Canadians to watch at the Commonwealth Games this weekend
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Games-Australia makes splash on opening night of Games swimming
BIRMINGHAM, England : Ariarne Titmus and Elijah Winnington led podium sweeps as Australia got the Commonwealth Games swimming competition off to an explosive start on Friday, scooping 11 medals in total including five golds.
CWG 2022: Srihari Nataraj Moves To Semis, Sajan Prakash And Kushagra Rawat Crash Out
Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj clocked 54.68s to qualify for the semifinals of the men's 100m backstroke event of the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. The 21-year-old from Bengaluru was the third fastest swimmer in his heat and fifth fastest overall. If he had clocked his personal best of 53.77s he would have topped the heats. The fastest swimmer in the field was South Africa's Pieter Coetze who clocked 53.91. However, seasoned Sajan Prakash and debutant Kushagra Rawat failed to advance to the semifinal of their events respectively.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Srihari Nataraj advances to 100m backstroke semis, Sajan and Kushagra crash out
Commonwealth Games on Friday. The 21-year-old from Bengaluru was the third fastest swimmer in his heat and fifth fastest overall. If he had clocked his personal best of 53.77s he would have topped the heats.
Canadians to watch on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games
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Laura Kenny leading medal bid after spectacular opening to Commonwealth Games
Laura Kenny, Alex Yee and James Wilby are among the Tokyo medallists targeting the podium as the Commonwealth Games gets under way in Birmingham on Friday.
Katie Ledecky swims 200m free time at nationals that would have won world title
Katie Ledecky didn’t swim the 200m freestyle at last month’s world championships, but her winning time at the U.S. Championships on Wednesday would have won the world title by nearly a half-second.
Katie Ledecky wins 800m freestyle at swim nationals by 19 seconds
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