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Canada’s 17-year-old Summer McIntosh had an incredible recovery in the final metres of the women’s 200-metre individual medley to win her third gold at the Paris Games. McIntosh prevailed in a tight fight with Kate Douglass of the United States to set a new Olympic record of 2 minutes 06.56 seconds. Douglass, who already had 200m breaststroke gold, took silver, 0.36 seconds behind. The US had initially also claimed bronze through Alex Walsh but she was disqualified for an illegal turn as she flipped too early. The medal went to Australia’s Kaylee McKeown, her third medal in Paris after 100m an…

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