Maggie Mac Neil did what she does best – won gold – in the women’s 100m butterfly to mark Canada’s seven-medal second day of competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England on Saturday.
Mac Neil, 22, finished just two hundredths of a second ahead of Australia’s Emma McKeon, who clinched the silver medal. Another Australian, Brianna Throssell, won the bronze medal.
Saturday’s medals brought Canada’s total to 11. The Canadian team won 82 at the Australia Games four years ago.
WATCH l Mac Neil Takes Gold in 100m Butterfly Final:
The Canadian posted a record 56.36 at the Commonwealth Games and won the women’s 100m butterfly.
Mac Neil swam in the final alongside Canada’s Katerine Savard and Rebecca Smith, who finished fifth and eighth.
On Friday, Mac Neil, along with Rebecca Smith, Joshua Liendo Edwards and Javier Acevedo, helped Canada’s mixed 4×100 freestyle relay team to win bronze.
Turbide breaks records for gold in para-swimming
Canadian para-swimmer Nicolas-Guy Turbide also delivered a gold medal, a record-breaking performance in the S13 50m freestyle.
The Quebec native swam for a time of 24.32 seconds, breaking both Canadian and Commonwealth Games records.
WATCH l Nicolas-Guy Turbide Swims to Gold in 50m Para Freestyle:
The Quebec native placed 1st in the men’s 50m freestyle on day three of the Commonwealth Games with a finishing time of 24.32.
Turbide edged out Scot Stephen Clegg by just 0.01 seconds. Third was Jacob Templeton from Australia.
The win adds to Turbide’s recent success. In June, the 25-year-old took gold in the S13 men’s 100m backstroke event at the World Para-Swimming Championships in Portugal.
4 x 100 m freestyle teams win bronze
Canadian swimmers kept podium finishes within reach.
Canada’s women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team won the bronze medal just before Josh Liendo took the lead, while the Canada men’s team also won the bronze medal.
15-year-old Summer McIntosh, who won gold in the women’s 400m on Friday, became the first swimmer to have a slower start than many expected. Still, Canada’s Katerine Savard and Rebecca Smith kept pace with their rivals to set the stage for Maggie MacNeil’s dominant anchor leg to nearly take Canada to Silver with a time of 3:37.25.
WATCH l Canada Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Takes Bronze Medal:
Summer McIntosh, Katerine Savard, Rebecca Smith and Maggie MacNeil won the bronze medal in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay with a time of 3:37.25.
The Canadian women’s team won silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the same event, with Mac Neil being the only swimmer to compete in both events.
In the men’s, Liendo won the first stage, with strong swimming performances from Ruslan Gaziev, Finlay Knox and Javier Acevedo, who edged Canada into third place and the bronze medal with a time of 3:13.01.
The men’s podium perfectly mirrored that of the women, with Australia taking first place and England taking the silver medal.
WATCH l Canada’s men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team takes bronze:
Joshua Liendo, Ruslan Gaziev, Finlay Knox and Javier Acevedo won the bronze medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay with a time of 3:13.01.
Kelsey Mitchell wins sprint silver
Canadian track cyclist Kelsey Mitchell rode to her second medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, winning silver in the women’s sprint at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, England.
Mitchell, the Olympic gold medalist at that event, achieved her second podium in London after winning silver with teammates Lauriane Genest and Sarah Orban in Friday’s women’s team sprint final.
“Consistently silver,” Mitchell said. “Every competition is tough, you go out there and do your best. Of course when you come here today you go in to try and win the gold and win every race you do. Came up a bit short, but gave it my all. I’m happy to walk away with a silver.”
CLOCK | Kelsey Mitchell Wins 2nd Silver Medal in London:
Canada’s Kelsey Mitchell lost two races to none to New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews in the women’s sprint final at the Commonwealth Games.
The 28-year-old from Sherwood Park, Alta., made it fast in the round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals before losing to New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews in the gold final.
Mitchell continues her successful career after switching from soccer to cycling in 2017, with her silver in the women’s sprint being the most recent addition to a résumé that includes Olympic, Pan Am and World Championship medals.
Bronze for the women’s artistic gymnastics team
Canada’s women’s gymnastics team won the bronze medal with a performance of 152,700 points, 5,300 points fewer than Australia.
The Canadian team, consisting of Emma Spence of Cambridge, Ont., Laurie Denommée of Laval, Que., Cassie Lee of Toronto, Jenna Lalonde of Ottawa, and Maya Zonneveld of Kitchener, Ont., placed third in vault and balance beam Exercises before posting fourth-best uneven bars and second-best floor exercise.
Hosts England, who scored the most points in all four exercises, went on to claim gold with 161,100 points.
WATCH l Team Canada take another bronze medal in women’s artistic gymnastics:
Emma Spence, Laurie Denommée, Cassie Lee, Jenna Lalonde and Maya Zonneveld earned the bronze medal in the Artistic Team Finals with a combined score of 152,700 points.
Kaminski picks up bronze
Canada’s Hannah Kaminski won the bronze medal in the women’s 49-kilogram weightlifting event later on Saturday.
The 28-year-old from Calgary had 74 points in the snatch and 97 points in the clean and jerk. Their combined score of 171 fell just short of the silver medal won by Mauritius’ Roilya Ranaivosoa and India’s gold medalist Chanu Saikhom Mirabai.
CLOCK | Hannah Kaminski takes bronze in weightlifting:
The Canadian took bronze at the Commonwealth Games after weighing 74 kg in the snatch and 97 kg in the clean and jerk.
“I came to this competition knowing that if I just did what I did in training, I would be fighting for a medal, so I haven’t fully realized that I’ve done it yet,” said Kaminsky.
“And it really lit a fire under my butt to get back to training and to keep doing what I’ve been doing because I know I’m on the right track. It was like kicking your pants from the universe saying, ‘Yes, you do what you have to do.’”
Kaminski’s resume also includes a gold medal at the 2022 Canadian Invitational and bronze at the San Diego International Open.
Cassidy is 4th in the marathon
Wheelchair user Josh Cassidy of Port Elgin, Ontario, one of Canada’s flag bearers at Thursday’s opening ceremony, finished fourth in the marathon. He finished in an hour 47 minutes 47 seconds.
“The course was tough and technical,” said Cassidy. “I love the technical aspects, but the hills and the elevation changes were definitely a challenge.”
In other Saturday events, the Canadian women opened the 3×3 wheelchair basketball tournament with a 17-1 win over Kenya on Saturday afternoon. In the men’s, Canada defeated Northern Ireland 13-5 to complete the pool round.
Matthew Sarmento scored the only goal for Canada’s men’s field hockey team in the 5-1 loss to Wales.
CLOCK | Linking Canada’s history to the Commonwealth Games:
CBC Sports’ Rob Pizzo explains the long and storied history of Canada’s relationship with the Commonwealth Games.
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