Swimming is back in the spotlight this week

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Close to a year after thrilling the country by racking up six medals at last summer's Tokyo Olympics and another eight at the Paralympics, Canada's swimmers return to the pool this week for their first major events since those Games. The world championships start Saturday in Hungary, while the Para world championships got underway yesterday in Portugal.

Canada wasted no time piling up the podiums in Portugal, winning six medals on Day 1. The highlights of Sunday's haul were gold medals by Shelby Newkirk (in the women's 100m backstroke S6 category) and Aurélie Rivard (in the women's 50m freestyle S10). This was Rivard's third consecutive world title in this event, and it raised the 26-year-old's career world-championship medal total to 15, including five gold. For Newkirk, it was the first world title of the 25-year-old's career.

The other Canadian medallists on Day 1 were 18-year-old Nicholas Bennett (silver in the men's 200m freestyle S14); James Leroux (bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke SB9); and Tess Routliffe and Camille Bérubé, who took silver and bronze, respectively, in the women's 200m individual medley SM7. Canada did not add any medals today, though Newkirk broke the Canadian record in the women's 100m freestyle S6 as she finished fourth. Read more about the Canadian medal winners from Day 1 and watch highlights here. Competition runs through Saturday. You can watch live races each day starting at noon ET on the CBC Sports app, CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem.

As the Para swimming worlds are coming to a close Saturday in Portugal, the world aquatics championships will