Abbie Wood: British swimmer wins second World Championships bronze

Great Britain’s Abbie Wood claimed a bronze medal in the women’s 400m individual medley at the World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest.

Wood, who was third in the 200m individual medley on the opening night, finished in the same position in the 400m IM race, which was won by Canada’s three-time Olympic champion Summer McIntosh in a world record time of four minutes 15.48 seconds.

Katie Grimes of the United States was second in 4:20.14, while Wood came home in a personal best of 4:24.34.

“I’ve been waiting for that PB for like four years now,” said 25-year-old Wood.

“I think I got it in this pool back in 2020 and it’s kind of the same mentality of no pressure and just race. I think I need to go into the rest of the season in that way.

“I’ve got a lot to take away from how I’ve been training the last three months, like I definitely think we’ll look at it as we move into long course as we can’t ignore the results I’ve got and I hope that builds into confidence in my racing moving forwards.”