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Summer McIntosh broke the oldest world record in women's swimming, and the last women's record remaining from the super-suit era.
McIntosh clocked 2 minutes, 1.65 seconds in the 200m butterfly at the Canadian trials on Sunday.
The previous record of 2:01.81 set by China's Liu Zige in October 2009.
"As you can see by emotions, this means the absolute world," McIntosh said in a pool-deck interview moments after the record-breaking swim. "Growing up, this is the one world record that I thought I would never break."
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McIntosh clocked 2 minutes, 1.65 seconds in the 200m butterfly at the Canadian trials on Sunday.
The previous record of 2:01.81 set by China's Liu Zige in October 2009.
"As you can see by emotions, this means the absolute world," McIntosh said in a pool-deck interview moments after the record-breaking swim. "Growing up, this is the one world record that I thought I would never break."
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