NANTERRE, France — Summer’s Games roll on, as Canadian teenage phenom Summer McIntosh continues to make a big splash at the Paris Olympics.
She captured her second gold medal of the meet in the women’s 200-meter butterfly Thursday night, beating out a field that included the reigning Olympic champion in the event. McIntosh’s winning time of 2:03.03 set an Olympic record ahead of Regan Smith’s 2:03.84, which earned Smith silver. China’s Zhang Yufei earned bronze.
Smith lowered her own American record by .03 in the final, but it wasn’t enough to nab McIntosh.
17-year-old Summer McIntosh gets her SECOND GOLD MEDAL of the #ParisOlympics in the 200m fly! 🤯
Regan Smith
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