Summer MCINTOSH

In March 2023, the Canadian prodigy scored her first win over Ledecky in the 200m freestyle at the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series, lowering her own world junior record and breaking Taylor Ruck's national record. Weeks later, she broke two world records at the Canadian World Championship trials, first eclipsing Titmus' 400m freestyle world record and then Katinka Hosszu's 400 I.M. mark from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

In her second World Championships in Fukuoka, while still 16, McIntosh took 200m freestyle bronze in a new world junior record behind Mollie O'Callaghan's world record swim and Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Titmus. She retained her 200m butterfly title - breaking her own world junior record - to become the first Canadian swimmer to win two world titles in the same event. McIntosh then scored another repeat win in the 400m I.M., this time in a new championship record.

At the end of 2023, McIntosh defeated Ledecky in the 400 free at the U.S. Open Championships. She also beat the American over 800m in February 2024, ending Ledecky's unbeaten run in the event stretching back to 2010, although she has since said she will concentrate on shorter distances at Paris 2024.

While she is a medal threat in freestyle, McIntosh has proven herself to be a cut above in the 200m butterfly and 400 I.M. as she seeks a first Olympic title in the French capital.