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Summer McIntosh posts world-leading time in 200m butterfly at Canadian swim trials

Toronto’s Summer McIntosh emerged victorious once again, winning the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials on Saturday night.

McIntosh finished with a world-leading time of two minutes 4.33 seconds to go under the Olympic qualifying time of 2:08.43.

It’s the fourth event in which the 17-year-old has gone under qualifying time at the trials in Toronto.

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Summer McIntosh swims world’s fastest time of year in 200m butterfly, qualifies for Paris Olympics 

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Summer McIntosh wins the women’s 200-metre butterfly with a time of 2:04.33 to qualify for a spot at the Paris Olympics.

She was dominant in her 400-metre freestyle victory on Monday and followed it up the next night with a comfortable win in the 200 free. She then broke her own world record in the 400 individual medley on Thursday.

McIntosh won gold in both the 200 butterfly and 400 IM at the 2023 world aquatics championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Mabel Zavaros of Burlington, Ont., finished second in 2:11.85.

Watch live coverage of the Canadian swim trials on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem. 

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