McIntosh, Mac Neil advance to Olympic finals – National

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McIntosh, Mac Neil advance to Olympic finals – National

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Posted July 27, 2024 8:45 am

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PARIS – Summer McIntosh, Maggie Mac Neil and Canada’s 4×100 relay teams advanced to their finals as the swimming competition kicked off Saturday at the Paris Olympics.

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The 17-year-old McIntosh from Toronto qualified for the final of the women’s 400-metre freestyle by finishing second in her heat and fourth overall.

The former world record holder in the event will look to improve on her fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Games when she swims in the final later Saturday at Paris La Defense Arena.

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Mac Neil took second place in her heat and qualified seventh overall in the women’s 100-metre butterfly.

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The 24-year-old from London, Ont., will try to defend her Olympic title in the event in Sunday’s final.

Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak, Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivières, Que., Brooklyn Douthwright of Riverview, N.B., and Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., qualified sixth in the women’s 4×100-metre freestyle relay, while Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alta., Yuri Kisil of Calgary, and Javier Acevedo and Josh Liendo, both form Toronto, qualified fifth for the men’s final.

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Both freestyle relay finals are scheduled for later Saturday.

This report by The ********* Press was first published July 27, 2024.

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