Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh broke the decade -old 200m medle world record; Second World Record Set in Meet | More sports news
Montreal: Summer McIntosh broke the decade -old world record in women’s 200 meter individual medley on Monday, touched the wall in 2min 05.70Sec for his second record in Canadian swimming tests.The 18 -year -old eclipse set the Hungarian Catinka Hosu’s 2: 06.12 mark in the 2015 World Championship, which became the first woman to duck under 2:06.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!This was the second world record of the triple Olympic gold medalist McIntosh of the meeting after its 400m freestyle world record on Saturday.The talented Canadian teenager was also impressed by talented Canadian teenager during the Sunday victory at the 800 meter freestyle, the third fastest time in history was seen which was usually not considered the strongest.Still McIntosh on Monday showed no signs of fatigue with another shiny performance to please the crowd in British Columbia on Monday.After his record-breaking display, McIntosh said, “Are really happy with that time and are always trying to move forward just.” “This is great. My main race is out of my top five or six races where I really have to execute completely.Referring to the next month’s World Championship, McIntosh said, “There is no place for mistakes and this is a sprint event for me, so I’m really happy with it. It gives me a lot of confidence in Singapore.”Asked how he prepared himself for Monday’s attempt after a fierce weekend, he said: “Just be fine, eating as much as possible and eating a lot.“And mentally calm yourself and take a race at a time.“I have practiced a lot in these last few years.”Mcintosh laid the foundation for his attack on record with innocent opening squares in butterfly and backstroke before a better breaststroke – its most weak discipline – left it at world record speed.From there he turned on the burners in the closing freestyle to remove Hoszu’s record.In the second place in Mary-Sofi Harvey 2: 08.78, Ashley McMillan lagged behind in 2: 12.08.
