Olympics 2024: 17-yr-old Canadian Summer McIntosh wins gold in 400-meter IM

Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh claimed the first gold medal of her just-burgeoning career Monday night with a dominating victory in the 400-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics.

The 17-year-old McIntosh collected her first medal of any color on the opening night of swimming, taking a silver in the 400 freestyle behind Ariarne Titmus and ahead of Katie Ledecky.

Now, McIntosh has the most prized color of all.

I try to take every event very individually and just do my work, but starting off for me getting on the podium is definitely a great way to start, McIntosh said. You try to continue to get better and better.

She pushed the pace hard through the first half of the grueling race the butterfly and backstroke legs to leave everyone in her wake except American Katie Grimes.

McIntosh was under her own world-record pace, but couldn't keep it going. She touched in 4 minutes, 27.71 seconds, more than three seconds off the mark of 4:24.38 she set at the Canadian trials in .