PARIS – <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Summer McIntosh&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/feature/canadian-teen-swimmer-summer-mcintosh-paris-olympics-2024&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" data-link-type="backlink" href="https://nationalpost.com/feature/canadian-teen-swimmer-summer-mcintosh-paris-olympics-2024">Summer McIntosh</a> belts out the national anthem in both official languages, as she did for each of her three virtuoso gold medal swims here.

Josh Liendo is a proud product of Scarborough, Ont. and remains attached to the roots in his homeland.

Ilya Kharun’s sense of Canadiana is still a work in progress given he was born in Montreal but raised in Las Vegas.

But what do these three, who brought home a combined seven medals from the swimming competition here have in common in their preparations for what turned out to be a successful Paris 2024? All three may have been born in Canada, but they were made in the USA.

"No matter where they are they are Canadian athletes We want to see them get the best for what they need."{ai:summary}<p>In the shimmering pool of Paris, Summer McIntosh belts the anthem as she claims gold. Josh Liendo, proud of his Scarborough roots, and Ilya Kharun, a blend of Montreal and Vegas, join the ranks. Seven medals later, their tales spin around a common thread: a Canadian birth, an American craft.</p><p>#sports</p>