Sports/Olympics/Summer Sports/Aquatics/Swimming (Page 4)

Updated Two-time world champion Summer McIntosh qualified for Monday’s final of the Olympic women’s 400-metre individual medley in Paris. Masse , Wilm reach the semifinals of the women’s 100m backstroke Doug Harrison · CBC Sports · Posted: Jul 29, 2024 6:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago Canada’sContinue Reading

Toronto’s Summer McIntosh will have another chance to earn her first Olympic swimming medal on Saturday afternoon after qualifying fourth for the women’s 400-metre freestyle final at 2:52 p.m. ET in Paris. Qualifies 4th for Saturday final at 2:52 p.m. ET; Maggie Mac Neil into butterfly semisCBC Sports · Posted:Continue Reading

Regan Smith set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday night. Smith touched in 57.13 seconds, easily beating the mark of 57.33 set a year ago by Australia’s Kaylee McKeown. Touched in 57.13 seconds, beating mark of 57.33 set by Australia’s KayleeContinue Reading

Canadian Olympic swimmer Ruslan Gaziev has been suspended 18 months for anti-doping rule violations. Toronto athlete, 24, had 3 confirmed “whereabouts failures” over 12-month periodThe Canadian Press · Posted: May 23, 2024 5:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago Canada’s Ruslan Gaziev, who won three Commonwealth Games relayContinue Reading

New Canada’s Penny Oleksiak is back at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre this week competing in the inaugural Canadian Open. She’ll compete in the 100m and 200m freestyle events, a chance to see where she’s at with less than five weeks until Olympic trials.  Canada’s most decorated Olympian feelingContinue Reading

Mistakes in the 10-metre platform final cost Canadian diver Caeli McKay, who finished eighth of 12 women on Tuesday at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Artistic swimmers Audrey Lamothe and Jacqueline Simoneau were seventh in the duet technical routine. Canada’s artistic swimmers 7th in women’s duet technical finalContinue Reading

Montreal’s Jacqueline Simoneau earned a long-awaited medal for Canada on Saturday. The 27-year-old secured an artistic swimming silver medal in the women’s solo technical at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. 2-time Olympian finishes behind gold medallist Evangelia Platanioti of GreeceCBC Sports · Posted: Feb 03, 2024 11:18 AM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Summer McIntosh scorched the pool in Knoxville, Tenn., for a third consecutive night on Saturday, leading to a third consecutive victory at the Pro Swim Series. 17-year-old phenom from Toronto clocks time of 2:07.16 in Knoxville, Tenn. Devin Heroux · CBC Sports · Posted: Jan 13, 2024 7:37 PM ESTContinue Reading

Canada’s Summer McIntosh delivered another dominant performance at the season-opening Pro Swim Series stop on Friday, winning the women’s 200-metre freestyle final by a wide margin in Knoxville, Tenn. Toronto’s McIntosh, 17, wins by nearly 3 seconds for 2nd straight day in TennesseeCBC Sports · Posted: Jan 12, 2024 7:58 PM EST |Continue Reading