McIntosh's 2:01.99 was the second-fastest women’s 200 butterfly ever
Canada’s Summer McIntosh continued her push to become the first woman to ever win five gold medals in a single swimming world championships after dominating the 200-meter butterfly on Thursday in Singapore.
It was McIntosh’s third gold of the week. Her 2:01.99 was the second-fastest women’s 200 butterfly ever and set a Canadian record. Regan Smith of the United States finished second in 2:04.99, a full three seconds behind McIntosh.
French star Leon Marchand won the men’s 200 individual medley finals but fell short of the world record he set a day earlier. Marchand broke Ryan Lochte’s 2011 world record in Wednesday’s semifinals with a 1:52.69. In the final, Marchand went 1:53.68 — which was also faster than Lochte’s previous WR of 1:54.00 — to beat American Shane Casas’s 1:54.30.
Casa’s time was the third-fastest ever by an American male in the 200 IM, trailing only Lochte and Michael Phelps.
Romania’s David Popovici swam a 46.51 in the men’s 100 freestyle, the second-fastest time ever in history. American Jack Alexy won silver with 46.92. Popovici broke his own European record.
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