Teenage swimmer Taylor Ruck won bronze in the womenB次元官网网址檚 100-metre freestyle Monday at the Commonwealth Games, tying a 52-year-old Canadian record with her seventh medal of the games.
Canadian Elaine Tanner won seven medals (four gold and three silver) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. Australians Susie OB次元官网网址橬eill (1998 in Kuala Lumpur) and Emily Seebohm (2010 in New Delhi) both won eight medals in a single games.
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The 17-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., will get a chance at an eighth medal Tuesday when she races in the 4x100 medley relay.
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Ruck is yet to miss the medal podium in seven races to date here, with one gold, four silver and two bronze.
She won gold in the 200-metre freestyle, silver in the 50 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays and bronze in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
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The teen said she was B次元官网网址渏ust so humbledB次元官网网址� to tie TannerB次元官网网址檚 mark.
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Australian Bronte Campbell won the 100 free gold in a games-record 52.27 seconds, ahead of older sister Cate Campbell in 52.69. Ruck clocked a personal best of 53.08.
TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Penny Oleksiak was fifth in 53.85 and Kayla Sanchez, also of Toronto, was seventh in 54.30. Oleksiak won Olympic gold over the distance in Rio, where she clocked a Canadian-record 52.70.
Asked where she got her energy, Ruck suggested caffeine.
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Kierra Smith of Kelowna, B.C., also made it to the podium Monday, winning silver in the womenB次元官网网址檚 100 breaststroke.
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Australian swimmers dominated the night, winning four of nine finals and 15 of the 27 medals on offer.
Canada has won 16 medals to date in the pool: three gold, eight silver and five bronze.
Four years ago, Canadian swimmers won 11 medals (4-1-6) in Glasgow.
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