Canada’s Maya Laylor broke two Commonwealth Games records en route to a gold medal in the women’s 76 kg weightlifting event in Birmingham, England, on Tuesday.
Silver medallist Taiwo Liadi of Nigeria lifted 96 kg in the snatch and 120 kg in the clean and jerk, coming 12 kg shy of the Canadian. Maximina Uepa of Nauru had a total of 216 kg for bronze.
Laylor also took gold in the same category at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent. Two years before that, the Canadian won the 71 kg title in Apia.
WATCH l Maya Laylor claims women’s 76 kg weightlifting gold in style:
The Canadian set games records with her clean and jerk lift of 128kg and her total weight lifted of 228kg on Tuesday.
Beauchemin-Pinard wins judo gold
Olympic medallist Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard claimed Canada’s second gold medal of the fifth day of competition by defeating England’s Gemma Howell by ippon in golden score in the women’s -63 kg final.
The Saint-Hubert, Que., native made past Cynthia Rahming of Bahamas in a quarter-final, then topped Audrey Jeannette Etoua Biock from Cameroon in semifinal action.
WATCH l Judoka Beauchemin-Pinard is golden on women’s -63kg:
Canadian judoka Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard defeated England’s Gemma Howell by ippon in the women’s 63kg final on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old Beauchemin-Pinard won the bronze medal in Tokyo 2021, having also claimed gold medals at the Judo Pan American Championships in Lima 2019 and Guadalajara 2020 — all in the -63 kg category.
Mohab El Nahas earns podium
Mohab El Nahas added another medal for Canadian judokas, defeating Barbados’ Asa Weithers by ippon to take bronze in the men’s -81 kg.
The 26-year-old added to his 2022 success, having recently claimed a gold medal at the judo European Open in Prague in the same category.
Canada’s Mohab El Nahas is a Commonwealth Games bronze medallist! 🇨🇦🥉<br><br>The Canadian judoka secures the victory in the bronze-medal match of the men’s 81 kg category <a href=”https://t.co/E0BYFzWTHX”>pic.twitter.com/E0BYFzWTHX</a>
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Spence grabs 3rd bronze
Emma Spence of Cambridge, Ont., captured her third bronze medal of the Commonwealth Games in the women’s balance beam event.
The 19-year-old gymnast had scores of 5.100 in difficulty and 7.966 in execution to finish with a total of 13.066, 0.400 shy of gold medallist Kate McDonald of Australia. Georgia Godwin, also from Australia, took silver with 13.433 points.
WATCH l Spence lands women’s balance beam podium:
The Canadian gymnast’s performance on the balance beam resulted in her third bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Spence also earned bronze in the women’s team event on Saturday and in the women’s all-around final on Sunday.
The Canadian almost added a fourth bronze medal to her list in the women’s floor exercise, finishing just 0.034 shy of Australia’s Emily Whitehead’s bronze-worthy score of 13.000.
Toronto’s Cassandra Lee finished right behind Spence, in fifth.
Felix Dolci of Laval, Que., narrowly missed the podium in the men’s vault and men’s parallel bars finals, finishing fourth in both events.
Canada’s men’s 3×3 basketball team wins bronze
The Canadian 3×3 basketball squads are going four for four in medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The men’s able-bodied team claimed bronze in a 13-12 victory over Scotland on Tuesday. Bikramjit Gill led the Canadians with five points, while Alex Dean Johnson added four and Jordan Zaki Jensen-Whyte posted three.
On Monday, Canada was narrowly edged by England 13-12 in semifinal play.
WATCH l Canada narrowly edges Scotland in men’s 3×3 basketball for bronze:
Alex Dean Johnson, Jordan Zaki Jensen-Whyte, Bikramjit Gill and Adam Paige captured bronze for Canada in a dramatic 13-12 win at the Commonwealth Games.
All other three Canadian teams in the sport have already secured medals, having made to the finals in the women’s able-bodied tournament and in both men’s and women’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball competitions.
The session featuring the three medal events will start on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m. ET.
Both wheelchair 3×3 basketball squads will face Australia for gold, while the women’s able-bodied side will take on England.
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