Swimmers set new competition records at World Aquatics Championships
Swimmers set new competition records at World Aquatics Championships
Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh set a new competition record in the women’s 200m butterfly on Thursday (Jul 31) evening.
The 18-year-old led her race from start to end, taking home her third gold of the championships.
She finished with a time of 2 minutes 1.99 seconds, missing the world record by less than two-tenths of a second.
Romanian swimmer David Popovici also set a new competition record the same day, in the men’s 100m freestyle finals.
Popovici, the current Olympic champion, finished in 46.51 seconds to earn his second gold medal of the championships.
All eyes were on French swimmer Leon Marchand in his 200m men’s individual medley finals, after he set a world record in the semi-finals the previous day.
