(Reuters) -Canadian three-times Olympic champion Summer McIntosh set a world record in the women's 400 metres freestyle at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday.

The 18-year-old clocked 3:54.18 to better Australian Ariarne Titmus' mark of 3:55.38 set at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

"Going into tonight, I knew that my training has been really good these past few months, and I knew that I could do something special," McIntosh told public broadcaster CBC.

"So being able to input my training in doing that - I didn't think my training would be 54.1 but I'm really happy with that."

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At the Paris Olympics, McIntosh became the first athlete from Canada to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games.

In Paris, the four-time

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