2022 FINA WORLD CUP – TORONTO
- Friday, October 28 – Sunday, October 30, 2022
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC), Toronto, Canada
- SCM (25 meters)
- Start Times
- Prelims: 9:30 am local (ET)
- Finals: 6:00 pm local (ET)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results (Omega)
- Live Stream (FINA YouTube)
Summer McIntosh continued her dominant run in Toronto on Saturday, breaking another world junior record with a 4:21.49 in the women’s 400 IM final en route to her second gold medal of the weekend.
WOMEN’S 400 IM – FASTEST HEAT
- World Record 4:18.94, Mireia Belmonte (ESP) – 2017
- World Junior Record: 4:23.33, Ye Shiwen (CHN) — 2012
- World Cup Record: 4:18.94, Mireia Belmonte (ESP) – 2017
PODIUM:
- Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 4:21.49 WJ
- Sydney Pickrem (CAN) – 4:28.45
- Bailey Andison (CAN) – 4:29.36
The 16-year-old Canadian went more than six seconds faster than her previous-best 4:27.87 from the International Swimming League (ISL) last November. McIntosh is now the fourth-fastest performer of all-time.
Best SCM 400 IM Performers All-Time
- Mireia Belmonte (ESP), 4:18.94 – 2017
- Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 4:19.46 – 2015
- Julia Smit (USA), 4:21.04 – 2009
- Summer McIntosh (CAN), 4:21.49 – 2022
- Yui Ohashi (JPN), 4:22.73 – 2018
McIntosh took more than two seconds off Ye Shiwen’s former world junior record of 4:23.33 that had stood untouched since 2012.
Splits comparison, McIntosh vs. Shiwen
| Summer McIntosh, 2022 World Cup | Ye Shiwen, 2012 World Champs | |
| 50m (fly) | 27.98 | 29.49 |
| 100m (fly) | 31.73 | 33.72 |
| 150m (back) | 33.26 | 33.89 |
| 200m (back) | 32.3 | 33.45 |
| 250m (breast) | 37.62 | 37.43 |
| 300m (breast) | 38.94 | 37.32 |
| 350m (free) | 30.73 | 29.89 |
| 400m (free) | 28.93 | 28.14 |
| Total | 4:21.49 | 4:23.33 |
McIntosh’s lifetime best also represented a new Canadian record, lowering the previous mark of 4:23.68 held by the silver medalist Sydney Pickrem. Bailey Andison claimed third place behind Pickrem as the Canadians swept the women’s 400 IM podium.
McIntosh pulled away from Hali Flickinger during the backstroke leg, where she was actually ahead of world record pace before switching to breaststroke. She finished with a 59.71 butterfly split, 1:05.56 backstroke split, 1:16.56 breaststroke split, and 59.66 freestyle split en route to the victory.
McIntosh placed eighth in the 100 back with a time of 58.84 later in the session. She had tied for the eighth qualifying spot with Mary-Sophie Harvey, but she advanced to the final without a swim-off after Maggie MacNeil scratched this morning.
On Friday, McIntosh outdueled Katie Ledecky to secure her first career World Cup gold medal in the 400 free, taking down the world junior record China’s Wang Jianjiahe in the process. McIntosh now holds six world junior records, tied with Claire Curzan for the most among female swimmers.
That’s a serious WR time from Belmonte, one of the most impressive SCM WR on the books.
i haven’t seen that race but her sub-2 200 fly was an absolute work of art. Behind at the 175, then had a phelpsian last wall and just blew HK out of the water on the last lap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGaktq0b1Tk
I’d be curious to see what SM could do now in the 200 fly SCM
Yes some needle went into Belmonte’s swim with Hosszu breaking Belmonte’s previous WR aided by some extra fly kicks on the breaststroke turns.
Belmonte showed up big time and destroyed the record when she next had the chance. One of the best SCM swims I have seen.
i didn’t know that! thanks for sharing 🙂
Practice and Pancakes in Sarasota, FL so we can all see what this girl and her teammates do in practice please!!!
Ooooooo yes!!!