It’s unwise to wager towards Kylie Masse on the Olympics.
The Canadian swimmer added to her spectacular Olympic haul with a bronze medal within the ladies’s 200-metre backstroke on Friday.
It’s the fifth profession Olympic medal for Masse and the eleventh for Canada at Paris 2024.
After a quick begin, Masse seemed to be shedding grip with the leaders on the third of 4 laps. However she rallied in the previous few strokes to overhaul Phoebe Bacon, ending four-hundredths of a second forward of the American for bronze.
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown gained gold in an Olympic-record time of two minutes, 3.73 seconds, .53 seconds forward of runner-up Regan Smith of the U.S. Masse was 1.84 seconds again of the winner.
Masse completed fourth earlier within the meet within the 100-metre backstroke. She turns into the primary Canadian swimmer to win a medal at three consecutive Olympics.
The 28-year-old native of LaSalle, Ont., now has two silver and three bronze medals over three Olympics.
Masse gained silver within the 200-m backstroke three years in the past in Tokyo. However the College of Toronto product got here fifth within the occasion on the planet championships final 12 months and completed that meet with out a person medal.
In the meantime, Canada’s Josh Liendo missed the rostrum by simply two-hundredths of a second within the males’s freestyle last.
Linedo completed fourth in 21.58 seconds, edged out for bronze by Florent Manadou of France.
Liendo completed ninth within the semifinals on Thursday and seemed to be eradicated. However after France’s Maxime Grousset scratched, Liendo grabbed the ultimate spot within the last.
Australia’s Cameron McEvoy gained gold.
