2023 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 23 to 30, 2023
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Another day, another Summer McIntosh World Junior Record.
In the finals of the women’s 200 fly at the 2023 World Championships, the 16-year-old McIntosh dominated from start to finish, winning by 1.40 seconds to defend her World title. She clocked a time of 2:04.06, which is fast enough to break her own World Junior and Canadian record time of 2:04.70 that was set at Canadian trials this April.
McIntosh is now tied with China’s Jia Liuyang as the fifth-fastest performer of all-time in the women’s 200 fly.
All-Time Top Performers, Women’s 200 Fly:
- Liu Zigie, China — 2:01.81 (2009)
- Jessica Schipper, Australia — 2:03.41 (2009)
- Zhang Yufei, China — 2:03.86 (2021)
- Regan Smith, United States — 2:03.87 (2003)
- Jiao Liuyang, China (2012)/Summer McIntosh, Canada (2023) – 2:04.06
Where McIntosh improved the most compared to her trials swim was on her back half. Her first 100 was 0.22 seconds slower than it was in April, but her last 100 was 0.84 seconds faster—including a final 50 that was 0.71 seconds faster than her April swim.
Splits Comparison:
| Summer McIntosh, 2023 World Championships | Summer McIntosh, 2023 Canadian Trials | |
| 50m | 27.73 | 27.41 |
| 100m | 31.24 | 31.35 |
| 150m | 32.50 | 32.64 |
| 200m | 32.59 | 33.30 |
| Total | 2:04.06 | 2:04.70 |
The 200 fly was McIntosh’s first gold medal and second World Junior Record at these World Championships. She previously broke the World Junior Record in her bronze-medal-winning 200 free swim on Wednesday. So far, she has bounced back big from her 400 free swim on day one, when she added three seconds and finished off the podium after coming into the meet with the World Record.
McIntosh is the first swimmer to win back-to-back golds in the women’s 200 fly since Jessicah Schipper did so in 2009.
Fantastic swim.
If I were her coach I’d point out the difference between that race and a 2:03.5 was the time she spent on the last turn. But I’m just a swim fan, so I’ll say Congrats!
Time to update: (https://swimswam.com/which-female-swimmer-has-the-fastest-4-stroke-800-meter-im-add-up/)
Summer McIntosh has the fastest women’s 800 medley add-up now
200 FR: 1:53.65 at Fukuoka = 113.65
200 FL: 2:04.06 at Fukuoka = 124.06
200 BK: 2:07.15 at 2022 US Open = 127.15
200 BR: 2:29.64 at 2023 SAC = 149.64
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Add-up = 514.50.
McIntosh is .03 faster than Hosszu’s 514.53.
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Way to go SUIUUUMMMMERER!
She’s on track to break the WR next year in Paris.
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I hope so
The last women’s rubber WR
How did Regan Smith swim 3 seconds slower than what she swam few months back?
Difficult question to answer since you can’t blame Meehan anymore.
I just wanna see someone train at altitude right before a taper meet.
If it works so well for big swims in-season!??!?!
Daiya Seto tried it for the Olympics. Unfortunately it didn’t work out so well for him. But he might have cut it too close…I think he got back to sea level like the day before.
If she focuses on this event wr for sure
She’s got 2.2 seconds to go. That’s not chump change
Several typos: Jiao Liuyang and Liu Zige — not Jia Liuyang and Liu Zigie
Yeah. And if Smith swam that time in 2003, it must be an age group record for 1 – 3 year olds.
That 1-3 NAG will never be broken.
Happy for Summer but geez that WR seems like light years away.
Everyone on CBC (and the frosted tips interviewer guy) keeps saying Summer got the Americas record, but Smith went that 2:03…is World Aquatics just slow to get that ratified?
Yeah, omega timing claims that Pan Zhanle swam an Asian record tonight