Summer McIntosh was able to bring home Canada’s first medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics this afternoon.
The 17-year-old was able to pick up a silver medal in the women’s 400m freestyle final.
McIntosh came into the Olympic Games viewed as one of Canada’s greatest medal opportunists, and she lived up to the pressure. She found herself in second place for the majority of the 400m swim, unable to pass Australian gold medal winner Adrienne Titmus but keeping a healthy distance between herself and the other competitors.
Despite being just 17 years old, this is McIntosh’s second time at the Olympics, as she was also a part of the Canadian team at the Toyko 2020 Olympics at just 14.
More to come…
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