McIntosh edged for gold in 200m medley, fellow Canadian Lepage wins 200m breaststroke at Pan Pacs
Ruck breaks own Canadian record in 50m freestyle on final day in Irvine, Calif.
Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh was out-touched for gold by 0.02 seconds in the women’s 200-metre individual medley at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Saturday.
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McIntosh → edge → Saturday
The reigning Olympic and world champion from Toronto took silver behind China's Yu Yiting, who set a championship record with a time of two minutes 7.45 seconds on the final evening of competition in Irvine, Calif.
American Alex Walsh took bronze in 2:07.66.
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Walsh → reign → 2:07.66
Yu was under world-record pace on the opening butterfly leg before American Regan Smith took over the lead on the backstroke.
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Smith → take → backstroke
Yu moved back in front on the breaststroke and held off McIntosh in the closing metres.
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Yu → move → metres
It's McIntosh's third individual medal of the outdoor meet after winning gold in the 400m medley and silver in the 200m freestyle.
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It → win → freestyle
She also helped Canada earn bronze in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay.
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Canada → help → relay
"That was probably one of my better swims of the meet, but overall this meet didn't go the way I wanted it to.
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it → go → meet
So there will definitely be a lot of reflection and focus on how I can be better next season," McIntosh told CBC Sports' Devin Heroux.
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McIntosh → tell → Heroux
World record-holder McIntosh fails to qualify for 400m freestyle final, takes responsibility for 'misjudgment'
Summer McIntosh shatters Pan Pacs record to win gold in 400m medley
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McIntosh → fail → medley
The 19-year-old McIntosh was swimming in her last individual race as a teenager.
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McIntosh → swim → teenager
"I know that I've accomplished a lot being so young and I've learned so much these past couple years.
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I → know → much
Going into my 20s, I hope to learn even more," she said.
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she → go → more
Lepage beats Douglass for gold
Fellow Canadian Alexanne Lepage won the women's 200m breaststroke final later Saturday after leading the entire race and touching in a lifetime best of 2:21.73, beating reigning Olympic and world champion Kate Douglass of the United States.
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Lepage → beat → States
Douglass rallied from third down the stretch but couldn't catch the Vernon, B.C., native, finishing second in 2:22.57.
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Douglass → rally → 2:22.57
"I feel like I'm just a little in shock to be honest," Lepage said.
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Lepage → feel → shock
Canada's Sophie Angus finished eighth with a time of 2:26.02.
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Angus → finish → 2:26.02
Canada finishes with 13 medals (three gold, four silver, six bronze), its most at the Pan Pacific Championships since winning 12 at the 1997 edition in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Canada → finish → Fukuoka
The U.S. topped the overall medal standings with 50, followed by Australia (35) and Canada.
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U.S. → top → Australia
In other results, Taylor Ruck lowered her Canadian record in the women's 50m freestyle, clocking 24.23 to finish fourth in a fast final that saw Douglass set the world record for the second time in one day with a time of 23.19.
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Douglass → lower → 23.19
Ruck, from Kelowna, B.C., previously set the national record in 2018 with a mark of 24.26 at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Ruck → set → Coast
"It means a lot definitely, just to see hard work paying off from this year of training," Ruck said.
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Ruck → mean → training
"I didn't really know it was the best time until just a few seconds go.
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seconds → know → ?
I just feel like it was a really good effort."
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it → feel → ?
In the morning preliminaries, the 24-year-old Douglass swam 23.49 to take the world record away from teammate Gretchen Walsh, who finished second in the evening final in 23.74.
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who → swim → 23.74
Walsh had owned the 50 free record of 23.55 since setting it in June at an international meet in Rome.
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Walsh → own → Rome
It's the third time Douglass has lowered the world mark in the sprint race.
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Douglass → lower → race
She first did it on June 19 at the TYR Pro Swim Series meet in Indianapolis, posting a time of 23.59.
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She → do → 23.59
Nine days later, Walsh lowered it again.
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Walsh → lower → it
She earned silver in the 50 free at the 2024 world championships but didn't compete in the event at the 2024 Paris Games.
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She → earn → Games
Her 50 free was the second individual world record set at the meet.
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free → set → meet
Pallister stuns Ledecky
Lani Pallister of Australia stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international loss in the 800m freestyle.
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Pallister → stun → freestyle
Pallister was under world-record pace for much of the race and touched in 8:06.10 to erase Ledecky's championship record from 2018.
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Pallister → touch → 2018
Ledecky took silver in 8:07.26.
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Ledecky → take → 8:07.26
The American's lone previous defeat in an 800 free final since 2010 came in a small domestic meet in February 2024 against McIntosh.
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defeat → come → McIntosh
Sam Short of Australia won the men's 1,500 free to go with his earlier titles in the 400 and 800 free events.
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Short → win → events
His time of 14:33.97 was the sixth-fastest in history and broke Grant Hackett's 24-year-old championship record.
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time → break → record
Kazushi Imafuku of Japan took silver in 14:42.59 and two-time defending Olympic champion Bobby Finke earned bronze in 14:44.26 on the same day he lost his world record to Johannes Liebmann of Germany at the European championships.
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he → take → championships
The men's 50 free was won by Jamie Jack of Australia in a championship record time of 21.35.
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free → win → 21.35
American Jack Alexy took silver in 21.42, finishing ahead of Brazil's Gui Caribe (21.54).
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Alexy → take → Caribe
Canadians Yuri Kisil (22.19) and Ruslan Gaziev (22.34) finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
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Kisil → finish → ?
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