Canadian Women’s Team Performance
Canada’s women’s artistic gymnastics team earned a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, achieving a total score of 157.300. This marked the second consecutive day that Canada reached the podium in gymnastics events. The team demonstrated its capabilities across all four apparatus, showcasing depth, consistency, and resilience.
The silver-medal winning team included Ellie Black, Gabrielle Black, Lia-Monica Fontaine, Lia Redick, and Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte. Each member contributed to the team’s overall success with their individual performances.
Lia-Monica Fontaine led the Canadian team on vault with a strong showing. Ellie Black delivered one of the team’s top routines on the balance beam. Lia Redick performed dynamically on the floor exercise, while Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte contributed an important vault score. Gabrielle Black also made a valuable contribution to the team’s performance.
Ellie Black expressed her excitement about returning to competition, noting that this event was her first all-around competition since her return. She mentioned that her training for vault and floor was still progressing. Black conveyed her pride in competing all-around with her team and experiencing the Commonwealth Games again.
Individual Qualifications and Other Canadian Results
Both Ellie Black and Lia-Monica Fontaine advanced to the women’s all-around final following their qualification performances. Ellie Black qualified first overall with a score of 53.400, while Lia-Monica Fontaine secured her spot in the final in fifth place with 52.050.
Canada’s strong presence was also evident in the individual qualifications, with the team securing multiple spots in apparatus finals. Lia-Monica Fontaine topped the vault standings with a score of 13.750. Ellie Black advanced to the uneven bars final, placing second with 13.850.
Both Ellie Black and Lia-Monica Fontaine will represent Canada in the balance beam final, qualifying fifth and sixth, respectively, with scores of 12.900 and 12.850. Lia Redick was named second reserve on uneven bars with a score of 12.650.
In other events, Oliver Dawson from Grand Prairie, Alta., competed in his first Commonwealth Games and finished fourth in the men’s 100-metre breaststroke final, missing the podium by .05 seconds with a time of 59.70. Ella Jansen of Burlington, Ont., reached the finals for the second consecutive night, placing eighth in the women’s 200-metre freestyle with a time of 1:59.18. Paralympian Emma Van Dyk finished seventh in the 200M S14 freestyle event, clocking a time of 2:31.24.
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Gold and Para Swimming Medals
The Canadian men’s artistic gymnastics team secured a gold medal on Friday at the Glasgow International Arena, finishing with 241.400 points. They placed ahead of England, who scored 238.250, and Australia, with 235.650 points. This victory marked Canada’s first Commonwealth gymnastics team title in 20 years.
The men’s team achieved scores of 41.950 on vault, 40.600 on rings, 40.350 on parallel bars, 39.650 on pommel horse, 39.550 on floor exercise, and 39.300 on horizontal bar. Paris 2024 Olympian Félix Dolci of Laval, Que., led the individual standings with 81.650 points. The gold medal-winning team also included William Émard, Ethan Ikeda, Jordan Carroll, and René Cournoyer.
Team coach Jean-Sébastien Tougas noted the excitement of the competition and the athletes’ happiness with their performances, highlighting their hard work and expectation of this result. The Commonwealth Games also saw Mary Jibb of Muskoka, Ont., earn a bronze medal in the women’s 200-metre individual medley SM10. Jack Gill of Brockville, Ont., added a second Para swimming bronze in the men’s 100-metre butterfly S10 final. Jibb expressed her pride in winning a bronze medal at her first Commonwealth Games, while Gill, competing in his first Commonwealth Games, was pleased with his performance.
Canada’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball teams also started the event with wins. The women’s team, defending champions, defeated South Africa 19-3, with Élodie Tessier scoring 10 points and grabbing four rebounds. The men’s team, led by Reed Michael De’aeth’s eight points and 11 rebounds, beat Kenya 16-3. Both Canadian squads are scheduled to face their English counterparts on Sunday.
The Commonwealth Games, featuring 3,000 athletes from 74 countries and territories, will continue through August 2. Canada has accumulated four medals in the first two days of the competition, including one gold and one silver.
Source: sportsnet.ca
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