Canada’s Summer McIntosh swam to a bronze medal in the women’s 200 freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, on Wednesday.
The Toronto native, 16, finished in a world junior record time of one minute, 53.65 seconds.
Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan set a new world record tome of 1:52.85 on the way to gold, while fellow Australian Ariarne Titmus took silver in 1:53.01.
McIntosh finished fourth in her first final at event, the women’s 400m freestyle on Sunday.
Live coverage of Wednesday’s swimming finals continues on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app, and on CBC Gem.
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