Canadian teenage swimming star Summer McIntosh has won gold in the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships.
The 15-year-old McIntosh set a world junior and Canadian record of two minutes, 5.20 seconds in the final in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday.
“I think I’m a little bit in shock right now,” McIntosh told the world TV feed.
McIntosh surged in front in the final 100 metres, finishing almost a second ahead of runner-up Hali Flickinger of the United States (2:06.08).
Zhang Yufei of China was third (2:06.32).
The Toronto-born McIntosh now has two medals at the event after earning silver in the 400-metre freestyle on Saturday.
McIntosh previously set a junior world record and Canadian record in the 200-metre butterfly in the semifinals on Tuesday, finishing in 2:05.79.
As a 14-year-old at the Tokyo Olympics last year, McIntosh finished fourth in the 400-metre freestyle.
LIENDO GRABS BRONZE
Joshua Liendo took bronze in the 100m freestyle final.
The 19-year-old from Markham clocked in a 47.71 time and took home his first long-course World Championship medal.
