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McIntosh Targets Five World Titles as Championships Reach Midpoint

Canada’s Summer McIntosh set three world records at national trials before arriving in Singapore to press her bid for multiple titles

NANTERRE, FRANCE - AUGUST 03: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using an underwater robotic camera.) Katie Ledecky of Team United States and Ariarne Titmus of Team Australia compete in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 03, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Artistic Swimming - World Aquatics Championships - Team Acrobatic - Final - World Aquatics Championships Arena, Singapore - July 25, 2025 Team Japan perform during the final REUTERS/Claudia Greco

Overview

  • McIntosh’s schedule spans the 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medleys, and the 400m and 800m freestyles as she seeks to match Phelps’s mark of five golds at a single worlds
  • Reigning 800m world-record holder Katie Ledecky is slated to face McIntosh in what promises to be the meet’s highlight race
  • Leon Marchand has trimmed his program to concentrate solely on the 200m and 400m IM after dropping his Olympic breaststroke and butterfly events
  • Twelve-year-old Yu Zidi recorded the fastest-ever 200m IM by her age and is also competing in the 400m IM and 200m butterfly
  • Australia’s Moesha Johnson claimed gold in both the 5km and 10km open-water races as coach Rohan Taylor blends debutants with veteran swimmers