Summer McIntosh is figuring it out at the Canadian swim trials

Canada's astir ascendant Olympic jock returns to contention this play arsenic Summer McIntosh ramps up for adjacent month's satellite championships astatine the nationalist swimming trials successful Victoria.

The trials, taking spot Saturday done Thursday, volition find who represents Canada astatine the July 27-Aug. 3 satellite championships successful Singapore. McIntosh, the present 18-year-old phenom who won a national-record 3 Olympic golden medals and a metallic past summertime successful Paris, volition person nary occupation making the squad successful immoderate lawsuit she wants. But precisely which events she'll take to aquatics successful Victoria is simply a substance of immoderate intrigue.

McIntosh has already declared a lofty extremity for the 2028 Olympics successful Los Angeles: 5 idiosyncratic golden medals. That would lucifer Michael Phelps' legendary haul successful 2008 successful Beijing, wherever helium added 3 relay victories to seizure a single-Games grounds 8 golds.

McIntosh confirmed past week that she'll soon statesman moving with Phelps' aged coach, Bob Bowman, arsenic portion of her ambitious plan. But the task is already successful question arsenic McIntosh has declared her volition to vie successful 5 solo events astatine the upcoming satellite championships. She'll usage the Canadian trials to assistance fig retired what those 5 volition be.

McIntosh has officially entered 7 events astatine the six-day trials successful Victoria, but it's highly improbable she really swims each of them. She precocious told my CBC Sports workfellow Brittany MacLean Campbell that her programme for the worlds volition decidedly see the 3 events she won astatine the Paris Olympics (200m butterfly, 200m medley, 400m medley) and the 1 wherever she took metallic (400m freestyle). Her 5th lawsuit volition beryllium either the 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle oregon 800m freestyle — each of which she's signed up for astatine the trials on with the halfway four.

The astute wealth seems to beryllium connected the 800 arsenic McIntosh has devoted a batch of her clip this twelvemonth to longer-distance grooming with her existent manager Fred Vergnoux astatine his campy connected the French Riviera. So look for her to aquatics the 800 astatine the trials and, if each goes well, the worlds too.

McIntosh is not the lone young Canadian Olympic medallist to ticker successful Victoria. On the men's broadside there's 21-year-old Josh Liendo, the 100m butterfly metallic medallist successful Paris, and 19-year-old Ilya Kharun, who took bronze successful some the 100 and 200 fly. 

The trials volition besides determine Canada's squad for the Para satellite championships successful September successful Singapore. Nicholas Bennett won a brace of golds and a metallic astatine past year's Paralympic Games successful Paris, portion Aurelie Rivard collected a medal of each colour to bring her vocation full to 13.

You tin ticker each contention astatine the Canadian aquatics trials unrecorded connected CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, starting Saturday. Preliminary heats statesman astatine 12:30 p.m. ET and finals astatine 8:30 p.m. ET each day. Here's the afloat docket of events. 

For much connected the trials, read Devin Heroux's piece on Canada's young stars and watch Devin and Brittany break down the apical 5 storylines to follow.

Other Canadians to ticker this play successful Olympic/international sports:

* The apical Canadian successful the clubhouse astatine the Canadian Open was Richard Lee, who fired a six-under 64 successful the 2nd circular contiguous astatine Osprey Valley adjacent Toronto to determination to 9 nether for the tourney and drawback a stock of 2nd spot arsenic of our people time. Never heard of Lee? You're not alone. He's a 35-year-old who plays connected the Asian Tour and hasn't made much than 1 PGA Tour commencement successful a play since 2015-16. American Cameron Champ (12 under) had the clubhouse pb astatine our people time. Here's a unrecorded leaderboard. 

* The Canadian men's shot squad is successful Toronto for the Canadian Shield, a new four-team mini-tournament that volition assistance Canada hole for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, starting June 14. The 30th-ranked Canadians play No. 25 Ukraine connected Saturday afternoon, past look No. 41 Ivory Coast connected Tuesday night. New Zealand is besides taking portion but volition not play Canada. The squad with the champion grounds aft 2 matches  is crowned the champion. Here's a look astatine Canada's roster for the Canadian Shield and the Gold Cup.

* Olympic 10m level synchro bronze medallists Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray are among the Canadians competing successful the Canada Cup of Diving successful Gatineau, Que., done Sunday. Athletes from 10 countries are involved, though nary from China, which swept the 8 Olympic golds successful Paris past year. Watch unrecorded connected CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. Here's the streaming schedule. 

* Some of the world's apical women's volleyball teams are opening their Nations League play successful Ottawa, wherever ninth-ranked Canada is 1-1 aft defeating No. 19 Bulgaria and losing to the eight-ranked Netherlands. The Canadians look No. 7 Japan connected Saturday astatine 4 p.m. ET and No. 10 Serbia connected Sunday astatine 6 p.m. ET. Watch those matches unrecorded connected CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem.