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Paul Myers

Another night of Marchandamania as Canada's teen queen McIntosh stakes her claim

Summer McIntosh (centre) claimed her second gold medal of the 2024 Olympics in the 200m butterfly. The 17-year-old Canadian set an Olympic record to beat the American Regan Smith (left) who took the silver medal. Yufei Zhang from China won the bronze medal. AP - Matthias Schrader

The Marchand medal industrial complex continued its inexorable roll on Thursday night when the 22-year-old Frenchman qualified for the final of the 200m individual medley.

He claimed his semi-final in one minute, 56.31 seconds. Daiya Seto, Finlay Knox and Shaine Casas will join him from his race in Friday's final at the Paris La Defense Arena with four from the first semi-final.

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