NANTERRE, France (AP) — Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh claimed her second gold medal of the Paris Olympics with another dominating performance, romping to victory in the 200-meter butterfly Thursday night while dealing American Regan Smith another runner-up finish.
Golden hour 🥇
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 1, 2024
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China's Zhang Yufei, the reigning Olympic champion and of nearly two dozen swimmers from her country who tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Games but were allowed to compete,pushed the pace over the first half of the race. She couldn't hold on.
1984 ➡️ 2024 🏊♀️
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 1, 2024
40 years later, Summer McIntosh claims gold in the women’s 200m butterfly in Olympic record time of 2:03.03, the same event her mother, Jill Horstead competed in at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. ❤️
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McIntosh powered to the lead on the third 50 and left no doubt on the closing lap. She touched in an Olympic-record of 2 minutes, 3.03 seconds.
Smith passed Zhang as well, but had no chance of chasing down the 17-year-old who has established herself as one of the biggest stars at La Defense Arena.
McIntosh opened the games with a silver medal in the 400 freestyle, finishing ahead of Katie Ledecky, and blew away the field in the 400 individual medley.
This was another rout. Smith touched in 2:03.84 for the fourth silver medal of a career, while Zhang held on for the bronze in 2:05.09.