FOG BLOG COMMONWEALTH GAMES LOG: CANADA CONTINUES DOWN THE GOLD MEDAL PATH, INCREASES COUNT!

Liendo continues Canada's gold-medal rush with men's 100m butterfly Commonwealth title Laylor, Beauchemin-Pinard, Canada's women's 3x3 basketball teams also strike gold Canada's Josh Liendo, middle, claimed the men's 100-metre butterfly gold medal on Tuesday at the Commonwealth Games in the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Birmingham, England. Toronto's Josh Liendo swam to a 100-metre butterfly gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Sandwell Aquatics Centre in Birmingham, England, on Tuesday.

The 19-year-old's time of 51.24 seconds was good enough to edge silver medallist James Guy of England by 0.16 seconds. Australia's Matthew Temple took bronze. Fellow Canadian Finlay Knox was seventh.

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"That was super, super cool," Liendo said. "It's just been fun, it's been a great experience, and there's more to come, so I'm excited."

Liendo broke through at the 2022 FINA world championships in Budapest in June when he won three medals, including bronze in the individual 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly and as the lead racer in the mixed 4x100 freestyle relay.

In doing so, he became the first Black Canadian swimmer to ever climb the podium in an individual event at worlds.

In April, Liendo broke his own national record in the race with a time of 50.88 seconds at the Canadian swim trials in Victoria. Liendo said he's happy to pave a path for others.

"It definitely feels great," he said. "People coming up to me, and obviously mentioning it and noticing it and all the support that I'm getting, I definitely love it.

"And I love to see that I'm a role model, because obviously I have people that I look up to, and thinking that I'm in that light and being seen that way in other people's eyes is really cool."

Laylor breaks records, claims gold

Canada's Maya Laylor broke two Commonwealth records en route to a gold medal in the women's 76 kg weightlifting event.

The 27-year-old Toronto native lifted 100 kg in her first snatch attempt to take the lead in the program before posting Commonwealth records of 128 kg in the clean and jerk and 228 kg in total.

"The snatch is a hit or miss, everyone would say so," Laylor said. "I didn't have it quite there yet in the snatch, but kept focused for the clean and jerk. I opened at 123, that was a strong lift, and then 128, went for the Commonwealth record, did that .. I gave it my all today."