world aquatic championships

McIntosh and Marchand dazzle for gold at Swimming World Championships

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Summer McIntosh came within a whisker of breaking a long-standing world record, and Leon Marchand failed to improve on a new mark he set just a night earlier, but both young guns won gold medals at the World Championships in Singapore on Thursday. Romania’s David Popovici also flirted with a record on day five at…

Summer McIntosh of Canada makes it two gold medals in two days at the World Swimming Championships

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Two days. Two gold medals. Summer McIntosh is off to a perfect start at the Swimming World Championships in her attempt to win five individual gold medals, a feat only achieved by American legend Michael Phelps. The 18-year-old Canadian took the 200-metre individual medley on Monday, clocking 2:06.69. The victory matched the gold she won…