Canada’s Kylie Masse wins silver at World championship
BUDAPEST, Hungary –
Kylie Masse took silver within the ladies’s 100-metre backstroke on the world aquatic championships, ending simply in need of a 3rd straight world title within the occasion.
Masse, from LaSalle, Ont., completed in 58.40 seconds, .18 seconds behind winner Regan Smith of the USA.
Claire Curzan of the U.S., was third in 58.67 seconds.
“I am actually completely satisfied to face on the rostrum,” Masse stated. “It is all the time an unbelievable feeling to compete at world championships and combat for the rostrum with these ladies — that is one thing I am actually happy with.”
Masse obtained the quickest begin within the discipline of eight swimmers and was beside Smith out of the flip.
Masse pressured Smith over the ultimate 50 metres, however the American touched the wall simply forward of the two-time champion.
“It isn’t essentially the time I really feel like I am able to, and I used to be a bit pissed off I had a poor contact, however I feel after the loopy final couple of years I am proud to have the ability to proceed to combat to get on the rostrum,” Masse stated. “There are such a lot of wonderful backstrokers right here and within the final couple of years. It has been an ideal problem and I am frequently motivated by them to push myself.”
It is the sixth profession medal on the long-course world championships for Masse, tying her with Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak for many by a Canadian.
Masse gained the 100 backstroke in Budapest in 2017 and Gwangju, South Korea in 2019. She additionally gained three bronze medals over the earlier two championships.
Masse is coming off a robust efficiency on the short-course world championships in December, the place she picked up 4 silver medals, together with one in every of the backstroke distances (50m, 100m, 200m).
She gained three medals on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, together with silver within the 100 and 200 backstroke. She was additionally a part of Canada’s bronze-winning 4×100 medley relay.
In different outcomes, Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., superior to Tuesday’s ultimate of the ladies’s 200-metre freestyle, ending sixth within the semifinals in a single minute 56.80 seconds.
“I felt fairly good. I went sooner than my purpose time,” Ruck stated. “I am very happy with my swim, it is the quickest I have been shortly, so I simply hold steadily build up and getting sooner.”
Oleksiak was disqualified within the semifinals for a false begin.
“I’ve by no means false began earlier than in my life,” she stated. “Hopefully it by no means occurs once more.”
Within the morning preliminaries, Patrick Hussey of Beaconsfield, Que., completed twenty fourth within the 200-metre butterfly. James Dergousoff of Christina Lake, B.C., was disqualified within the 50m breaststroke.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed June 20, 2022.
