After averaging three medals per day over the first three days of competition, Canadian athletes exploded for 12, including four golds, today at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland.
Coming off a stellar weekend, Canada’s gymnasts led the way with another three individual golds and six medals overall today. Felix Dolci (men’s rings) and 16-year-old Lia-Monica Fontaine (women’s vault) each won gold for their third medal of the Games, while women’s all-around champion Ellie Black took silver in the uneven bars for her third medal in Glasgow and the ninth of her Commonwealth Games career. Jordan Carroll won gold in the men’s pommel horse, and René Cournoyer and William Émard earned silvers in the men’s floor exercise and rings, respectively.
In track and field, reigning Olympic and world champion Ethan Katzberg dominated the men’s hammer throw with a Games-record toss of 80.97 metres on his first attempt, beating the field by four metres to capture his first Commonwealth title. Fellow Canadian Rowan Hamilton, a Katzberg doppelgänger, took the bronze.
A pair of Canadian Para runners reached the podium as Michael Barber took silver in the men’s 1,500m T20 category and Zachary Gingras earned his second consecutive Commonwealth bronze in the men’s 100m T38.
Canada also picked up its first two medals in weightlifting as Ann-Sophie Taschereau snatched a silver in the women’s 58-kilogram division and Rebeka Groulx got the bronze in the women’s 53kg.
That brings Canada’s total medal count for the Games to 21, including seven gold. The Canadian team is aiming for a top-three finish, and it currently sits third behind Australia (59 total, 26 gold) and England (32, 8).
Other key Canadian results today
* Weightlifter Shad Darsigny just missed out on his second straight Commonwealth bronze, finishing fourth in the men’s 79kg class.
* The women’s doubles lawn bowling duo of Emma Boyd and Kelly McKerihen finished 4-1 in preliminary play but did not advance to the semifinals as Wales won their group on a tiebreaker. In men’s singles, three-time Commonwealth Games medallist (and seven-time participant) Ryan Bester failed to advance after going 2-3. The medal games take place tomorrow morning, followed by the start of women’s singles, men’s pairs and para pairs competition.
* Boxers Amber-Jane Wall (women’s 51kg) and Joshua Ofori (men’s 80kg) scored decisive victories to advance to the quarterfinals in their respective tournaments. Wall knocked down her opponent three times en route to a 5-0 win on the scorecards, and Ofori also put his foe down three times before the referee stopped the bout in the second round. They’ll both fight against on Wednesday.
Here’s more on the top Canadian moments from Day 4.
Canadians to watch on Tuesday
Canada will contend for more medals in swimming, track and field, and gymnastics on Day 5. Also, Olympic weightlifting champion Maude Charron goes for gold, several Canadian boxers fight for a spot in the medal rounds, and Canada’s men’s and women’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball teams begin their playoffs.
Here’s what to look for:
Swimming
After a medal-less Monday, Canada’s swimmers look to bounce back with stars Josh Liendo and Kylie Masse each going for their second medal of these Games. Liendo competes in the men’s 100m freestyle final at 2:18 p.m. ET and Masse in the women’s 50m backstroke final at 3:36 p.m. ET.
On Saturday, Liendo repeated as Commonwealth champion in the men’s 100m butterfly and placed fourth in the 50m freestyle, while Masse took silver in the 100m backstroke for her 10th career Commonwealth medal. She had the fastest overall time in the 50m semifinals today while Liendo was third overall in his semis.
Liendo will also swim in the 50m butterfly qualifying rounds on Tuesday. The final is Wednesday.
The Canadian swimmer also set a Commonwealth Games record in the event.
Other Canadians eyeing the podium on Tuesday include two-time Paralympic medallist Nicolas-Guy Turbide, who will try to repeat as Commonwealth champion in the men’s 50m freestyle S13 category (the final goes at 2:07 p.m. ET); 18-year-old breaststroker Oliver Dawson in the men’s 200m (final at 3:42 p.m. ET); and Sophie Angus in the women’s 50m breaststroke final at 3:49 p.m. ET. Canada also has an entry in the mixed 4x100m medley relay. That final is at 4:42 p.m. ET.
Qualifying heats begin at 5:30 a.m. ET, and the finals are part of the evening sessions starting at 2 p.m. ET each day. Here’s the official swimming schedule with startlists and results.
Track and field
Reigning Olympic and world champion Camryn Rogers looks to give Canada a sweep of the hammer throw golds when she competes in the women’s final at 2:58 p.m. ET. The defending Commonwealth champ has won eight of her 10 starts this year and had the top throw in qualifying today. She’ll be joined in the final by Canada’s Jinaye Shomachuk and Jillian Weir, who took bronze at the 2022 Commonwealths.
Sprinters Jerome Blake and Duan Asemota will line up for the men’s 100m semifinals at 2:10 p.m. ET and try to qualify for the final at 4:14 p.m. ET. The man to beat could be Nigeria’s Kanyinsola Ajayi, who won the NCAA 100m title this year and beat reigning world champ Oblique Seville of Jamaica (absent from these Games) twice on the Diamond League circuit this month, clocking 9.84 seconds each time.
The women’s 100m semifinals at 2:36 p.m. ET include Canada’s Gabrielle Cole, Audrey Leduc and Sade McCreath, who broke Leduc’s national record earlier this month. The final is at 4:40 p.m. ET.
Here’s the full track and field schedule with results.
Gymnastics
The final day of competition features Canadians in all five events as they look to add to their Games-high 12 total medals and five golds so far.
Dolci is in the men’s vault at 8:05 a.m. ET, Black and Fontaine in the women’s balance beam at 8:50 a.m. ET, Dolci and Émard in the men’s parallel bars at 9:50 a.m. ET, Fontaine and Lia Redick in the women’s floor exercise at 10:38 a.m. ET, and Dolci and Émard again in the men’s horizontal bar at 11:20 a.m. ET.
CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux spoke with Félix Dolci of Laval, Que., shortly after he won the men’s rings competition at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Dolci has now won two gold medals and one silver medal in Glasgow.
Other Canadians to watch
* 2021 Olympic weightlifting gold medallist Maude Charron goes for her third consecutive Commonwealth Games title in the women’s 63-kilogram division at 9 a.m. ET. Charron won gold in the women’s 64kg at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics before taking silver at 59kg two years ago in Paris.
* Three Canadian boxers can guarantee themselves a medal by winning their quarterfinal bouts. Scarlett Delgado (women’s 54kg weight class) fights at 7:15 a.m. ET, Marie Al-Ahmadieh (women’s 60kg) at 7:45 a.m. ET and Gabriel Aly-Labrie (men’s 65kg) at 9:15 a.m. ET. A semifinal berth clinches a medal because the winners of those bouts go on to fight for the gold while both losers automatically receive a bronze.
* The men’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball team will face South Africa in the play-in round at 2 p.m. ET. Canada took silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and won the world championship last year but finished third in Group A with a record of 1-2. South Africa went 2-1 to place second in the other group. The winner meets England (3-0) in the semifinals on Wednesday.
* The women’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball team also placed a disappointing third in its group at 1-2 and will face Wales (2-1) in the play-in round at 3:30 p.m. ET. Canada, featuring opening ceremony flag-bearer Kady Dandeneau, is the reigning Commonwealth and world champion. Like the Canadian men, they would face England (3-0) in the semis on Wednesday.
How to watch
You can catch a wide variety of sports live all day, every day on CBC Gem and CBCSports.ca. The CBC television network also has coverage every afternoon. For details, check the TV schedule and the streaming schedule.
Here’s more on how to watch the Commonwealth Games on CBC.
For the latest live streams, video, results and news, visit CBC Sports’ Commonwealth Games website.
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