Quebec weightlifter Maude Charron dominated the under 64 kg event, setting three Commonwealth Games records on Monday in Birmingham, as Canada added eight medals to its total.
The Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo last year triumphed with a total of 231 kilos (101 kilos in the snatch and 130 kilos in the clean and jerk).
Charron, of St-Luce, 29, edged Australian Sarah Maureen Cochrane (216 kg) and Nigerian Islamiyat Adebukola Yusuf (212 kg).
Charron confessed that she felt a lot of pressure to put on a good performance at the Commonwealth Games after winning gold in that event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and in the 63-kilo category at the Commonwealth Games in Australia in 2018.
“I try to separate my pressure from the pressure people put on me,” she said. I just try to put what I’ve accomplished in the past behind me and look for what I need to do in front of me. »
“I’ve got three snatch tries to go, three clean and jerks, and that’s all I need to focus on. »
Earlier, his teammate Nicolas Vachon, of Saint-Hippolyte, for his part won the bronze medal in the 81 kilos with a total of 320 kilos.
Englishman Chris Murray (325 kg) won gold and Australian Kyle Bruce (323 kg) silver.
Four Canadian gymnasts took to the podium, starting with Felix Dolci, who earned his second medal of the games by winning silver in the floor event.
Laurie Denommée of Saint-Eustache took silver on vault horse, Jayson Rampersad of Mississauga took bronze on pommel horse and Chris Kaji of Vancouver took bronze on rings.
Denommée finished with the same score, 13.233, as Australia’s Georgie Godwin, who won the tiebreaker with her degree of difficulty. Scotland’s Shannon Archer (13.083) won bronze.
Dolci, of Laval, had 14.166 points, half a point behind England’s Jake Jarman. Giarnni Regini-Moran, also of England, was third with 13.966 points.
“I’m really, really proud, really happy to have good results for the country,” Dolci said. Money is a very good result. Obviously we’re still striving for gold, but my friend Jake gave a brilliant performance so he totally deserved it. »
Canadian cyclists added two bronze medals to the maple leaf harvest, as British Columbia’s Maggie Coles Lyster finished third in the 10k and Kelsey Mitchell won his fourth medal of the games, in the keirin.