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Canadian wrestlers Di Stasio, Randhawa capture Commonwealth Games gold

Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo posted a career-best 76.36 metres for a silver medal in hammer throw
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Camryn Rogers of Canada smiles on the podium after winning the gold medal in the WomenB次元官网网址檚 hammer throw final during the athletics competition in the Alexander Stadium at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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 womenB次元官网网址檚 hammer throw.

All six wrestlers competing Saturday at Conventry Arena stepped onto the podium.

Di Stasio, a 29-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., beat NigeriaB次元官网网址檚 Hannah Amuchechi Rueben 4-2 in the final with a four-point takedown to win the womenB次元官网网址檚 76-kilogram division

B次元官网网址淪he was very strong, but when I pulled her down the first two times, I could feel her pulling up,B次元官网网址 Di Stasio explained. B次元官网网址淪he was strong enough to pull up, so I let her, so I could sneak in.

B次元官网网址淏ut I had to be patient because if I missed, I knew sheB次元官网网址檇 know it was coming.B次元官网网址

Di Stasio won a world title in the 72-kg division in 2018 in Budapest, Hungary, as well as Pan American Games silver in Toronto in 2015.

B次元官网网址淲e had a game plan,B次元官网网址 the Canadian said Saturday. B次元官网网址淪ometimes 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.B次元官网网址

Randhawa of Abbotsford, B.C., outscored South AfricaB次元官网网址檚 Nicolaas de Lange 6-1 in the back half of their final match for a decisive 9-3 victory.

B次元官网网址淎s the match went on, I think I picked up the pace a little bit,B次元官网网址 sai the 24-year-old Randhawa. B次元官网网址淔eels amazing. ItB次元官网网址檚 been a long road and had a couple injuries along the way.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e ending off strong. Hopefully we can keep this momentum going into the senior world championship in Serbia.B次元官网网址

Madison Parks of Brantford, Ont., and FrederictonB次元官网网址檚 Samantha Stewart claimed silver in the womenB次元官网网址檚 50- and 53-kg weight classes respectively.

Darthe Capellan of Surrey, B.C., and Jasmit Phulka of Abbotsford, B.C., took bronze medals in the menB次元官网网址檚 57- and 74-kg divisions.

The 2002 Commonwealth Games conclude Monday in Birmingham, England.

At the track, Rogers was the only woman to throw over 70 metres with a winning toss of 74.08. Canadian teammate Jillian Weir of Kingston, Ont., took bronze.

Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, B.C., posted a career-best 76.36 metres for a silver medal in menB次元官网网址檚 hammer throw.

The rhythmic gymnastics team wrapped their competition with four medals Saturday. Carmel Kallemaa led the the way with silver in clubs and bronze in both hoop and ribbon.

The 24-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., compiled four medals in Birmingham, including gold in the team event.

B次元官网网址淚t was just my dream to make it to this competition,B次元官网网址 Kallemaa said.

B次元官网网址淎t first I didnB次元官网网址檛 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.

B次元官网网址淭o make three finals and one medal in each event, itB次元官网网址檚 just unbelievable. ItB次元官网网址檚 one of the best days of my life so far for sure.B次元官网网址

Her Montreal teammate Suzanna Shahbazian, also a team gold winner, collected a silver medal in the ball final.

A day after winning the womenB次元官网网址檚 one-metre springboard, diver Mia Vall茅e of Kirkland, Que., added to her medal tally with bronze in synchronized springboard with SaskatoonB次元官网网址檚 Margo Erlam.

Vall茅e, a silver medallist in three-metre springboard in this yearB次元官网网址檚 world championship in Budapest, competes in that event Sunday.

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