Canada wraps best-ever aquatic championships with bronze medal - Global News

Canada won the bronze medal and set a national record in the women’s 4×100-metre medley relay on Sunday to put an exclamation point on the country’s most successful FINA World Championships ever.The Canadian pool swimmers ended the competition with a team record two gold and six bronze, all in Olympic events.Story continues belowThey reached 19 finals — two more than in Budapest in 2017 and the most finals since 1978 — 15 world championships ago. The previous medal record was six at those 1978 worlds. In addition, Eric Hedlin won a bronze medal in the men’s five-kilometre open water event last week.READ MORE: Swimming Canada embracing young stars — ‘It’s raising the bar’“The 2019 world championships in Gwangju, South Korea, have been Swimming Canada’s most successful ever world championships,” said high performance director and national coach John Atkinson.“It’s a testament to our athletes’ ability to stay focused, calm and professional, and stay engaged in the championships for all eight days. It’s something we’ve worked on with our coaching staff and our team for a number of years.”WATCH BELOW: Swimming star tries to save some Toronto District School Board pools from closing

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July 29, 2019 at 01:17AM