Summer McIntosh Shatters 200m Butterfly World Record
Canadian swimmer breaks final 'supersuit' era world record in dominant performance
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- Summer McIntosh broke the 200m butterfly world record with a time of 2:01.65 at Canada's Pan Pacific Championships trials in Montreal.
- She surpassed Liu Zige's 2009 record, set before the ban on 'supersuits', and now holds five of the six fastest times in the event.
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Summer McIntosh broke the last 'supersuit' era world record in women's swimming by winning the 200m butterfly at Canada's trials. The previous record was set in 2009 before polyurethane suits were banned.
Summer McIntosh wiped out the last “supersuit” world record in women’s swimming on Sunday with a stunning victory in the 200 metres butterfly at Canada’s trials for the Pan Pacific Championships.
The Olympic and world champion touched the wall in two minutes, 1.65 seconds in the final in Montreal, eclipsing Liu Zige’s long-standing record of 2:01.81 at China’s National Games in October 2009.
Liu’s mark was set months before polyurethane suits were banned from global competition and was considered one of the hardest records to break.
But McIntosh has been chipping away.
The 19-year-old became the second woman to break 2:02.00 at last year’s world championships and now owns five of the six fastest times in the event.
“As you can see my emotions, this means the absolute world,” she said poolside. “Growing up, this is the one world record I thought I would never break and to do it tonight is really special in front of a home crowd.
