By Canadian Press

Canada’s Pickrem wins gold in 200-metre medley at swimming World Cup stop in Athens

Oct 15, 2023 | 3:36 PM

ATHENS, Greece — Halifax’s Sydney Pickrem won gold for Canada in the 200-metre medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup event on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Pickrem finished in time of two minutes 9.67 seconds, 1.48 seconds ahead of American Torri Huske, Australian star Kaylee McKeown finished third.

Fellow Canadian Olympian Kylie Masse, of Windsor, Ont., won a bronze medal Sunday in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:10.77. McKeown won gold in the event in 2:06.02, while American Katie Grimes claimed silver in 2:08.01.

Canada won a total of six medals at the weekend competition with Masse and Calgary’s Ingrid Wilm each collecting two on Saturday.

Wilm won silver in the 50 backstroke with a time of 27.94, edging Masse by 0.01 seconds. Masse brought home silver in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.01, with Wilm taking the bronze in 1:00.57. 

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McKeown won gold in both events and set a World Cup record (57.63) in the 100.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2023.

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