Summer mcintosh vs. Katie Ledecky »Blockbuster between two brilliant swimmers, 800 meters free!

Mcintoshthe swimming sensation aged 18, conquered gold at 200 meters butterfly at a distance of 3 seconds of silver, but seemed rather annoyed by the fact that it did not bring down the world record. With 2: 01.99, the teenager pointed out the second fastest time in history, with 0.18 seconds weaker than the milestone established by the Chinese Liu Zige, in 2009.

“I was so close, that bothers me a little. This is the world record I wanted to have dobred since I started my career,” said Summer Mcintosh after the race.

The Canadian swimmer has three gold medals conquered in Singapore: 400 free meters (where Ledecky ranked third), 200 meters butterfly and 200 meters mixed. Her desire is to conquer five individual medals at an edition of the CM, performance achieved by Michael Phelps in 2007.

And the biggest obstacle to Summer's glory, as CBC writes, is the 800 -meter free race, where Katie Ledecky, 28, has longed for long distances. This is how a new story is born so typical of sport: the face -to -face supervedete with the veterana greased with all the alifi.

Mcintosh will swim on aisle 3, while Ledecky will be right next to her, on the aisle 4. Americanca obtained the best time in the qualification series, 8: 14.62, and Mcintosh – the third; 8: 19.88. Between them, the Australian Lani Pallister, qualified with the time of 8, 17.06, will also fight for medals on the aisle 5.

Katie Ledecky is the most medal -medal in history: it has 14 Olympic medals, of which 9 gold and 29 in the world (of which 22 gold). At the CM in Singapore, the American won a categorical 1,500 free sample.

Summer Mcintosh, 18, photo: Guliver/Gettyimages

In June, young Summer Mcintosh shot down no less than three records of the world

But Summer Mcintosh neither is left behind. The Toronto teenager has 4 Olympic medals and 11 medals at CM, of which 7 gold. It was foreseen a bright future from the 2021 OJ in Tokyo, where he finished 4th at 400 m free, at the age of 14.

In June, at the national trial for selection at CM in Singapore, Mcntosh corrected three world records. At 800 meters free, however, he failed to shatter the record held by Ledecky – 8: 04.12, established in May 2025. In fact, the last 6 world performances belong to the same Ledecky, from 2013 to the present.

Mcintosh is a second with Ledecky, the young athlete breaking the 8 -minute barrier and 1 seconds for the first time this season. In February 2024, the Canadian was administered, in fact, to Katie the first defeat over this distance of the last 14 years.

For years in a row, Katie Ledecky was recognized for the fact that the basin dominates, her opponents never fighting for silver and bronze, never for gold. It is considered the best swimmer of all time.

800 -meter sample is always Katie Ledecky's strength

And the 800-meter sample has always been Katie's superpower. He lowered for the first time the record of the sample in 2013, with 8: 13.46, and now this terminal is the 46th in the list of personal performances.

Katie Ledecky, the great favorite of the sample, photo: Guliver/Gettyimages

It has 4 gold-shaped Olympic medals at 800 meters and in an extremely good shape, but the pressure from Mcintosh is one that Ledecky has never felt.

The statistics provide for a palpitating race between the top swimmers. Ledecky is also favorite after the time with which he qualified in the final, and after the figures recorded so far next to his and canadian. Mcintosh has not swam 800 meters at a major competition at OJ 2021.