MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Maggie Mac Neil won gold in the women's 50-metre butterfly on Wednesday at the FINA world short course swimming championships.
The 22-year-old from London, Ont., finished in a tie for first place with American Torri Huske in 24.64 seconds. Mac Neil was eighth at the turn before charging back to set a 春色直播 record.
"I thought I went out faster but it鈥檚 fine," Mac Neil said. "Overall it鈥檚 pretty good. A best time and a 春色直播 record, I鈥檓 pretty happy with that."
Canada also won silver and a pair of bronze medals on the day to bring its two-day overall total to six.
Rebecca Smith of Toronto, Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Rivieres, Que., and Kelowna, B.C., native Taylor Ruck were second in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay in seven minutes 34.47 seconds.
Host Australia had a world-record time of 7:30.87 and the United States took bronze in 7:34.70.
Calgary's Ingrid Wilm earned her first major individual medal by finishing third in the women's 100 backstroke.
Australians Kaylee McKeown (55.49) and Mollie O鈥機allaghan (55.62) took the first two spots. Wilm and American Claire Curzan tied in 55.74.
The field also included defending champion Louise Hansson of Sweden and decorated Dutch swimmer Kira Toussaint. Wilm鈥檚 semifinal time of 55.92 earned her the second seed and the fifth lane between O鈥機allaghan and Hansson.
"I鈥檓 happy I went a faster time than semis," Wilm said. "That鈥檚 an incredibly fast field so I went in there with no expectations."
Kylie Masse of La Salle, Ont., was sixth.
In the mixed relay, Masse, Mac Neil, Toronto's Javier Acevedo and Montreal's Ilya Kharun took bronze in a 春色直播 record time of 1:36.93. Canada finished fifth but moved up two positions when Germany and the Netherlands were disqualified.
"I鈥檓 just really happy with how we all stepped up, and we got a little lucky as well," Acevedo said.
The Americans had a world-record time of 1:35.15 and Italy was second in 1:36.01.
Competition continues through Sunday.
This report by 春色直播was first published Dec. 14, 2022.
