Summer McIntosh was a whisker away from breaking a third world record in under a week at the Canadian Swimming Trials, posting the second-fastest 200m butterfly in history.

Olympic champion Liu Zige trimmed 1.6 seconds off the world record in the women's 200-meter butterfly at China's National Games on Wednesday.

2:01.81 Liu Zige, CHN – Jinan 10-21-09. Notably, the 2:01.81 also significantly clears the world record over short course meters. Yuko Nakanishi holds that mark with a 2:03.12.

(Reuters) -Summer McIntosh came within a whisker of breaking a third world record at the Canadian swimming trials on Tuesday after finishing 0.45 seconds outside Liu Zige's 200m butterfly mark set ...

The 18-year-old posted a time of 2:02.26 in Tuesday’s race, just fractionally off Liu Zige’s world record of 2:01.81 set back in 2009. Previously, ...

The 18-year-old posted a time of 2:02.26 in Tuesday’s race, just fractionally off Liu Zige’s world record of 2:01.81 set back in 2009. Previously, no swimmer had gotten within a second of Zige ...