McIntosh, Marchand close U.S. Open with 200m fly victories

Summer McIntosh of Canada competes in the women's 400-metre individual medley final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Olympic swim stars Summer McIntosh and Leon Marchand closed out the U.S. Open in Austin, Texas, with dominant victories in the 200 metre butterfly on Saturday.

Canada’s McIntosh, the reigning Olympic and world champion, clocked 2min 02.62sec to win the women’s 200 metre fly, posting the fourth-fastest time ever to beat American Regan Smith by 4.27sec.

France’s Marchand, who counted the 200 metre fly among his four gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won the men’s 200 metre fly in 1:52.57 with Canadian Ilya Kharun -- bronze medalist in Paris -- second in 1:55.71 and Hungarian Hubert Kos third in 1:56.01.

Smith and Kos -- who trains in Austin with McIntosh and Marchand under former Michael Phelps coach Bob Bowman -- both made their fly podiums after 200 metre backstroke victories.

Smith won the 200 metre back in 2:05.52, with Leah Shackley a distant second in 2:07.21.

Kos, the Olympic and world champion, won the men’s 200 metre back in 1:54.21 -- four seconds in front of runner-up Blake Tierney.