ABU DHABI, UAE — Tessa Cieplucha raced to gold while Rebecca Smith captured silver on a two-medal day for Canada on Thursday at the world short-course swimming championships.
Cieplucha, a 23-year-old Olympian from Oakville, Ont., won the 400-metre individual medley in a personal-best time of four minutes 25.55 seconds.
Cieplucha finished 0.97 seconds ahead of Ireland’s Ellen Walshe. American Melanie Margalis earned bronze with a time of 4:26.63. Bailey Anderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., was fifth.
Smith, a 21-year-old from Red Deer, Alta., was second in the 200 freestyle in a Canadian short-course record time of 1:52.24.
Siobhan Haughey of Hong Kong won gold in a world-record time of 1:50.31.
The championships, which run through Tuesday, are held in a short-course – 25-metre – pool, as opposed to the swimming events at the World Aquatic Championships or the Olympics, which are held in a 50-metre pool.
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