{"id":350684,"date":"2023-12-01T00:54:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350684"},"modified":"2023-12-01T04:02:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T04:02:10","slug":"teen-phenom-ends-us-olympic-champs-11-year-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350684","title":{"rendered":"Teen phenom ends US Olympic champ's 11-year streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian teen phenom Summer McIntosh has snagged a victory over US legend Katie Ledecky<\/a> less than 12 months out from the Olympic Games<\/a>, defeating her rival in the women's 400m freestyle at the US Open on Friday (AEDT).<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old McIntosh stopped the clock at three minutes and 59.42 seconds (3:59.42)\ufeff, edging the second-placed Ledecky by 2.96 seconds in Greensboro, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

McIntosh's win ended Ledecky's 11-year domestic reign in the 400m event. The seven-time Olympic Games gold medallist hadn't lost a 400m freestyle race in a US pool since the 2012 Olympic Games Trials, at the age of 15.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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McIntosh also broke Ledecky's meet record.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The Toronto-born young gun is the reigning women's world champion in the 200m butterfly and 400m individual medley.<\/p>\n

\"Summer<\/p>\n

She entered July's World Aquatics Championships as the women's world record holder in the 400m freestyle<\/a>, but finished fourth as Australian Olympic Games champion Ariarne Titmus stole back the world record<\/a> with a time of 3:55.38 in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

"After that race, I learned a lot about how to get back out after it," McIntosh said on Peacock after her US Open triumph.<\/p>\n

"I had so many races after that that I was really happy with.<\/p>\n

"No matter how bad one race is, you really get back up and get back into it."<\/p>\n

McIntosh's 400m world record, registered at the Canadian Trials in March, stood at 3:56.08\ufeff.<\/p>\n

Ledecky's personal best is the 3:56.46 she posted at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, a world record at the time.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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