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Diasabra 30 Juli 2022

Summer McIntosh wins 400 individual medley in stunning swim

time from (the) worlds and
The 15-year-old McIntosh, see what I can do to get bet-
who became the first Cana- ter," McIntosh said. "I've been
dian to win two gold med- working on a lot of stuff in
als at a single championship training so I can execute my
in Budapest, easily beat her 400m IM better than I did at
opposition in the 400-meter (the) worlds, because I had
individual medley. so much room for improve-
ment, and I still do."
On a night when several
Commonwealth Games re- The Canadian's triumph split
cords were set, McIntosh es- Australian hat tricks, with
tablished a new event mark Ariarne Titmus's decision to
and personal best of 4:29.01 sit out the World Champion-
in her dominant win. ships paying dividends in the
200 freestyle.
Australian Kiah Melverton Compatriot Mollie
finished some 7.77 seconds O'Callaghan raced at the
behind McIntosh for the sil- shoulder of the double
ver medal. Olympic gold medalist
McIntosh is the third fastest throughout but fell short of
performer in the event's his- an upset by less than a sec-
tory and is closing the gap on ond, with Titmus recording
the world record of 4:26.36 a time of 1:53.89. Madison
set by Hungarian Katinka Wilson completed a sweep
(AP) — After her suc- Canadian teenager Sum- swim at the Common- Hosszu at the 2016 Olympics of medals for Australia when
cess at the World Aquatic mer McIntosh triumphed wealth Games in Birming- in Brazil. finishing third.
Championships in June, again with a stunning ham on Friday. "I was excited to re-do my

4-time F1 champion Vettel felt like retiring for a long time

(AP) — Sebastian Vettel "It's one of the one of the lowing year. solved in the future but the action."
considered retiring from factors that definitely played He was stunned when Ferrari will to apply that change has Vettel's team is sponsored by
Formula One for quite a role," he added. "I under- did not renew his contract af- to grow much, much stron- Saudi state oil firm Aramco.
some time before finally stand that part of my passion, ter he struggled to compete ger and has to be leading to
announcing Thursday this my job is coming with things alongside newcomer Charles
season will be his last. that I'm not a fan of, obvious- Leclerc in 2019, and again in
ly, travelling the world, rac- 2020.
The German, who joined In- ing cars, burning resources.
stagram on Wednesday, used Once you see these things, "It's sad. Obviously it's going
the platform one day later to and once you're aware, then to be strange not to see Seb
announce he plans to spend I don't think you can really in the paddock," Leclerc said.
more time with his family unsee." "I arrived the first year and I
and work on causes close to was probably very weird to
his heart. Vettel has won 53 races, the him because I was just shy
Vettel won his four F1 titles third-highest total in F1 be- and didn't know what to say.
from 2010 to 2013 with Red hind Lewis Hamilton (103) Now he's a friend and he al-
Bull, but his last victory was and Michael Schumacher ways texts me."
with Ferrari in 2019. His best (91). He won an F1 record 13 Along with Hamilton, Vettel
finish this season with Aston races in 2013. has also been increasingly vo-
Martin is sixth. cal about human rights con-
Vettel became the young- ditions in countries where F1
"I feel that obviously this de- est world champion at 23 races.
cision has been in my head in 2010 and later became "I am tolerant and feel we all
for so long now, and has the third driver to win four have the same rights to love,
taken so much energy to be consecutive championships no matter what we look like,
honest, and maybe even at after F1 greats Juan Miguel where we come from and
times distracted me," he said Fangio and Schumacher, his who we love," he said.
Thursday. "There was a lot idol. Mercedes driver Lewis
of thought leading into this. Hamilton has since won four His stance on protecting the
I think it's the right time for straight. environment has also esca-
me to do other things. lated. At the Austrian GP in
"So much dedication means Vettel's title bids with Fer- Spielberg three weeks ago,
also a lot of time spent in rari were unsuccessful after he wore a T-shirt with "Save
your head, in your thoughts, promising starts were un- the Bees" written on it. At the
but also physically away from done by driver errors. He Canadian GP in June he had
home, from kids, family," led the standings at the mid- the message, "Stop mining
added the 35-year-old. "I've way point in 2017 and was tar sands. Canada's climate
grown other things, other in contention the following crime," written on his race
than the children who are year, only to lose both cham- helmet.
growing, it's other interests pionships to Hamilton. He "I feel we live in very decisive
and views. I can't ignore these crashed from pole at the Sin- times and how we all shape
voices." gapore Grand Prix in 2017 these next years will deter-
and swerved off track into mine our lives. My passion
He has been increasingly the barriers when comfort- comes with certain aspects
outspoken on environmental ably leading the rain-soaked that I have learned to dislike,"
issues. German Grand Prix the fol- Vettel said. "They might be