Summer McIntosh wins 3rd gold medal with another world-record performance at short course swim worlds [Video]

Summer McIntosh set her third world record and claimed a third gold medal at the world short course swim championships on Saturday in Budapest, Hungary.

The 18-year-old Canadian won the women’s 400-metre individual medley final in four minutes, 15.48 seconds, smashing the previous record by more than three seconds.

The previous mark was 4:18.94, set by Spain’s Mireia Belmonte in August of 2017.

“It was super surreal. The crowd was extra energetic tonight,” said McIntosh after four other records were set earlier in the day. “There’s a lot more people in the stands so feeding off that energy going into the final was a really fun way to do it.

“I knew it was going to be one of the toughest world records to break.”

American Katie Grimes finished 4.66 seconds behind McIntosh to claim silver, while bronze-medallist Abbie Wood of Great Britain was 8.66 seconds off the Canadian’s time.

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