Kylie Masse turns into one in all Canada’s most profitable swimmers ever at Commonwealth Games

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July 29, 2026

Kylie Masse reached a serious milestone on the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, swimming to double digits in profession medals gained. 

The five-time Olympic medallist gained gold within the ladies’s 50m backstroke on Tuesday, following up the silver she earned within the ladies’s 100m backstroke on Sunday, giving her 11 profession medals on the Commonwealth Games. 

In her third look on the quadrennial occasion, Masse landed amongst elite firm in Canadian swimming. Ralph Hutton earned 12 medals in his two Commonwealth Games appearances in 1966 and 1970. Marianne Limpert reached the rostrum 11 occasions throughout the 1994, 1998, and 2002 Commonwealth Games, although medals weren’t awarded in at the least one relay as a result of there have been too few entries within the remaining. 

Masse efficiently defended her Commonwealth Games title within the 50m backstroke, clocking 27.32 seconds to defeat Australia’s Iona Anderson by 0.13. The 50m backstroke will likely be a brand new Olympic occasion two years from now at Los Angeles 2028. 

“It feels really special. In the prelims and semis I was struggling with keeping my tempo up at the end so I think I was able to execute that better tonight. I’m pleased with the time and with the win. To defend my title is the best case scenario,” mentioned Masse. 

The outcome was a reversal of what occurred within the 100m backstroke remaining through which Masse completed 0.06 behind Anderson. It is the third straight Games that Masse has completed on the rostrum in each the 50m and 100m backstroke occasions. 

“I think having the opportunity to race on the big stage brings out the best in me. To race incredible competitors always makes me go faster, and I think being in this environment, representing Canada, and knowing this is the focal point of my season also brings out the best of me,” mentioned Masse. 

Josh Liendo gained his second straight Commonwealth Games gold medal within the males’s 100m butterfly on Sunday. This time he did it in a Commonwealth Games file time of fifty.42 seconds, as he out-touched Australia’s Matthew Temple for the victory by 0.01. 

“I tried to take control of the race early, grit my teeth at the end and hit the wall,” mentioned Liendo. “I felt like I got a good start. That’s what I wanted. From that point forward I just focused on building on that momentum and not overdoing the first 50, but I wanted to really nail it off that turn and finish strong.”

The 100m butterfly has been Liendo’s preeminent worldwide occasion. Before he gained Olympic silver at Paris 2024, he gained bronze after which silver on the World Aquatics Championships in 2022 and 2023. 

Liendo additionally had a few near-podium performances, inserting fourth within the males’s 50m and 100m freestyle occasions. 

Oliver Dawson continued his breakout season, because the 18-year-old gained silver within the males’s 200m breaststroke on Tuesday. His time of two:08.39 left him simply 0.52 behind gold medallist Filip Nowacki, representing Jersey, one of many Channel Islands. It additionally broke one of many longest standing Canadian data in swimming, as he took 0.45 off the mark Mike Brown swam on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games—the identical 12 months Dawson was born. 

Earlier this 12 months, Dawson broke the nationwide data in each the boys’s 50m and 100m backstroke occasions. He had come near a podium within the males’s 100m breaststroke in Glasgow. He completed fourth in that remaining, simply 0.05 behind England’s Adam Ramsay-Peaty, a two-time Olympic champion within the occasion who gained silver at Paris 2024

Lorne Wigginton captured bronze within the males’s 400m particular person medley. His time of 4:11.38 in Glasgow was simply 0.06 slower than the nationwide file he set on the Canadian Swimming Trials in early July.    

“The Commonwealth Games are great for someone like me starting out and getting the opportunity to come back for some second swims as I build towards World Championships next year and the Olympic Games,” mentioned Wigginton, a Paris 2024 Olympian. 

Sophie Angus tied for the bronze medal within the ladies’s 50m breaststroke, matching England’s Imogen Clark with a time of 30.86 seconds. She positioned fifth within the 100m breaststroke earlier within the Games. 

Canadians have gained a trio of medals in para-swimming occasions. Mary-Jibb took bronze within the ladies’s 200m particular person medley SM10, Jack Gill gained bronze within the males’s 100m butterfly S10, and Nicolas Guy Turbide earned bronze within the males’s 50m freestyle S13. 

Fans can catch Team Canada in motion on CBC TV, CBC Gem and ICI TOU.TV (in French) with live daily broadcast and streaming coverage till August 2. You also can sustain with outcomes and data by way of @cwthsportcan (Commonwealth Sport Canada) on social media.