SINGAPORE – Summer McIntosh secured her second gold medal in as many nights at the World Aquatics Championships Monday in Singapore, winning the 200-metre individual medley in a time of 2:06.69.
McIntosh, who won the 400-m freestyle Sunday, was under her own world record pace at the 50-m mark and led from start to finish, edging closer to her goal of five gold medals at these championships.
She extended her Canadian-best career gold medal total to six at long-course worlds. With 10 career medals, McIntosh moves into the lead for most by a Canadian at long-course worlds, surpassing Kylie Masse and Penny Oleksiak.
“Going into tonight my goal was to get my hand on the wall first, get my second gold of the meet, to do that I was really happy,” said the 18-year-old from Toronto, who holds the world record of 2:05.70. “The time not so much. Before I even touched the wall I knew my time wasn’t going to be what I wanted it to be, but overall still happy with the race.”
Her teammate Mary-Sophie Harvey, from Trois-Rivières, Que., who swims with coach Greg Arkhurst at Montreal’s CAMO club, earned her first-ever individual long course World Aquatics medal with a bronze in thesame race. Harvey had a strong back half and surged in the final stretch to touch the wall in 2:09.15 behind American Alex Walsh (2:08.58).
“It was pretty special to share the podium with one of my teammates,” Harvey said. “She’s pushing the boundaries for swimming in general, and to stand alongside her is just something I will cherish for a long time.”
The medal was validation for the 25-year-old, who finished fourth in three events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, but finally broke through at her fourth long-course worlds.
“It’s my first individual (medal) so I’m pretty happy about it and I think it set the tone nicely for the rest of the week,” said Harvey, who had a challenging year of training due to Montreal pool closures, including hours-long drives and sleeping on couches.
Despite her own victory, McIntosh called Harvey’s medal the highlight of her night.
“That was so incredible,” McIntosh said. “She’s worked so hard for this and to see her get the result I think she’s over the moon about it. She deserves it and to share that moment for Team Canada was amazing.”
Meanwhile, two Canadians advanced to Tuesday’s women’s 100-m backstroke final with strong semifinal swims Monday.
LaSalle, Ont., native Kylie Masse’s time of 58.66 was good for third seed behind American Regan Smith (58.21) and Australian Kaylee McKeown (58.44). That trio – the top three performers all time in the distance – were all in the same semifinal.
“I wasn’t really thrilled with my morning swim, but the first on in the meet is always a little bit challenging and just not knowing where you’re at. To be able to get that one over with and to be able to put up a pretty good time tonight, I’m happy with it and looking forward to tomorrow night,” Masse said.
Katharine Berkhoff of Team USA (58.79) was fourth, followed by Kelowna, B.C., native Taylor Ruck (59.18).
The eight-day pool competition continues through Aug. 3 (Singapore time) at the 4,800-seat World Aquatics Championships Arena, with morning prelims taking place the evening before in Canadian time zones.
CBC Gem and CBC Sports are streaming prelims with international commentary live every day starting at 9:45 p.m. ET, with finals webcasts beginning at 6:45 a.m. ET. All streams can be found at this link: https://www.cbc.ca/player/sports/live
Radio-Canada Sports is broadcasting the swimming events on its Tou.tvplatform: https://ici.tou.tv/section/sports with French commentary by Benoît Huot and René Pothier.
CBC TV will air broadcast shows Sunday, July 27, from noon-1 p.m. ET, Saturday, Aug. 2, from 4-6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 3 from 2-3 p.m., with key races called by Rob Snoek and Byron MacDonald, as well as a post-event wrap-up show on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 4-6 p.m.
Reporter Devin Heroux is on site in the mixed zone speaking to Canadians following their races, and will join The Ready Room show live on YouTube every day after finals, with Brittany MacLean Campbell hosting from Toronto. The show will include Canadian highlights, athlete interviews and analysis. The show page can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDsQU3UFA4hWNpRkQUQ9V2q1weYX0Z5t
Swimming Canada and @cbcolympics are also posting content across their digital platforms.
Nearly 2,500 athletes from 206 registered countries are competing across six aquatic sports at Singapore 2025. A record 77 medal events will be contested, with a record prize money pool of more than $6 million US, in addition to a $30,000 world record bonus in swimming.
Full results: https://www.omegatiming.com/2025/world-aquatics-championships-swm-live-results