Canada’s McIntosh and American Ledecky win their opening heats at swimming World Cup

TORONTO — Canada’s Summer McIntosh and American Katie Ledecky won their respective heats in the women’s 400-metre freestyle on Friday morning at the FINA Swimming World Cup.

Ledecky led all swimmers with a time of three minutes 56.23 seconds. Fellow American Hali Flickinger was second in the heat in 4:03.43.

McIntosh, from Toronto, won the third and final heat in 4:01.11 to qualify for the eight-woman final in the evening.

Tessa Cieplucha of Georgetown, Ont., won the other heat in 4:14.37 but didn’t qualify.