Canadian swimmers shatter national record with 9th medal at worlds
Canadian swimmers broke a nationwide report for podium appearances at a single world championships with two extra medals on Friday.
And 19-year-old Josh Liendo was on the coronary heart of each.
After capturing particular person bronze within the males’s 100-metre butterfly, Liendo led off the 4×100 blended freestyle relay group that received silver, giving Canada its ninth medal (two gold, 4 silver, three bronze) in Budapest, Hungary.
“This places into context what a terrific group it’s,” mentioned John Atkinson, Swimming Canada’s Director, Excessive Efficiency and Nationwide Coach. “And the way the coaches, athletes and employees assist one another via getting the perfect efficiency for the group.”
Penny Oleksiak, already Canada’s most adorned Olympian ever, additionally matched the nation’s particular person report at worlds along with her eighth profession podium look after racing the anchor leg of the relay. The full ties Ryan Cochrane, who competed at worlds 5 instances.
“I truthfully did not even know that,” mentioned Oleksiak. “Being on this group is such a privilege. It is superior to be part of it and attain issues like that.”
All eight of the Toronto native’s medals (two silver, six bronze) have are available in relays, the place she confirmed her prowess as soon as once more.
WATCH | Oleksiak anchors Canada to silver medal:
Penny Oleksiak, Kayla Sanchez, Javier Acevedo and Josh Liendo swam to a silver medal within the 4×100-metre blended freestyle relay, giving Canada its ninth medal (two gold, 4 silver, three bronze) on the 2022 FINA world championships in Budapest. Canada’s earlier report of eight medals (two gold, six bronze) was set on the 2019 worlds.
After Liendo received the Canadians off to a third-place begin, Javier Acevedo and Kayla Sanchez ensured the group stayed there for its nearer within the non-Olympic occasion.
“The relay was the spotlight for me,” Liendo mentioned of his third closing of the day. “The environment and the way the ladies swam the again finish. I did what I might, I used to be drained and it paid off effectively because the others stepped up and did a terrific job. It was a enjoyable night time.”
Oleksiak, 22, offered her trademark ending kick, overtaking American counterpart Claire Curzan to push Canada into the silver medal with a national-record time of three minutes 20.61 seconds.
“I simply needed to put religion within the again half of my race,” mentioned Oleksiak. “For some time I have been engaged on the entrance and virtually uncared for the again. However just lately I’ve received it going once more. I simply tried to maneuver us up as quick as I might.”
Australia received gold in a world-record time of three:19.38, whereas the U.S. settled for bronze in 3:21.09.
WATCH | Relay group on record-setting race:
Watch Canada’s Penny Oleksiak, Kayla Sanchez, Josh Liendo and Javier Acevedo publish race interview after profitable silver in Budapest.
Liendo, who additionally took bronze within the 100 butterfly, will stand on his third podium of the meet.
He took a web page out of Oleksiak’s e-book en path to his newest bronze medal. The Markham, Ont., native touched the 50-metre mark in fourth place, however saved his finest for final.
His break up time within the again half of the race solely trailed gold medallist Kristof Milak of Hungary and silver medallist Naoki Mizunuma of Japan.
Liendo’s time of fifty.97 seconds was additionally simply three one-hundredths again of Mizunuma. Milak dominated all the race and flirted with the world report earlier than profitable gold in 50.14 seconds.
“I used to be combating via all my races tonight however the 100 fly felt fairly good,” mentioned Liendo. “I swam my race.”
WATCH | Liendo bursts to bronze in 100m butterfly:
Josh Liendo of Markham, Ont., received bronze within the males’s 100-metre butterfly on the FINA world championships in Budapest on Friday, simply two days after capturing his first profession world championship medal by taking bronze within the 100-metre freestyle.
Simply over half-hour earlier than the 100 butterfly, Liendo missed out on one other potential medal by simply 0.04 seconds, putting fifth within the 50 freestyle.
The Canadian certified with the third-fastest time at 21.73 seconds, and improved to 21.61 seconds within the closing.
But he was left on the surface trying in, as Benjamin Happy with the U.Ok. received gold in 21.32 seconds, American Michael Andrew scored silver in 21.41 seconds and France’s Maxime Grousset snuck into the bronze-medal place at 21.57 seconds.
Canada might lengthen its medal report on the ultimate day of swimming competitors Saturday when 15-year-old Summer season McIntosh, who already has a medal of every color, swims the ladies’s 400 particular person medley whereas Canada’s males’s and ladies’s 4×100 medley relay groups compete as effectively.
Reside protection begins at 12:05 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports activities app and CBC Gem.
Masse falls quick
In the meantime, Kylie Masse fell quick in her bid for a 3rd medal in Hungary that may have finally tied her with Oleksiak with eight on her profession.
Masse, who received silver within the 200 backstroke on the Tokyo Olympics, positioned fifth within the self-discipline and effectively off the rostrum in a time of two minutes eight seconds.
The 26-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., began among the many leaders, touching after the primary 50 metres in third place. However she regularly slowed from there, even falling from fourth into fifth in the course of the closing size within the pool.
“I used to be simply specializing in beating my instances from semis and prelims,” mentioned Masse. “What everybody else swims is out of my management. I used to be specializing in myself and making an attempt to place collectively an excellent race. I undoubtedly died a bit on the finish. I really feel that is a matter of an extended week and simply making an attempt to handle all of it.”
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown received gold in 2:05.08, whereas Individuals Phoebe Bacon and Rhyan White took silver and bronze in 2:05.12 and a couple of:06.96, respectively.
It will nonetheless go down as a profitable worlds for Masse, who received her first profession gold medal within the 50 backstroke and took silver within the 100 backstroke.
WATCH | The importance of Lane 4:
Athletes are assigned completely different lanes in a swim closing and the place they’re positioned can provide perception into who stacks up in opposition to who. Jacqueline Doorey explains.
Alvarez out of competitors
Anita Alvarez, the American creative swimmer who was rescued by her coach after fainting within the pool on Thursday, didn’t take part within the group occasion on Friday.
FINA, the game’s governing physique, mentioned “she shouldn’t compete” in mild of the incident.
“The well being and security of athletes should all the time come first. Whereas FINA understands why this resolution can have been disappointing to the athlete, it was a choice that was made along with her finest pursuits in thoughts.”
The American group physician had mentioned she was “very assured” Alvarez would have been OK to compete.
WATCH | Swimmer saved by U.S. coach after fainting in pool:
Coach Andrea Fuentes dove in after creative swimmer Anita Alvarez after the American fainted throughout her efficiency and sank to the underside of the pool.
Elsewhere, the Canadian males’s water polo group was conditionally faraway from the match after a number of constructive COVID-19 checks.
The group might return to play within the seeding brackets on Monday, barring additional constructive checks and offered the isolation interval of affected athletes is accomplished.
Canada’s ladies’s water polo group dropped an 11-7 resolution to Olympic bronze medallist Hungary on Friday to fall to 1-1-1.
Hayley McKelvey of North Delta, B.C., scored three objectives and Montreal’s Axelle Crevier scored twice for Canada, with Toronto’s Verica Bakoc and Kyra Christmas of Excessive River, Alta., contributing single objectives.
Canada’s ladies face the Netherlands on Sunday in a round-of-16 match.
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