That’s still two seconds shy of McIntosh’s record, but Titmus has since gained confidence. Titmus won the Australian trials in June in 3:58.47, the second-best time in the world this year.
“I’m not going to guess things like that,” she said. McIntosh was asked if she’ll be swifter at worlds than at trials. She also broke the 400m individual medley world record at the Canadian trials and is fastest in the world this year in four events. McIntosh broke Titmus’ world record by 32 hundredths on March 28, taking it down to 3:56.40. Titmus assessed her chances as even with Ledecky and McIntosh, but the Canadian who trains in Florida has the momentum. “To be hunter or hunted, I’m just going to go in there to give it a red-hot crack.” “There’s going to be three women, hopefully, really close to the world record or breaking the world record,” she said. Titmus, whose coach used to shout Ledecky’s name in practices for motivation, yearns to race Ledecky for the first time since the Tokyo Games. “Any outside noise is not really relevant to me.” “I’m really excited to see what happens, and all I can really control is what I do for myself from now until then,” she said. McIntosh, who had Ledecky quotes on her childhood bedroom wall, shared the sentiment. “I’m always excited to get the meet started.” “It feels pretty similar,” to past 400m frees, she said. Ledecky, who is one individual world title shy of Phelps’ record 15, is outwardly staying calm ahead of her own shared historic moment. (Phelps ultimately earned a satisfying bronze, shattering his American record by 1.28 seconds.)
That was dubbed the “Race of the Century” for including, at the time, the four fastest men in history, all of them individual Olympic gold medalists: Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett of Australia, Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and a 19-year-old American named Michael Phelps.īack then, Phelps, an underdog, was so amped for the opportunity to race them - particularly Thorpe - that he bristled at his coach’s suggestion to drop the 200m free from his busy Olympic schedule.
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