PARIS — Summer McIntosh won the women’s 200-meter individual medley here at the 2024 Olympics on Saturday, coming from behind over the final 50 in one of the meet’s most loaded events.
McIntosh chased down Team USA’s Alex Walsh and held off U.S. star Kate Douglass with a fantastic freestyle leg to win her third individual gold and fourth medal of these Games.
Walsh was later disqualified for an illegal turn between her backstroke and breaststroke, allowing Australia’s Kaylee McKeown to sneak onto the podium in third. Douglass won silver.
The mainstream media machine had built last weekend’s 400-meter freestyle into the “Race of the Century.