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Melissa Woods

Titmus spurred on after McIntosh steals swim record

Losing the 400m freestyle world record has fired Ariarne Titmus's competitive instinct. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Ariarne Titmus says surrendering her 400m freestyle world record to Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh has lit a fire ahead of her Olympic title defence in Paris next year.

Swimming at Canada's national trials for the upcoming world championships in Japan, McIntosh cut 0.32 seconds off the world mark set by Titmus last year.

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