World Aquatics Championships: Summer McIntosh defends women's 200m butterfly title for first gold at Fukuoka 2023

The 16-year-old Canadian goes wire-to-wire for her first victory of these championships.

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Summer McIntosh won her first gold of the World Aquatics Championships 2023 on Thursday (27 July), defending the women’s 200-metre butterfly swimming title in Fukuoka, Japan.

The 16-year-old McIntosh from Canada touched in a world junior record of 2:04.06, leading from start to finish.

Australia’s Elizabth Dekkers was second (2:05.46) with Regan Smith of USA further back for the bronze (2:06.58).

"I'm really happy with my race, 200 fly is definitely one of my favourite races,” McIntosh said. “Going into tonight I just wanted to see how hard I can push and how much I could hold on in that second half.”

"I was just trying to make sure that I'm having as much fun as possible and enjoying the experience and process, and trying to feed off all the energy from all the people in the stands and it it just makes it a really fun time."

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