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Weekend recap: Para track stars finish strong
Here’s a look at some top Canadian performances from the past few days:
Para track and field: Canada ends world championships on a high note
Canadians captured four more medals, including two gold, over the final two days of competition at the World Para Athletics Championships in India.
After wheelchair racer Anthony Bouchard won gold in the men’s 100m T52 event on Saturday, distance runner Nate Tucker (formerly known as Nate Riech) grabbed his third career world title in the men’s 1,500m T38 to lead a three-medal finish for Canada on Sunday. Sprinter Marissa Papaconstantinou and wheelchair racer Austin Smeenk both picked up their second medal of the championships as Papaconstantinou took silver in the women’s T64 200m (she had a bronze in the 100m) while Smeenk earned bronze in the men’s T34 800m (matching his result in the 400m).
Canada finished with nine medals, including three gold, good for 22nd in the standings. The other Canadian gold medallist was two-time Paralympic men’s shot put champion Greg Stewart, who captured his first world title on Friday.
Weightlifting: Charron medals again at worlds
Canadian star Maude Charron captured silver in the women’s 63-kilogram division at the world championships in Norway on Sunday for her fourth major medal in three different weight classes. Charron won Olympic gold in the 64kg class in 2021 before grabbing bronze at the 2022 worlds and silver at the 2024 Olympics at 59kg.
Charron, a 32-year-old from Rimouski, Que., lifted 103kg in the snatch and a personal-best 133kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 236kg. North Korea’s Ri Suk put up 253kg to win the gold.
Curling: Homan, Dunstone win again
Canadian skips Rachel Homan and Matt Dunstone followed up their victories at the Grand Slam season opener by winning the women’s and men’s titles, respectively, at the PointsBet Invitational in Calgary.
Homan, the back-to-back women’s world champion, defeated Corryn Brown in Sunday’s final to win the PointsBet for the third straight time. It’s now been a full year since Homan lost to a Canadian opponent (she’s 27-0), which bodes well for her chances at next month’s Canadian Olympic trials in Halifax.
Dunstone is emerging as a top contender at the men’s trials after beating 2014 Olympic champion Brad Jacobs on Sunday in a rematch of last season’s Brier final, which Jacobs won. Dunstone won the AMJ Masters last week in London, Ont., for his first Grand Slam title in six years.
Other key results:
- Trampolinist Sophiane Méthot reached two podiums at a World Cup stop in France. The 2024 Olympic individual bronze medallist took bronze in her solo event and teamed with Sarah Milette for their second synchronized gold in three weeks.
- Figure skater Madeline Schizas picked up the women’s bronze at the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge in Kazakhstan, part of the ISU Challenger Series. Canadian ice dancers Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer just missed the podium, placing fourth. The ISU Grand Prix tour kicks off next week in France.
- Tennis players Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo have both advanced to the fourth round at the Shanghai Masters. The 12th-seeded Auger-Aliassime will face No. 8 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy next, while No. 31 Diallo meets unseeded Belgian Zizou Bergs. 23rd-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov was eliminated in the third round along with No. 2 Jannik Sinner of Italy, who quit his match due to cramping in his thigh. World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz withdrew before the tournament due to an ankle injury.
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