Summer McIntosh broke the longest-standing individual world record in women's swimming on Sunday night in Montreal.

Sarah Sjöström of Sweden, who set the 50-meter butterfly mark in July 2014, now holds the oldest world record in women’s swimming. Four men’s world records still date to the 2008-2009 super suit era, the oldest being Michael Phelps and the U.S. men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay team’s mark at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Summer McIntosh broke the 200-meter butterfly world record, swimming the race in in 2 minutes, 1.65 seconds at the Canadian trials on Sunday.

Summer McIntosh broke the 200m butterfly world record, the last women's record from the super-suit era.

Legendary swimming coach Bob Bowman has witnessed and coached many athletes to world records over his illustrious career. But being part of his first one while coaching Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh on Sunday night in Montreal felt a little different for the veteran coach.