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The powerful yet even-keeled swimmer from LaSalle, Ont. earned her second silver of the meet, pairing with to the one she captured in the 100 metres event earlier in the week.
The podium is certainly familiar territory for Masse, who regularly reaches it in all levels of international competition in which she competes. She won a bronze in the 100 backstroke in Rio and was arguably Canada’s most impressive swimmer in the five years since, twice capturing a world championship gold in the 100 back.
“She’s a very well thought out person,” Swimming Canada head coach and high performance director, John Atkinson said of Masse. Masse’s silver was Canada’s fifth swimming medal of the Games, all from women and opens the possibility of matching the six medals the team won at the 2016 Rio Games. Taylor Ruck, who also qualified for the 200 final, finished sixth in the backstroke.
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