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Canada's Ingrid Wilm strikes gold again at Mare Nostrum Swim Tour

Canadian swimmers continued their medal-winning ways on Sunday at the Mare Nostrum Swim Tour.

Ingrid Wilm struck gold in style in the in the women's 100-metre backstroke as the only swimmer to stop the clock in less than a minute.

Mary-Sophie Harvey, of Trois-Rivières, Que., settled for silver in the women's 200m medley, finishing 0.46 seconds short of gold medallist Anastasia Gorbenko of Israel.

WATCH | Live action from Mare Nostrum Swim Tour in Monaco:

Calgary's Lorne Wigginton, 17, finished the men's 400m medley in 4:19.27 to grab bronze, edging France's Emilien Mattenet by 3.4 seconds.

Japan's Tomoyuki Matsushita (4:12.53) and Riku Yamaguchi (4:13.51) won gold and silver, respectively.

WATCH l Wilm races to women's 100m backstroke gold:

Not long after Wigginton's medal win, another Canadian teenager made the podium in another long distance event. Emma O'Croinin captured bronze in the women's 400m freestyle.

The 19-year-old Edmonton native swam to a time of 4:16.59, behind gold medallist Agostina Hein of Argentina (4:09.94) and Japan's Ruka Takezawa (4:14.26).

WATCH | Canada's Lorne Wigginton takes 400m medley bronze:

In other Canadian results, Aiden Norman missed out on a podium by finishing fourth in the men's 200m backstroke and James Dergousoff, of Christina Lake, B.C., was sixth in the men's 100m backstroke.

Toronto's Ruslan Gaziev finished eight in the men's 200m freestyle and Katerine Savard was sixth in the women's 100-freestyle.

Five Canadians won medals in the competition on Saturday, with Savard striking gold, Harvey, Gaziev and Finlay Knox securing silver and Brooklyn Douthwright earning bronze.

WATCH l O'Croinin finishes 3d in 400-metre freestyle event:

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