PARIS – The questions that face Summer McIntosh at these Olympics are not about how she plans to navigate the 50 metres from wall-to-wall in an Olympic swimming pool. They are about the challenges that come with her intense schedule: Paris will be an action-packed, nine-day meet that could see the Toronto teenager race upwards of 15 times.

Add the weight of expectations that McIntosh and her camp are well aware comes with her status as a world champion and the journey gets notably more complex.