Commonwealth Sport Canada

“I am very happy. I wasn’t expecting it. I have a lot to say but I don’t know if I have the words to describe it. In the first moments, I didn’t make my best lifts, I was a little bit disappointed. But at the clean-and-jerk, when I saw I had the chance to win the gold medal, I concentrated more.

Your thoughts on the match:

I already talked to my coach about it, it’s just for me, a slow start position, give up the first four or six points because they just take the point and then shut down. It could be better, let’s just put it that way.

Getting silver here , moving forward, is a big booster, right?

“Yeah, and I also know what I need to work on, I need to train harder, obviously”

You had such a good match earlier, today in the semis and the few matches before – was there much gas left in the tank?

Canadian Ryan Bester will play for lawn bowls gold.

When 91kg Samir El Mais walked to the ring in Glasgow Wednesday afternoon to get his first bout out of the way, after waiting five days for his turn, he knew that he had to win big against Warren Bastier from England, to get his ticket to the semifinals on Friday.

On his Semi-final bout:

On the ultimate goal:

"Canada is pretty dominant in the world so I have aspirations to be in every final in every meet so it is exciting and I know I will be against a good opponent."

"The gold is everything. I want to make all Canadians in Glasgow and all Canadians at home in Canada proud."

On her bout to get into the finals:

"It was a little easier that the last bout, and I was faster, got in more points before the first perios was over, I just told myself to shoot earlier, get some offense going."

Preparation:

Canada’s hopes in table tennis mixed doubles will live another day after two Canadian combinations won both their morning matches as well as both their afternoon matches Wednesday, earning berths in the fourth round set for Thursday.