Swim in 2 minutes and 06 seconds! Canadian rising star Mackintosh set a world record in the women's 200m individual medley

Young Canadian women's swimmer Senmel. Mackintosh set a world record in the women's 200m individual medley with a time of 2:05.70 at the Canadian swimming qualifiers on the 10th, becoming the first woman to swim 2:06.

Young Canadian women's swimmer Senmel. Mcintosh

The original world record of 2:06.12 in the women's 200m individual medley was held by Hungary's Katinka Hoszu, who was set at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

It was the second world record set by the 18-year-old Mackintosh at the event. Last Saturday, she also set a new world record in the women's 400m freestyle with a time of 3:54.18. In the women's 800m freestyle, Mackintosh finished first with the third-fastest time in history. "I'm very happy with the overall performance. Medley is one of the events I'm good at, and I need to do better. This result gives me more confidence to participate in the World Championships in Singapore in September. Mackintosh said.

The 18-year-old McIntosh is a World Series champion. The young Mackintosh is already a world champion, winning three golds and one silver at the Paris Olympics, winning gold in the 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley and silver in the 400m freestyle. At the 2024 World Short Course Championships, McIntosh won three gold medals in the 200m butterfly, 400m individual medley and 400m freestyle, silver in the 200m backstroke and bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

At the 2022 and 2023 Long Course World Championships, Mackintosh won two consecutive gold medals in the 200m butterfly and 400m individual medley. In addition, she also won two gold medals in the 200m and 400m individual medley at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.