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Canada’s Félix Dolci turned the top qualifying score into gold in the men’s vault final on Tuesday in Glasgow. He posted a winning average of 13.766.
The title gives Dolci his third medal of the Commonwealth Games, adding vault gold to his team gold and rings gold.
England’s Luke Whitehouse claimed silver with an average of 13.749, while Cyprus’ Neofytos Kyriakou earned bronze with 13.733.
Félix Dolci of Laval, Que., finishes first in the men’s vault final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Dolci captured gold in rings and the men’s team final, and also won silver in the men’s all-around competition.
Dolci added another medal to his Commonwealth Games haul, capturing bronze in the men’s parallel bars final with a score of 13.300. It marks his fifth medal of the Games.
Teammate William Emard finished just off the podium in fourth with 13.200.
Australia’s Jesse Moore won gold with a score of 14.000, earning his first Commonwealth Games title. Cyprus’ Marios Georgiou claimed silver with 13.800.
Charron completes Commonwealth Games gold 3-peat
Maude Charron of Rimouski, Que, captured her third consecutive Commonwealth Games title in the women’s 63kg weightlifting category.
Charron set a Commonwealth Games record in the snatch, lifting 102kg, before adding another Games record with a 130kg clean and jerk. Her combined total of 232kg secured the gold medal.
England’s Sarah Davies Smale earned silver with a total of 217kg, while 17-year-old Femily-Crystie Notte of Nauru delivered a surprise podium finish, claiming bronze with a total of 216kg.
Fontaine adds to full set of medals
Canada’s Lia-Monica Fontaine added a bronze medal in the women’s balance beam final scoring 13.000. Fontaine adds to a full set of medals at these Commonwealth Games after winning gold on vault, silver in the team event, and bronze in the all-around.
Teammate Ellie Black finished fourth with a score of 12.966, just missing the podium. Black won Commonwealth Games gold on beam in 2014.
Singapore’s Amanda Yap matched the best-ever Commonwealth Games result by a Singaporean gymnast, earning silver on beam with a score of 13.233. Australia’s Breanna Scott earned the gold with 13.933.
Lia-Monica Fontaine of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., finishes third in the women’s balance-beam final at Glasgow 2026. Fontaine also won gold in vault, silver in the women’s team event and bronze in the women’s all-around competition.
More swimming to come
Canadian swimmers were back in action on Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday in Glasgow, with several moving on to their respective finals.
Oliver Dawson was the top qualifier in the men’s 200m breaststroke. The Grande Prairie, Alta., native touched the wall in 2:10.05, and will contest the final later Tuesday at Tollcross International Swimming Centre.
Lorne Wigginton qualified for the final of the men’s 400m individual medley, finishing second in his heat in a time of 4:17.23. The Calgary native set the Canadian record earlier this month in Montreal, swimming to a time of 4:11.32 at Canadian swim trials.
Josh Liendo advanced to the semifinals of the men’s 50m butterfly. The Toronto swimmer – who won gold in the men’s 100m butterfly – posted a time of 23.66 seconds to move on to Tuesday evening’s semifinal.
Ella Jansen, of Burlington, Ont., will be a reserve for the final of the women’s 200m individual medley. Jansen finished her heat in 2:13.43.
Ben Winterborn will swim in the semifinals of the men’s 100m backstroke after the Kingston, Ont., swimmer recorded a time of 55.55 in the heats.
The Canadian foursome of Madison Kryger, Sophie Angus, Ben Loewen, and Antoine Sauve advanced to the final of the mixed 4x100m medley relay heats, combining for a time of 3:51.80.
Canadian athletes shine at Scotstoun
The second day of athletics competition at Scotstoun Stadium saw Ottawa’s Lauren Gale win her heat in the first round of the women’s 400m, advancing to the semifinals with a time of 51.59 seconds.
Canadians Sienna MacDonald and Hannah Blair are seventh and ninth, respectively, after the first two events of the women’s heptathlon. MacDonald won her 100m hurdles heat in 12.99 seconds while Blair finished in a season’s best 13.93.
In the high jump, Blair cleared a height of 1.73m while MacDonald reached 1.64m.
In the first round of the men’s 800m, Abdullahi Hassan’s time of 1:47.30 was good enough to get him to the semifinals, but fellow Canadian Justin O’Toole (1:49.07) finished fifth in his heat and did not advance.
Austin Cole did not advance past the first round of the men’s 400m, finishing his heat in a time of 47.87.
Other Canadian results on Tuesday
- Canadian weightlifter Braydon Kennedy of Mission, B.C., did not finish competition in the men’s 88kg division. Kennedy had a successful lift of 161kg in the snatch before three unsuccessful attempts at 182kg in the clean and jerk.
- Canada has two weightlifting medal hopefuls in action later Tuesday: Maude Charron of Rimouski, Que., will look for a third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 63kg final, and Charlotte Simoneau, of Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., competes in the 69kg women’s final.
- Canada’s Scarlett Savannah Delgado advanced to the women’s 54kg boxing semifinals with a unanimous 5-0 victory over New Zealand’s Greer Hall in the quarterfinals. Delgado will return to the ring Friday with a spot in the gold-medal bout on the line.
- Marie Al-Ahmadieh of Montreal also secured a place in the semifinals, defeating Kenya’s Rosemarion Otieno by a 4-1 decision in the women’s 60kg quarterfinals. She will also compete Friday for a chance to advance to the championship bout.
- Gabriel Labrie was eliminated in the men’s 65kg boxing quarterfinals, falling 3-2 on points to Australia’s Jacob Cassar.
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