Summer McIntosh Ends Katie Ledecky's 11-Year U.S. Winning Streak in 400m Freestyle
The Canadian teenager won the race at the U.S. Open championships with a meet record time, marking Ledecky's first loss in this event on American soil in over a decade.
- Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh defeated Katie Ledecky in the 400-meter freestyle race at the U.S. Open championships, marking Ledecky's first loss in this event on American soil in 11 years.
- McIntosh won with a meet record time of 3 minutes, 59.42 seconds, beating Ledecky by nearly 3 seconds.
- This is not the first time McIntosh has bested Ledecky; in March, she ended Ledecky's nine-year U.S. win streak in the 200 freestyle.
- McIntosh previously held the 400 free world record for three months before it was reclaimed by Australia's Ariarne Titmus.
- Ledecky, who holds two world records in 800 meter and 1,500 meter freestyle, remains unbeaten domestically in those two races for the past 13 years.