Judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard added the Commonwealth Games gold medal to her already extensive list. In the 63 kg final, the 28-year-old Montrealer defeated Englishwoman Gemma Howell by ippon in overtime.
His journey to the final had been relatively straightforward. The bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics last summer won both bouts by ippon in less than two minutes.
It’s something to add to my CV, something more
said Beauchemin-Pinard. This is my first time at the Commonwealth Games. The opening ceremony was very special. It was good to meet everyone.
Canada added two medals on the men’s side. François Gauthier-Drapeau lost in the 81 kg final to crowd favorite Lachlan Moorehead. The Englishman scored an ippon in the third minute of the fight and Gauthier-Drapeau will therefore return with the silver medal.
After losing to Lachlan in the semi-finals, Canadian Mohab El Nahas won his bronze medal match against Asa Weithers of Barbados.
Gold for Joshua Liendo Edwards
Two-time bronze medalist at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Joshua Liendo Edwards won gold in the 100-meter butterfly event. With a time of 51 s 24/100, he beat Englishman James Guy and Australian Matthew Temple by 16 hundredths of a second.
Canadian Joshua Liendo Edwards is Commonwealth champion in the 100m butterfly.
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Kylie Masse sent a message to her competitors by eclipsing the Commonwealth Games mark in her 50m backstroke semi-final where she recorded a time of 27 s 47/100. The final will take place on Wednesday.
In her only event of the Commonwealth Games, Paralympic champion Aurélie Rivard slipped between two Australians to snatch the silver medal in the 200-metre medley. In Tokyo, she finished 4th in this race.
Aurélie Rivard performs a superb final 50m to collect silver in the 200m medley at the Commonwealth Games.
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Finally, in the last event of the day, the Canadian swimmers were inspired by Aurélie’s performance and made a spectacular comeback to win the silver medal ahead of England in the 4 X 100 meter medley relay. mixed.
A second gold medal in weightlifting
Weightlifter Maya Laylor secured Canada’s first gold medal of the day by triumphing in the 76 kg category. Twenty-four hours after Maude Charron, the 27-year-old Torontonian has lifted a total of 228 kg (100 kg in the snatch and 128 kg in the clean and jerk), a Games record in her category.
She edged out Nigerian Taiwo Liadi by two kilos.
I feel incredibly good. I am so happy to win a gold medal for Canada
she confided.
All the applause encouraged me and the energy kept me going. I felt like I could lift anything my trainer put on the bar and I stayed focused. I was tired, but I’m proud of myself.
At the end of the day, Kristel Ngarlem finally got her hands on a medal in big games. Commonwealth champion last year, she took 2nd place behind Australian Eileen Cikamatana in the 87 kg category.
Canadian Kristel Ngarlem puts in a superb performance to collect silver in the 87 kg category at the Commonwealth Games.
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Emma Spence’s hat trick
In artistic gymnastics, Ontarian Emma Spence received her third bronze medal, this time on the balance beam, behind Australians Kate McDonald and Georgia Goodwin.
Spence missed a fourth medal by just 33 thousandths in floor exercise. Even though her program had the lowest level of difficulty, she got the highest mark (8.366) for execution, which allowed her to stay in the fight until the end.
Canada’s Emma Spence wins bronze on balance beam at the Commonwealth Games.
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Among the men, Félix Dolci finished at the foot of the podium on the parallel bars and the vault table.
Canadian women’s basketball players go for gold
Led by Kady Dandeneau, who shot 5 of 7, Canada outscored Australia 14-5 in the 3-on-3 wheelchair basketball final.
The Canadians dominated the tournament. They won their four games by a margin of at least 5 points and Dandeneau finished the tournament ranked first in points and assists average.
On the men’s side, Canada had to settle for silver after an 11-9 loss to Australia.
Canada had similar results in 3-on-3 standing basketball.
The Canadians won 14-14 in a stunning endgame. With 2 seconds and 7 tenths to play, Montreal’s Sarah Te-Biasu took the ball, rounded the English defense and scored the winning basket with a superb stride shot.
In the men’s tournament, Canada posted a 13-12 win over Scotland in the bronze medal game.
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In beach volleyball, the Canadian duo of Sam Schachter and Daniel Dearing defeated Shawn Seabrookes and St Clair Hodge of St. Kitts and Nevis 21-12, 21-7. This is a second win for the Canadians who will play their next Group A preliminary round match on Thursday against Gambia.
