VICTORIA, Canada (AP) — Canadian teen Summer McIntosh set her second world record in three days at the Canadian swimming trials on Monday night.
McIntosh swam the 200-meter individual medley in 2 minutes 5.7 seconds, breaking the previous record of 2:06.12 set by Hungary great Katinka Hosszu in 2015.
“I’ve been knocking on the door on this one. I’ve just tried to chip away, chip away at it. To finally do it, it’s kind of like, wow, I’ve finally got that done,” McIntosh said.
The 18-year-old Toronto native had already broken the world best mark in the 400 freestyle on Saturday, completing the race in 3:54.18, shaving more than a second off the old record of 3:55.38 set by Ariarne Titmus of Australia.
McIntosh broke her own Canadian record in the 800 freestyle on Sunday, when her time of 8:05.07 was just 0.95 of a second off the world record set by Katie Ledecky in May.
“I’m really trying to take it one race at a time,” McIntosh said. “Really kind of cruising the heats and then coming to every final super locked in and focused.”
McIntosh won three gold medals at the Paris Olympics last year, winning her three individual events of the 400 and 200 individual medleys and the 200 butterfly. She also won silver in the 400 free.
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FILE - Summer McIntosh of Canada reacts after competing in the Women's 200m Butterfly Heats on day three of the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos, file)
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss some time, the Avalanche said, after he was injured and needed to be helped off the ice early in the second period of what became a 2-1 loss in Florida on Sunday night.
The good news, such as it is, for the Avs might be this: “It's not his knee,” forward Nathan MacKinnon said.
Landeskog, who was out for nearly three full years with chronic right knee problems before returning during last season's playoffs, is dealing now with an upper body injury, Avs coach Jared Bednar said. The severity of the issue was not immediately released by the team, and Landeskog was still being evaluated postgame. It wasn't even clear after the game if Landeskog would be able to accompany the Avalanche to Tampa for a game there against the Lightning on Tuesday night.
“He’s still getting looked at and diagnosed, but it did not look comfortable," Bednar said. “He's going to miss some time for sure."
Landeskog crashed into a goalpost, sliding headfirst along the ice, after his left knee appeared to buckle and he lost his footing. He was down behind the goal for several minutes and was unable to skate off under his own power.
"Bones heal. They just heal normally," MacKinnon said. “Tendons, ligaments are kind of scary injuries in sports. I think after the process he had, obviously, it looked horrible and it's definitely scary, devastating to see a guy like that hurt like that because he's so tough. But the one bright side, maybe, is it's not his knee.”
MacKinnon said several members of the Panthers asked Avalanche players throughout the rest of the game how Landeskog was doing, which he felt was a classy gesture. The Panthers are currently without several of their top players because of injury, including captain Aleksander Barkov.
“It's a sensitive subject for us," Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. "If you love the game, you follow what he’s had to go through to get back. You’re also very aware of how important he is to that team. ... I’m just hopeful that it’s short term. He’s been through enough. He’s too important. Just the game of hockey, we need him on the ice.”
Landeskog helped the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2022, then missed nearly three full years with a chronically injured right knee — one that required several procedures before he could play again. He returned for five games in last season's playoffs, ending more than 1,000 days of waiting between games.
Landeskog has appeared in all 41 of Colorado's games this season, a key part of the team's historic start, and has seven goals and 15 assists. The Avalanche, even after Sunday's loss, are 31-3-7 — by far the best record in the league and their 69 standings points are the second-most through 41 games in NHL history.
Landeskog was also named to represent Sweden in next month's Milan Cortina Olympics.
“No player wants to see another player, regardless of what team they’re on or who they’re playing for, get seriously hurt," Bednar said. “Hopefully, it’s nothing too serious.”
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Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) skates with the puck as Florida Panthers defenseman Donovan Sebrango (6) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
