The Brooklyn, NS native managed a throw of 19.03 meters to edge Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd by just 0.05. New Zealand’s Maddison-Lee Wesche took the bronze medal. Mitton, 26, bounced back from narrowly missing out on the podium at the World Athletics Championships in July, where she finished fourth. Feelings of victory by Sarah Mitton 🥇 🇨🇦 An outstanding performance from Canada won her GOLD in the women’s shot put at pic.twitter.com/s5LGZHK3uY —@CBCOlympics Canadian athletes secured double-digit medals for the third straight day, adding 11 more on Wednesday to push the country’s medal tally to 16 gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze for a total of 57. Only Australia (123) and England (103) have collected more podiums than Canada.
Team Canada swims to 5 medals
Canadian swimmers continued to shine on Day 6. Kylie Masse finished the women’s 50m backstroke final in 27.31 seconds to break her own Commonwealth record, which she set in the semi-final, and win gold for her third medal of the Games. The LaSalle, Ont. The native beat Australia’s Molly O’Callaghan by 0.16 seconds. Bronze was won by Kaylee McKeown, also from Australia. “The 50 is just such a fun event to not really think about and go as fast as you can,” said Masse, who won silver in the 100 backstroke and bronze in the 200 back at the recent world championships. “So I was looking forward to racing as fast as I could tonight.” WATCH l Masse breaks his own Commonwealth record en route to gold:
Kylie Masse smashes own Commonwealth Games record to win 50m backstroke gold
Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., finished the women’s 50-meter backstroke final in 27.31 seconds to break her own Commonwealth record, which she set in the semifinal, and win gold for her third medal of the Games . Earlier in England, Masse won two silver medals in the 100 and 200 meters. Swimmer Nicholas Bennett set a Games record in the S14 men’s 200m freestyle with a time of 1:54.97 to take gold, beating Australia’s Benjamin Hance by 0.53 seconds. Jack Ireland, also from Australia, took the bronze medal. “I guess I haven’t fully figured it out yet, to be honest,” he said. “I am absolutely ecstatic. [The strategy was] I just succeed. It started hurting from the 100m mark, but it didn’t really matter at that point.” WATCH l Bennett sets up Commonwealth Games, takes Para swimming title:
BC’s Nicholas Bennett swims to gold in Commonwealth Games record time
Swimmer Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, BC, posted a Commonwealth record in the men’s S14 200m freestyle with a time of 1 minute 54.97 seconds to claim gold. Bennett secured one of his two silver medals at the Para world championships in June in the same event.
McIntosh takes 5th, 6th medal of Games
15-year-old Summer McIntosh rounded off her Commonwealth Games performance with two more silver medals in quick succession. The Toronto native swam the women’s 400m freestyle in 3:59.32 to finish 1.26 clear of Australia’s Ariarne Titmus, who set a Commonwealth record to take gold. Kiah Melverton took the bronze medal, finishing 5.06 behind her Australian teammate. WATCH l McIntosh swims 400m freestyle under 4 minutes for silver:
Toronto teenager Summer McIntosh swims to Commonwealth Games silver in the 400m freestyle
Summer McIntosh, 15, swam the women’s 400m freestyle in 3:59.32 to win her fifth Commonwealth Games medal. McIntosh then immediately returned to the water to help Canada’s women’s 4x100m relay team secure a silver medal alongside Masse, Sophie Angus and Maggie Mac Neil. Team Australia won gold with a time of 3:54.44, 2.15 faster than the Canadians. England took the bronze. McIntosh collected a gold in the women’s 200m and 400m individual medley, a silver and a bronze in the freestyle relay in the previous days of competition, adding to her recent success which includes four medals at the world championships in July. WATCHES | McIntosh collects 6th Games medal in relay:
In the Summer McIntosh competed at the Commonwealth Games with a 6th medal in the medley relay
15-year-old Summer McIntosh won her sixth Commonwealth Games medal, teaming up with Maggie Mac Neil, Sophie Angus and Kylie Masse to win silver in the women’s 4x100m medley relay. Josh Liendo was another Canadian swimmer to make the podium, winning bronze in the men’s 50m freestyle final. With his first Commonwealth gold won on Tuesday in the 100m butterfly, 19-year-old Liendo clocked 22.02 on Wednesday to finish 0.66 behind Olympic gold medalist Benjamin Proud of England. The home team also secured the silver medal, with Lewis Edward Burras finishing second. WATCH l Liendo swims men’s 50m freestyle bronze:
Toronto’s Josh Liendo won Commonwealth Games bronze in the 50m freestyle
Fresh off winning Commonwealth Games gold in the men’s 100m butterfly on Tuesday, Toronto’s Josh Liendo swam to bronze in the men’s 50m freestyle final on Wednesday.
