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Canada’s Lia-Monica Fontaine, the 2025 world silver medallist on vault, captured Commonwealth Games gold on vault with a score of 14.000 in Glasgow on Monday.
It marks Fontaine’s third medal, adding to her team silver and all-around bronze at these Games. England’s Abigail Martin claimed silver with a score of 13.799, while Wales’ Abigail Roper took bronze at 13.433.
Jordan Carroll of Canada captured gold in the men’s pommel horse final, scoring an outstanding 15.000. Scotland’s Reuben Ward earned silver with a score of 14.966, while teammate Cameron Lynn took bronze with 13.833, giving Scotland a double podium finish.
2024 Paris Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan of Northern Ireland finished sixth.
Jordan Carroll of Saskatoon, Sask., scored 15.000 points to win gold in the men’s pommel horse final, to claim his second gold medal at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Canadian gymnasts Félix Dolci and William Emard went one-two in the men’s rings final. Dolci captured gold with a score of 13.766, while top qualifier and reigning Pan American champion Emard earned silver with 13.600. Australia’s James Hardy rounded out the podium with bronze, scoring 13.500.
Canada previously achieved a one-two finish on the rings at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, with Scott Morgan taking gold and Kevin Lytwyn earning silver.
Double silver too
Ellie Black of Halifax, added a silver medal to her growing Commonwealth Games medal collection, scoring 13.900 in the uneven bars final. Competing at her third Commonwealth Games, Black has already earned silver in the team event and gold in the all-around final. She will have another opportunity to add to her medal haul, with the beam final still to come.
Australia’s Kate McDonald claimed gold with a score of 14.333, while Wales’ Emily Roper took bronze with 13.666.
Ellie Black of Halifax finishes second in the women’s uneven bars final at Glasgow 2026.
Canada’s René Cournoyer posted a score of 13.966 to capture the silver medal in the men’s floor exercise final at the Commonwealth Games.
England’s Luke Whitehouse claimed gold, while Australia’s James Hardy earned bronze. Fellow Canadian Felix Dolci finished just off the podium in fourth place with a score of 13.233.
René Cournoyer of Repentigny, Que., finishes second in the men’s floor exercise final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a score of 13.966. Cournoyer helped Canada capture gold in the men’s team event.
Young Canadian weightlifting talent secures bronze
In her Commonwealth Games debut, Canada’s 20-year-old Rebeka Groulx captured bronze in the women’s 53kg weightlifting category. Groulx recorded successful lifts of 83kg in the snatch and 95kg in the clean and jerk, finishing with a combined total of 178kg.
Nigeria’s Onome Omolola Didih claimed gold with a Commonwealth Games record total of 206kg, while India’s Gyaneshwari Yadav earned the silver medal, with a total of 199kg.
Rebeka Groulx from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que, finishes third in the women’s 53 kg weightlifting final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Back on the track
Some of Canada’s top track and field athletes were in action as athletics competition got underway at Scotstoun Stadium.
Reigning world, Olympic, and Commonwealth Games champion Camryn Rogers breezed through qualification in the women’s hammer throw with a throw of 68.81 metres, tops among all qualifiers.
Fellow Canadians Jinaye Shomachuk (64.84) and Jillian Weir (63.84) will join Rogers in Tuesday’s final.
In the first round of the men’s 100m, Canada’s Duan Asemota qualified for the semifinals with a time of 10.16 seconds. Fellow Canadian Eliezer Adjibi (10.31) did not advance.
The women’s 100m heats featured new Canadian record holder Sade McCreath and teammate Gabrielle Cole. Both Canadians qualified after topping their respective heats, McCreath in 11.33 and Cole in 11.48.
They’ll join Canadian Audrey Leduc in the semifinal round, who was one of seven sprinters given a bye.
Canadian swimmers advance
Canada’s swimmers were back in action at Tollcross International Swimming Centre for the morning session heats.
Kylie Masse, of LaSalle, Ont., was the top qualifier in the women’s 50m backstroke heats, moving on to the semifinals after posting a time of 27.79 seconds. Madison Kryger (28.77), of Niagara Falls, Ont., also earned a spot in the semis.
Josh Liendo was the lone Canadian to advance to the semifinals of the men’s 100m freestyle event. The Toronto native – who won gold in the men’s 100m butterfly on Sunday – finished his heat in 49.79. Montreal’s Antoine Sauve was disqualified while Ben Winterborn, of Kingston, Ont., did not start.
Canada’s Sophie Angus advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 50m breaststroke with a time of 30.79.
Canadians punching their tickets straight to Monday’s finals included Ella Jansen (4:45.19) and Julie Brosseau (4:51.45) in the women’s 400m individual medley, as well as Ben Loewen (1:58.87) in the men’s 200m butterfly.
Para swimmer Fernando Lu was the fastest in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB9 heats, finishing in 1:11.62. Lu’s teammate Jack Gill (1:13.65) also qualified for Monday’s final, while Alex Elliot (1:17.52) will be a reserve.
Other Canadian results on Monday
- The women’s bowls pairs duo of Kelly McKerihen and Emma Boyd defeated Fiji, winning the sets 8-2 and 6-3.
- Matt Darsigny, of Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., finished sixth in the men’s 71kg weightlifting category. Darsigny had successful lifts of 130kg in the snatch and 155kg in the clean and jerk.
- Edmonton’s Amber-Jane Wall began her boxing tournament today in the women’s 51kg category. Wall faced Ramatu Quaye of Ghana, winning the bout by a unanimous 5-0 decision. Wall advances to the quarterfinals, where she will compete on Wednesday.
- Boxer Joshua Ofori continued his winning streak in the men’s 80kg round of 16. Ofori faced Fiji’s Aminiasi Saratibau, earning the victory at the 2:58 mark of the second round. Ofori will compete in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
- Canada’s Ryan Bester fell in a tie-breaker to Malaysia’s Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple. Bester won the opening set 6-4 before dropping the second set 8-5. In the deciding tie-break, Bester was edged out 1-0. Bester finishes group play with a 2-3 record, placing third in his group and missing out on a spot in the semifinals.
- In a rematch of the 2022 Commonwealth Games final, Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team took on Australia. Canada fell 20-12 to the defending Commonwealth champions. Reed Michael De’aeth led Canada’s offence with nine points. Canada now sits at 1-2 in group play. Canada also faced Australia in the women’s tournament, falling 12-10 in overtime.
Watch Canada take on Australia in men’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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