HIGHLIGHTS
- Powerlifter Andre Goulet set a personal best with his deadlift at 501 pounds and earned four gold medals – for squat, bench press, deadlift and overall.
- Ontario track and field athlete Peter Snider takes home another gold after his performance in long jump.
- SO Team Canada wins the bronze medal in soccer after a 2-0 victory over Sweden
- The basketball team takes home bronze after a 35-19 loss to Team USA.
- SO Team Canada bocce players win 12-0 against Tunisia in the ladies doubles event.
- Athletics, swimming and 10-pin bowling teams bring home more hardware.
- Competition concludes for soccer, basketball and 10-pin bowling.
FAVOURITE MOMENT
It’s not just athletes hitting milestones at the 2019 World Games. Brampton-based athletics coach Rebecca Cuff, celebrated 3,000 days of running everyday while in Abu Dhabi. Congrats, Rebecca!
March 18: 25 medals to SO Team Canada:
- Rhythmic gymnasts earn four gold and one silver
- 10-pin bowling awarded two gold medals and one bronze in the doubles event
- Soccer and basketball teams receive bronze
- Track and field athletes and swimmers bring home seven medals each
- Esther Auger and Dawn Rieben, 10-pin bowling: Gold, doubles
- Mitch and Patrick Reid, 10-pin bowling: Gold, doubles
- Richard Dolan and Todd Courrier, 10-pin bowling: Bronze, doubles
- Linda Renner and Barry Green, 10-pin bowling: Gold, doubles pairing
- Peter Snider, athletics: Gold, long jump
- Malcolm Borsoi, athletics: Gold, 3,000-metre
- Desiree Allen, athletics: Silver, 400-metre
- Julien Cardinal-Moffet, athletics: Bronze, long jump
- Joe Covaci, athletics: Bronze, 3,000-metre
- Gabriel Dupuy, athletics: Silver, 100-metre
- Michael Guyton, athletics: Bronze, 100-metre
- Jordan Anne Macleod, aquatics: Silver, 200-metre backstroke
- Kelsey Wyse, aquatics: Gold, 800-metre freestyle
- Tianna Zimmerman, aquatics: Bronze, 800-metre freestyle
- Michael Qing, aquatics: Gold, 800-metre freestyle
- Jesse Canney, aquatics: Gold, 800-metre freestyle
- Sara Jane Daigle, aquatics: Gold, 100-metre
- Emily MacTavish, aquatics: Bronze, 100-metre freestyle
Schedule for Wednesday March 20 – final day of competitions:
- Powerlifters Christine Sullivan and Michael Bandler compete in squat, bench press and deadlift.
- Golfers are back on the course at YAS Links.
- Rhythmic gymnasts compete in Level 2, 4 and group.
- Swimmers are back in the pool and the athletics team hits the track for a final day in Dubai.
- Bocce players compete in their final doubles events.