Canada's Josh Liendo, 19, captures bronze for 2nd medal at swim worlds

Canadian teenager Josh Liendo is back on the podium at worlds.

The Markham, Ont., native won bronze in the men's 100-metre butterfly on Friday in Hungary, just two days after capturing his first career world championship medal by taking bronze in the 100 freestyle.

Liendo's latest medal marks Canada's eighth of the meet, tying a national record set in 2019.

Liendo, 19, stormed back in the second 50 metres after reaching the halfway point out of medal position. His split time in the back half of the race only trailed Milak and Mizunuma.

Just over 30 minutes earlier, Liendo missed out on another potential medal by just 0.04 seconds, placing fifth in the 50 freestyle.

The Canadian qualified with the third-fastest time at 21.73 seconds, and improved to 21.61 seconds in the final.

Yet he was left on the outside looking in, as Benjamin Proud of the U.K. won gold in 21.32 seconds, American Michael Andrew scored silver in 21.41 seconds and France's Maxime Grousset snuck into the bronze-medal position at 21.57 seconds.

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Meanwhile, Kylie Masse fell short in her bid for a third medal in Hungary and the record-breaking eighth of her career.

Masse, who won silver in the 200 backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics, placed fifth in the discipline and well off the podium in a time of two minutes eight seconds.

The 26-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., started among the leaders, touching after the first 50 metres in third place. But she continually slowed from there, even falling from fourth into fifth during the final length in the pool.

Australia's Kaylee McKeown won gold in 2:05.08, while Americans Phoebe Bacon and Rhyan White took silver and bronze in 2:05.12 and 2:06.96, respectively.

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