This is how Summer McIntosh trains to be the best | CBC Sports

CBC Sports' Devin Heroux profiles world champion swimmer Summer McIntosh on her move from Toronto to Sarasota, Florida in order to join an elite training swim program.

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[Dbro]

Huge respect to her family/mom for this

[rtwogb]

Awesome job Summer and family, Canada is very proud of you.

[handyvickers]

From across the pond, Summer, I'm rooting for you in Paris this year! Go girl!

[francesscully]

Thank you for taking care of these wonderful young people. It is a pleasure to see such happy, healthy, and humble people. As a Canadian, I am grateful, and as a human being, I am thankful to see people striving humbly for excellence . To me, this is the good side of humanity. We see so much arrogance, conflict and cruelty that watching everyone here brings joy to my eyes. If only our planet's children could be cared for and nurtured like those we see in this video, what a paradise we could create. Thanks for being so good to young people. Our children are our future.

[Steve]

Well on behalf of Canada I say thanks Brent for 3 gold medals and a silver, and way to go Summer! Awesome job. Canada is so proud of you.

[Twistan]

As someone who got to train in Sarasota with summer for a week I can’t describe how inspiring it was and now to know that she’s one of Canadas best olympians makes it 50 times better

[LaineSterlingHale]

Summer is a real phenom. Her races are amazing to watch.

[elizabethng]

I wish they would have elite swimming programs in Canada. That way, when our athletes win, it's not because they went to the States.

Summer has amazing talent. Thank you for working so hard to bring the glory to our country! We love you!

[sunendranshanmuganathan]

Canada is very proud of you. canda flag

[ETHomerin]

I think she is fantastic and still has even more potential. One could say doing both 200s and 400s free/IM is the full diversity line up. The only swimmers that come to mind for me who were able to do both mid-distance free and IM at the world stage are Phelps, Lochte, Thorpe, and (in the case of short-course recently at NCAAs) Marchand. And even Phelps, Lochte, and Thorpe would only do three out of those four events. That being said, where are McIntosh's effective underwaters, and why does a swimmer with this array of skills preform a basic open turn from back to breast instead of the quicker crossover? If she masters her turns and dolphin kick (the fifth stroke) she will be totally unstoppable, even against the likes of Titmus and Ledecky in the 400. This can be done if she is willing to deal with the stress and the pain. But no matter what, I'm rooting for this young woman. Records and reaching outstanding achievements that seemed impossible beforehand are what keep sports interesting.

[timw]

you see them in the competitions and they look more mature. In actual fact these are all just kids trying there best to get better. Lets just hope they havent skipped there childhood just for a few moments of glory.

[FloweryPeasantsDelights]

This video has certainly aged well. Congrats to Summer and the coaching staff!

[Victorious]

Who's here after Summer's 3 Gold Medals & 1 Silver Medal from France? 🖐

[squashoe]

Respect for not letting this country’s controlling covid policies not stop her. Good for you summer!!!

[AJXOXO-vzpn]

Canada loves Summer because she works hard and is very nice.

[ryanf]

Great job summer, great parents and coaches. Good job moving south 😂😂

[thewanderer]

What I wonder in the world of sports is 1) Her Mom was an Olympian? (interesting when any Olympians had a parent/s that were previous (makes me think "genes" is huge factor in that alone? 2) When athletes go to another country and train or have coaches etc? (eg this girl is "Canadian" but learns and trains etc with USA coaches in Florida? (So who are the coaches cheering for race days? her or other Americans?

[getsix]

당신은 언제 웃나요? 수영할때는 웃지 않나요? 즐겁지 않은 수영인가요? 1등은 못해도 웃는 수영 선수가 되기를 바래봅니다.

[infovidasupps]

And yet she swims for Canada

70% of medal winners actually live and train in the US and yet claim another country for medal count