Just after Canadian teen sensation Summer season McIntosh broke the Planet Record in the 400 cost-free at final week’s Canadian Trials, the former Planet Record holder Ariarne Titmus of Australia spoke with 9Now to share her reaction to her newfound rival’s good results.

Titmus, 22, shared candidly that seeing her record get broken was a “tough pill to swallow” but that she’s focused on seeking at the “good in every little thing.” She explained that it is possibly a great factor that it was broken when it was as it provides her “a bit of added fire in the belly” as she prepares for her subsequent matchup with McIntosh.

She went on the say that it is thrilling for the sport and for the 400 freestyle, especially. Titmus then teased the “exciting” showdown that is to come involving herself, McIntosh, and former planet record-holder Katie Ledecky at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Even though it appears like a lock that they will all race in Tokyo, their very first meeting because McIntosh’s record could come sooner than that. McIntosh was lately named to the Canadian Planet Championships group for this summer time in Fukuoka and Titmus and Ledecky every have possibilities to qualify for that meet in the coming months.

Each Titmus and Ledecky must quickly win the 400 cost-free at their respective Planet Championships Trials meets, which means that if they each elect to go, we will see McIntosh vs Ledecky vs Titmus later this year.

Titmus is anticipated to race later this month at the 2023 Australian Swimming Championships in Queensland. She is entered in the 200, 400, and 800 freestyle as the major seed and Australian record holder in all 3. She will then have a couple of a lot more weeks of education ahead of vying for a spot on the Planet Championships roster at the Australian Trials in June 2023.

The 3 of them have only raced every other after ahead of in the 400 freestyle. At Tokyo 2020 the 3 of them swam in the 400 freestyle final as Ariarne Titmus won with a three:56.69, followed by Katie Ledecky with a three:57.36 for silver and Li Bingjie with a four:01.08 for bronze. McIntosh settled for 4th in Tokyo with a four:02.42 and has because dropped more than six seconds off that time.

McIntosh broke Titmus’ planet record of three:56.40 that was set at the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships.