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  • Canadian wrestlers Di Stasio, Randhawa capture Commonwealth Games gold

    11 days ago - By Sportsnet

    BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Justina Di Stasio and Nishan Randhawa both won gold medals to lead a Canadian wrestling medal haul Saturday at the Commonwealth Games.
    Canada also struck gold at the track where Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., won women's hammer throw.
    All six wrestlers competing Saturday in Birmingham's Coventry Arena stepped onto the podium.
    Di Stasio, a 29-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., beat Nigeria's Hannah Amuchechi Rueben 4-2 in the final with a four-point takedown to win the women's 76-kilogram division
    “She was very strong, but when I pulled her down the first two times...
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  • Commonwealth Games: Elaine Thompson-Herah completes sprint double with 200m gold

    Commonwealth Games: Elaine Thompson-Herah completes sprint double with 200m gold

    11 days ago - By BBC

    Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah replicates her Olympic sprint double as she charges to Commonwealth 200m gold.
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