Justina Di Stasio and Nishan Randhawa both won gold medals to lead a Canadian wrestling medal haul Saturday at the Commonwealth Games. Canada also struck gold at the track where Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., won women's hammer throw.
Canada's Justina di Stasio celebrates winning against Nigeria's Hannah Amuchechi Rueben in the women's 76 kilogram gold medal match wrestling at the Coventry Arena on Day 9 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Coventry, England, Aug. 6, 2022. Justina Di Stasio and Nishan Randhawa both won gold medals to lead a Canadian wrestling medal haul Saturday at the Commonwealth Games.
"We had a game plan," the Canadian said Saturday. "Sometimes I abandon the game plan but in that match, I heard my coach saying something and I listened to it and I was able to do it, so that was very good." "We're ending off strong. Hopefully we can keep this momentum going into the senior world championship in Serbia."
Canada ranked third in the overall medal count Saturday with 84 medals, including 22 gold, behind leader Australia with 154 medals and 54 gold, and host England with 146 and 50 respectively.At the track, Rogers was the only woman to throw over 70 metres with a winning toss of 74.08 in the third round. Canadian teammate Jillian Weir of Kingston, Ont., took bronze.
The 24-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., compiled four medals in Birmingham, including gold in the team event."At first I didn't even dream about finals. I was just thinking I wanted to make it there. I made it there and was hoping to at least make one final. A day after winning the women's one-metre springboard, diver Mia Vallee of Kirkland, Que., added to her medal tally with bronze in synchronized springboard with Saskatoon's Margo Erlam.
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