El Najas wins gold in judo final in Canada
Canadian judokas Shady El Nahas and Kyle Reyes won the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the men’s 100kg final. El Nahas, a 24-year-old Toronto native, outlasted Reyes with a waza-ari in the golden score to take the title. He previously defeated England’s Harry Lovell-Hewitt in a semi-final. Reyes, who also hails from Toronto, knocked off England’s Rhys Thompson to punch his ticket to the gold medal match. The waza-ari is the second highest score a judoka can secure, while the gold score serves, in essence, as a sudden death extension. WATCH l El Nahas beats fellow Canadian Reyes for Commonwealth title:
Nahas wins gold, Reyes silver in Toronto Commonwealth Games judo final
Shady El Nahas beat fellow Torontonian Kyle Reyes in the men’s judo -100kg final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. El Nahas’ victory came the day after his brother Mohab’s bronze in the men’s 81kg. And because there were two Canadians in Wednesday’s final, the national team coach wasn’t in the two athletes’ corner. So Shady looked to his older brother for guidance. “Obviously my brother is going to be on my side, so you could see that I kind of looked up to him because he’s my mentor,” El Nahash said. “And he got a medal [Wednesday]so I couldn’t let him get me up.” Shady El Nahas narrowly missed out on a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics last summer “I was at the Olympics and we couldn’t do the opening ceremony or any of the activities,” he said. “Well, I’m glad I got to experience it here. It was amazing.”
Marc Deschenes secured gold in judo
Marc Deschenes added a second gold and a third medal of the day for Canadian judokas by securing the men’s over 100kg title. The 29-year-old beat Australia’s Cody Andrews by two aces in regulation time. GOLD for Marc Deschenes 🥇 Deschenes takes a gold medal in men’s +100kg judo 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/Zy4AX1xYLl α> —@CBCOlympics “I’m very happy,” said Deschenes, who planned to celebrate with a few beers Thursday night. “I finished second at the Pan Am Games and the Francophone Games, so it was fun not to finish second again, but first.”
Hollie Naughton takes the women’s squash singles silver
Canada’s Hollie Naughton won the silver medal in the women’s singles squash final to become the first Canadian to medal in the sport at the Commonwealth Games. Naughton, ranked 20th in the world, fell 3-1 to England’s Georgina Kennedy. The Canadian came back with a 14-12 win in the third game after dropping the first two 11-7 and 11-5. Kennedy won the final frame 11-5 for the gold. You dream of doing these milestones for your country and to walk away with the first female squash medalist is an incredible achievement,” she said. “Hopefully in four years I can make it gold.” Watch Naughton become 1st Canadian to win Commonwealth medal in squash:
Canada’s Hollie Naughton settles for Commonwealth Games squash silver
Holly Naughton of Oakville, Ont., lost 3-1 to England’s Georgina Kennedy in the women’s squash final, but in doing so became the first Canadian to medal in the sport at the Commonwealth Games. Zachary Grigas won bronze in the Para athletics men’s T37/T38 100m final for Canada’s eleventh and final medal of the day. He clocked 11.65m, 0.42 slower than Olympic gold medalist Evan O’Hanlon. South African Charl du Toit took the silver. BRONZE for Zachary Gingras 🥉 Gingras finished third in the men’s T37/38 100m final🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/ I9OfizYoE9 —@CBCOlympics
