijing Olympics
Three world records in five days put Summer McIntosh in rare company, and now the 18-year-old Canadian swimming sensation is primed to take the world championships by storm.
McIntosh won three gold medals at the Paris Olympics last year and then broke three world records in a breathtaking performance at the Canadian trials in June.
The teenager is the first swimmer to set world records in three different individual events since Michael Phelps did it on the way to his glittering eight-gold haul at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
“Absolutely wild,” McIntosh said of the accomplishment in an interview with Canadian broadcaster CBC.
Then she promptly pointed to a litany of things she could improve on in each race, saying that self-criticism is part of her mission to keep testing the boundaries of her sport.
“I don’t think there is such a thing as a perfect race; at least, I haven’t done it yet,” she said ahead of the world championships in Singapore starting on Sunday.