SINGAPORE - CanadaÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Summer McIntosh capped a dominant world swimming championships with her fourth gold medal on Sunday, winning the womenÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 400-metre individual medley in championship-record time.
The 18-year-old from Toronto touched in four minutes 25.78 seconds, well ahead of AustraliaÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Jenna Forrester and JapanÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Mio Narita, who tied for silver in 4:33.26.Â
Zidi Yu, the 12-year-old phenom from China, finished fourth in 4:33.76.
McIntosh also claimed gold in the 200 butterfly, 200 medley and 400 freestyle in Singapore.
Her bid for a record five golds ended Saturday as American star Katie Ledecky won the 800 freestyle ahead of AustraliaÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Lani Pallister. McIntosh settled for bronze in the event.
McIntosh now has 13 career medals at the world championships, including eight gold.
Also Sunday, CanadaÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ menÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 4x100 medley relay team placed sixth, while the womenÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 4x100 medley relay team, which included McIntosh, finished fifth in the final event of the meet.
McIntosh accounted for five of CanadaÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ eight swimming medals at the world aquatics championships. Adding to the tally were Montreal's Ilya Kharun in the menÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 100 butterfly, Mary-Sophie Harvey, of Laval, Que., in the womenÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 200 individual medley, and the 4x100 mixed medley relay team — all earning bronze.
Montreal's Simone Leathead added a silver in the womenÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ 20-metre high dive, her first career medal at worlds.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 3, 2025.