PARIS — Perhaps it was the “pain and exhaustion” of swimming in 13 races over&nbsp; the course of the gruelling Paris Olympics meet.

Perhaps it was the fact that freestyle sprinting isn’t the strongest in 17-year-old <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>’s incredible competitive arsenal.

Or, maybe she was just run down by some of the best in the world over 100 metres as her breakthrough Olympics came to a close.

Perhaps racing 13 times over the Olympic meet took it's toll in last swim of McIntosh's sensational three gold, one silver Games{ai:summary}<p>Summer McIntosh, only 17, fought through a marathon of 13 races at the Paris Olympics. In a freestyle sprint that tested her limits, she found herself up against the world's elite, leaving her exhausted and outmatched.</p><p>#sports</p>

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