Canada’s Maya Laylor broke two Commonwealth Games records en route to a gold medal in the women’s 76kg weightlifting event in Birmingham, England on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old Toronto native lifted 100kg on her first clean attempt to take the program lead before posting Commonwealth records of 128kg in the net and 228kg in the all-around.
Silver medalist Taiwo Liadi of Nigeria lifted 96kg in the deadlift and 120kg in the clean and jerk, finishing 12kg ahead of the Canadian. Maximina Uepa of Nauru had a total of 216 kg for the bronze.
Laylor also won gold in the same category at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent. Two years earlier, the Canadian won the 71kg title in Apia.
WATCH Maya Laylor claim women’s 76kg weightlifting gold in style:
Maya Laylor sets 2 Commonwealth records on her way to weightlifting gold
The Canadian set Games records with her 128kg clean lift and 228kg total on Tuesday.
Beauchemin Pinard
Olympic medalist Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard claimed Canada’s second gold medal of the fifth day of competition by ipponing England’s Gemma Howell in the gold score in the women’s -63kg final.
The native of Saint-Hubert, Que., outlasted Cynthia Rahming of the Bahamas in a quarterfinal, edging out Audrey Jeannette Etoua Biock of Cameroon in semifinal action.
Canada’s Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard adds Commonwealth Games GOLD to her resume 🇨🇦🥇
Canadian judoka and Olympic bronze medalist defeats England’s Gemma Howell in women’s 63kg final pic.twitter.com/nNvi1B77KU
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The 28-year-old won the bronze medal at Tokyo 2021, having also won gold medals at the Pan American Judo Championships in Lima 2019 and Guadalajara 2020, all in the -63kg category.
Spence gets 3rd bronze
Cambridge, Ontario’s Emma Spence won her third Commonwealth Games bronze medal 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 behind gold medalist Kate McDonald of Australia. Georgia Godwin, also from Australia, took silver with 13,433 points.
WATCH Spence take the women’s balance beam podium:
Emma Spence takes bronze on the balance beam for her third medal of the Games
The Canadian gymnast’s performance on the balance beam resulted in her third Commonwealth Games bronze medal.
Spence also won bronze in the women’s team event on Saturday and in the women’s final on Sunday.
The Canadian nearly added a fourth bronze medal to her tally in the women’s floor exercise, finishing just 0.034 behind Australia’s Emily Whitehead’s score of 13.000.
Toronto’s Cassandra Lee finished just behind Spence in fifth.
Felix Dolci of Laval, Que., narrowly missed the podium in the men’s vault and parallel bars finals, placing fourth in both events.
Canada’s men’s 3×3 basketball team wins bronze
Canadian 3×3 basketball teams will go four for four in medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The men’s freestyle team took bronze in a 13-12 win over Scotland on Tuesday. Bikramjit Gill led the Canadians with five points, while Alex Dean Johnson added four and Jordan Zaki Jensen-Whyte had three.
On Monday, Canada was edged by England 13-12 in the semifinal.
BRONZE FOR CANADA! 🇨🇦🥉
Canada’s men’s 3×3 basketball team negates Scottish comeback to win Commonwealth Games bronze with 13-12 win pic.twitter.com/RjaogUOQEk
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The other three Canadian teams in the sport have already earned medals, having reached the finals of the women’s able-bodied tournament and in the men’s and women’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball competitions.
The session with all three medal events will begin on Tuesday at 2:30 pm ET.
The two 3×3 wheelchair basketball teams will face Australia for gold, while the women’s team will face England.
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