NANTERRE, France — Summer’s Games roll on, as Canadian teenage phenom Summer McIntosh continues to make a big splash at the Paris Olympics.
She captured her second gold medal of the meet in the women’s 200-meter butterfly Thursday night, beating out a field that included the reigning Olympic champion in the event. McIntosh’s winning time of 2:03.03 set an Olympic record ahead of Regan Smith’s 2:03.84, which earned Smith silver. China’s Zhang Yufei earned bronze.
Smith lowered her own American record by .03 in the final, but it wasn’t enough to nab McIntosh.
17-year-old Summer McIntosh gets her SECOND GOLD MEDAL of the #ParisOlympics in the 200m fly! 🤯
Regan Smith finishes close behind to earn silver. 🥈 | 📺 NBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/JgRhD0xDfQ
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 1, 2024
“I’m really happy with the time,” McIntosh said about setting an Olympic record. “I need to rewatch it, I think my finish was a little bit weird, but I can never be upset with a best time, especially by that margin.”
McIntosh, 17, is excelling on the world stage to the surprise of no one who knows her. She’s won three Olympic medals so far this meet — gold in the 200 fly and the 400-meter individual medley, plus silver in the 400 free —…
