Summer McIntosh showed the Paris Olympic pool the thrill of the new generation with a second gold medal for Canada on Aug 1, but it was golden oldie Katie Ledecky standing alone at the end of day 6 as the most decorated female swimmer of all time.
The teenager swept in like a summer storm to make off with the 200 metres butterfly title at La Defense Arena, before the veteran claimed a record 13th Olympic medal by helping the United States take silver behind Australia in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay.
The latter's achievement was another boost for the US team following Kate Douglass' gold in the 200m breaststroke.
Hungary then savoured their first champion of the meet when the Bob Bowman-coached Hubert Kos won the men's 200m backstroke.
The men's swimming has been all about French poster boy Leon Marchand, but McIntosh, 17, may end up remembered as the face of the women's meet.
Having blown away the field for the 400m individual medley gold on day 3, her second gold was more of a battle in the event that her Olympian mother Jill Horstead swam for Canada.
This story is from the August 03, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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