July 25^th Daily Results

Summary of all the action in Glasgow today!

Badminton

In the Mixed Team Event, Canada defeated Wales 4-1 in their first match, and won 3-2 against Australia in the late game. 

Boxing

Custio Clayton (Dartmouth - 69kg) defeated Jonathan Francois of Grenada by unanimous decision.

Cycling - Track

At the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Laura Brown (Vancouver), Stephanie Roorda (Vancouver) and Jasmin Glaesser (Coquitlam) finished 10^th, 11^th and 14^th respectively in the heats, failing to qualify for the finals.  In the Men’s 4000m Pursuit, Rémi Pelletier-Roy and Ed Veal finished 9^th and 12^th respectively in the Qualifying, failing to advance.

Hockey

The Canadian Women’s team dropped their match against South Africa, by a 2-0 score.

Judo

In Judo, Canada emerged with two bronze medals courtesy of Jonah Burt (Whitby- 81kg) and Alix Renaud-Roy (St-Roch-des-Aulnaies - 70kg).  Beatrice Valois-Fortier (Quebec - 63kg) and Louis Krieber-Gagnon (Montreal - 81kg) both lost their bronze medal matches, while Monika Burgess (Kitchener) advanced as far as the Quarter-finals.

Lawn Bowls

In lawn bowls action today, Canada’s men triples lost to Guernsey 18-16; women’s fours (Leanne Chinery (Victoria, B.C.), Laura Hawryzsko (Cobourg, Ont.), Jackie Foster (Bridgetown, N.S.) and Mary Ann Beath (Vancouver, B.C.) lost to South Africa 19-9; men’s pairs (Ryan Bester (Hanover, Ont. and George Whitelaw (Victoria, B.C.) lost to Malta 20-6; the para-sport B2/B3 mixed pairs (Al Hanet (Kelowna, B.C.), guide Vi Hanet (Kelowna, B.C.), Heather Hannett (Calgary, Alta.) and guide Susan Acorn (Calgary, Alta.) lost to New Zealand 20-10; men’s triples (Kevin Jones (London, Ont.), Chris Stadnyk (Niagara Falls, Ont.), Tim Mason (Penetanguishene, Ont.) lost to New Zealand 20-16; men’s pairs (Ryan Bester (Hanover, Ont. and George Whitelaw (Victoria, B.C.) beat Malaysia 14-13; Kelly McKerihen (Toronto, Ont.) in women’s singles won over Elizabeth Moceiwai of Fiji 21-14.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Patricia Bezzoubenko (Vaughan) won Gold in the Individual All-Around, with Maria Kitkarska (Montreal) finished in 8^th spot.

Shooting

In the 10m Air Pistol, Dorothy Ludwig (Langley) won bronze, with Lynda Kiejko (Calgary) finishing in 5^th spot.  Jason Caswell (Edmonton) sits 6^th in Qualification in Skeet – Men. 

Squash

Canada’s Samantha Cornett (Deep River, Ont.) lost to England’s Jenny Duncalf 3-0 (4-11, 5-11, 7-11) today in the women’s Round of 16 and was eliminated from competition.

Swimming

Katerine Savard won gold in the 100m Butterfly, setting a Commonwealth Games record in the process.  Other Finals results included:

• 50m Breaststroke:  Tara Van Beilen (5^th)
• 400m IM: Luke Reilly (7^th)
• 100m Freestyle Para Sport S8: Morgan Bird (4^th)
• 100m Backstroke:  Russell Wood (8^th)
• 100m Butterfly:  Audrey Lacroix (7^th)
• 4 X 100m Freestyle – Men:  (5^th)

Several Canadians advanced to finals set for tomorrow:

• 50m Freestyle:  Victoria Poon
• 100m Breaststroke:  Richard Funk
• 100m Backstroke:  Sinead Russell, Brooklynn Snodgrass

Table Tennis

After a successful day today with wins over both Papua New Guinea (3-0) and Guyana (3-1), the Canadian women’s tennis table team of Betty Guo (Edmonton, Alta.), Anqi Luo (Mississauga, Ont.) and Mo Zhang (Vancouver, B.C.), has advanced to the quarterfinals. Canada will play defending Commonwealth Games gold medalist Singapore on Fri. July 26 at 9:30 a.m. at Scotstoun Sports Complex.

The Canadian men's table tennis team of Andre Ho (Richmond, B.C.), Pierre-Luc Thériault (Rimouski, Que.) and Eugene Zhen Wang (Ottawa, Ont.) battled Australia for nearly three hours before losing 3 - 1 (3-1, 3-2, 2-3, 3-0). Canada’s men’s team does not advance to the quarter finals.

Weightlifting

Jessica Ruel (Rouyn-Noranda) placed 9^th in the 53kg.