Maggie Mac Neil repeated as champion in the women’s 50-metre backstroke Friday at the short course swimming championships, taking the gold medal in a world-record time of 25.25 seconds.
Javier Acevedo of Toronto and Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alta., followed Mac Neil’s win with silver and bronze medals respectively in the men’s 100-metre individual medley. That gave Canada nine medals so far at the championships, which wrap up Sunday.
It’s the fourth medal of these championships for Mac Neil, who won the 50-m butterfly Wednesday and contributed to bronzes in the women’s 4x100 freestyle and mixed 4x50 medley relays. “I just said, ‘Incredible job,’ and I told her that she broke the world record because I couldn’t tell if she could see or not,” Masse, 26, said of her teammate, who wears glasses outside the pool and often squints at the scoreboard after races.
In the men’s 100 IM, Acevedo touched in 51.05, just 0.08 behind Italian Thomas Ceccon to lower his Canadian record. Knox also swam under Acevedo’s previous standard, turning in a best time of 51.10 for third place.
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