Summer McIntosh was able to pick up her third gold medal at what has been an outstanding run at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
McIntosh went into the final 50m trailing USA’s Kate Douglass, but was able to pull off an epic comeback to get the win.
THREE gold medals for Summer McIntosh 🥇🥇🥇
Great come-from-behind win by Canada’s Olympic star pic.twitter.com/wQBwxBiMIn
— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) August 3, 2024
McIntosh, who also won gold in both the 200m butterfly and the 400m individual medley, finished with a time of 2:06.56 in today’s event. She’s won four medals in total at this year’s Games, having also picked up a silver in the 400m freestyle event.
Though not on McIntosh’s end, there was some controversy in this one. The US appeared to have won both the silver and bronze, but after the race had concluded, it was announced that Alex Walsh was disqualified for an illegal turn from backstroke to breaststroke. As a result, Australia’s Kaylee McKeown was rewarded the bronze with a finishing time of 2:08.08.
Alex Walsh was disqualified for an illegal turn from backstroke to breaststroke.
Cost her a bronze medal. That is brutal.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) August 3, 2024
More to come…
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