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Sarah Mitton’s shot put title highlights Canada’s 5-gold day at the Commonwealth Games

Sarah Mitton’s gold medal in the women’s shot put on Wednesday highlighted Canada’s five gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England on Wednesday.

The Brooklyn, North Carolina, native managed a throw of 19.03 meters to beat Jamaica’s Daniel Thomas-Dodd by just 0.05.

New Zealand’s Maddison-Lee Wesch grabbed 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.

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Canadian athletes secured double-digit medals for the third straight day, adding 11 more on Wednesday to bring 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 completed 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.

LaSalle, Ont. the local resident beat Australia’s Molly O’Callaghan by 0.16 seconds. Kaylee McKeown, also from Australia, won bronze.

“The 50 is just such a fun event that you just don’t really think and just go as fast as you can,” said Masse, who won silver in the 100 backstroke and bronze in the 200 backstroke at the recent world championships. “So I was looking forward to just racing as fast as I could tonight.”

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Kylie Masse broke her own Commonwealth Games record to win gold in the 50m backstroke

Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., completed 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.

Earlier in England, Masse won two silver medals in the 100m and 200m events.

Paraswimmer Nicholas Bennett set a S14 Games record in the 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 quite got it yet, to be honest,” he said. “I’m just completely ecstatic. [The strategy was] just curl up. It started to hurt from the 100m mark, but at that point it didn’t really matter.”

WATCH l Bennett defines Commonwealth Games, wins Para swimming title:

BC’s Nicholas Bennett swims to gold in Commonwealth Games record time

Paraswimmer Nicholas Bennett of Parksville, British Columbia, set a Commonwealth record in the men’s S14 200m freestyle with a time of one minute 54.97 seconds to win gold.

Bennett secured one of her two silver medals at the world steam championships in June in the same event.

Mackintosh grabs 5th, 6th medal of the games

15-year-old phenom Summer McIntosh rounded off her Commonwealth Games performance with two more silver medals in quick succession.

The Toronto native swam in 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.

Kia Melverton took the bronze medal, 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

15-year-old phenom Summer McIntosh swam the women’s 400m freestyle in 3:59.32 to win her fifth Commonwealth Games medal.

McIntosh then went straight back into the water to help the Canadian women’s 4x100m medley relay team secure the silver medal alongside Masse, Sophie Angus and Maggie McNeill.

The Australian team won gold in 3:54.44, 2.15 faster than the Canadians. England took the bronze.

McIntosh collected gold in the women’s 200m and 400m medley, silver and bronze in the freestyle relays in the previous days of competition, adding to her recent success which includes four medals at the world championships in July.

WATCH | McIntosh wins 6th medal of the Games in the relay:

Summer McIntosh completes Commonwealth Games with 6th medley relay medal

Summer McIntosh, 15, won her sixth Commonwealth Games medal as she teamed up with Maggie McNeill, 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.

Fresh from 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 gold medalist Benjamin Proud of England.

The hosts also secured the silver medal, with Lewis Edward Bouras finishing second.

WATCH l Liendo swims to bronze in men’s 50m freestyle:

Toronto’s Josh Liendo won the Commonwealth Games bronze medal 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 Nahas wins gold in judo final in Canada

Canadian judokas Shadi El Nahas and Kyle Reyes grabbed the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the men’s 100kg final.

El Nahas, a 24-year-old native of Toronto, edged Reyes with a waza-ari in the golden score to take the title. He previously defeated England’s Harry Lovell-Hewitt in the semi-finals.

Reyes, who also hails from Toronto, defeated Rhys Thompson of England to punch his ticket to the gold medal match.

A waza-ari is the second highest score a judoka can secure, while a gold score serves essentially as sudden death in a sequel.

WATCH l El Nahas edge out fellow Canadian Reyes for the Commonwealth title:

Najas wins gold, Reyes silver in judo final at Toronto Commonwealth Games

Shadi El Nahas defeated fellow Torontonian Kyle Reyes in the men’s -100kg judo final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

El Nahas’ victory came a day after his brother Mohab won a bronze medal in judo in the men’s 81kg event.

And because there were two Canadians in Wednesday’s final, the national team coach wasn’t in either athlete’s corner. So, Shadi sought guidance from his older brother.

“Of course my brother is going to be on my side, so you can see that I kind of looked up to him because he’s my mentor,” El Nahas said. β€œAnd he got a medal [Wednesday]so I couldn’t let him beat me.”

Shadi 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. β€œSo I’m glad I got to experience that here. It was amazing.”

Marc Deschenes secured gold in judo

Marc Deschenes added a second gold and third medal of the day for Canadian judokas, securing the men’s 100kg title.

The 29-year-old defeated Australia’s Cody Andrews by two vases in regulation time.

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“I’m very happy,” said Deschenes, who plans to celebrate with two 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 wins silver medal in women’s squash

Canada’s Holly Naughton took silver in the women’s squash final to become the first Canadian to win a medal in the sport at the Commonwealth Games.

Naughton, the 20th-ranked player 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 losing the first two 11-7 and 11-5. Kennedy won the final frame 11-5 for gold.

You dream to achieve these important achievements for your country and to become the first female squash medalist is an amazing achievement,” she said. “Hopefully in four years I can make it gold.”

WATCH Naughton becomes first Canadian to win a Commonwealth medal in squash:

Canada’s Holly Naughton settled for silver in squash at the Commonwealth Games

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 woman to win a medal in the sport at the Commonwealth Games.

Zachary Gringas won bronze in the men’s T37/T38 100m final for Canada’s eleventh and final medal of the day.

He clocked 11.65m, 0.42 slower than gold medalist Evan O’Hanlon. South African Charles du Toit took the silver.

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