On the first day of the swimming world championships in Singapore on Sunday, Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh started her quest for five gold medals.
The 400-meter freestyle is her first medal race.
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is the favorite in the race on Sunday alongside American Katie Ledecky, who won three gold medals at the Paris Olympics a year ago and owns the world record in the 400-meter freestyle event at 3 minutes, 54.18 seconds.
Ledecky’s time of 3:56.81 is the second-best of the year. Later in the meet, she will compete against McIntosh once again in the 800 free.
McIntosh possesses the 400 free world record, however she hasn’t won gold in the Olympics or at any of the prior world championships.
In addition, McIntosh will aim to win gold in the 200 butterfly and the 400 individual medleys.
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Additionally scheduled for Sunday is the men’s 400 free final. The favorite is German Lukas Martens. Earlier this year, he achieved a new world record of 3:39.96. Paul Biedermann’s record, which had stood since 2009 during the super-suit era, was surpassed by that.
The women’s and men’s 4×100 freestyle relays are the other two gold-medal competitions on Sunday.
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