 | Today we're covering the latest swimming medals for Canada and looking ahead to Summer McIntosh's final two races at the short-course world championships. Plus, the Canadians to watch this weekend in winter Olympic sports. | | | Another Canadian record fell at the short-course swimming world championships | | | Summer McIntosh enjoyed a well-deserved day off today in Budapest after winning gold and breaking a short-course world record for the second time this week on Thursday. But another Canadian star made history as Canada picked up two more medals in the 25m pool.
Beloved backstroker Kylie Masse took bronze in the women's 50m event for her 20th combined medal at the short- and standard-course world championships. That moves the three-time world champ and five-time Olympic medallist past the recently retired Maggie Mac Neil for the all-time Canadian record.
"She's such a fantastic human," said Canadian swimmer Ingrid Wilm. "She's always there to uplift you and brings out the best in everyone."
Earlier in the day, Canada took silver in the mixed 4x50m relay. That gave Wilm and Ilya Kharun their Canadian-high fourth medal of the meet, while Mary-Sophie Harvey earned her third and Yuri Kisil got his first.
Harvey later fell just short of fourth medal, placing fourth in the women's 100m individual medley. Wilm was also fourth in the 50m backstroke, right behind Masse.
That brings Canada's medal count to 11 (3 gold, 3, silver, 5 bronze), trailing only the United States (26) with two days of competition left. Australia, second to the U.S. in all-time Olympic swimming medals, ranks third with nine podium finishes after several Aussie stars elected to skip the meet.
McIntosh is slated to compete in the women's 400m individual medley on Saturday and the 200m backstroke on Sunday. One of her three Olympic gold medals in Paris this summer came in the 400 IM, and McIntosh won back-to-back world titles at this distance in 2022 and '23. But the 18-year-old star has never reached a backstroke podium at a global championship.
There's a chance McIntosh could join Canada's mixed 4x100m medley and women's 4x100m medley relay teams on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. But that could be a heavy lift after her gruelling solo races.
On the men's side, Kharun was expected to challenge for his second individual gold on Saturday in the men's 100m butterfly. But the 19-year-old rising star failed to qualify today, placing a stunning 10th overall in the semifinals. Kharun won the 200m butterfly on Thursday for his first international title, and he took Olympic bronze in both the 100 and 200 fly in Paris this summer.
Other Canadians to watch over the final two days of the short-course worlds include Harvey, who will swim in the 400 IM with McIntosh and the 200m freestyle; Penny Oleksiak, who's in the 50m freestyle; and Finlay Knox, who can win his second solo medal of the meet in the men's 50m breaststroke.
You can watch every race live on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. Morning heats begin at 3 a.m. ET and finals start at 11:30 a.m. ET each day. Here's the full schedule, results and entry lists. | | |  | Kylie Masse this summer in Paris, where she won her fifth Olympic medal. (Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images) | | | What else to watch this weekend in Olympic sports | | | Canada's ski cross racers can kick back this weekend after two straight successful days at the season opener in France. Defending World Cup champion Marielle Thompson led off with a victory on Thursday and India Sherret made it a Canadian sweep of the women's gold medals today, with Thompson joining her on the podium with a bronze. On the men's side, Kevin Drury took bronze for the second straight day.
Here are some things to keep an eye on this weekend:
* The snowboard cross season opens in Italy, where Canada's Éliot Grondin will try to extend his World Cup supremacy. The 23-year-old won seven gold medals and reached the podium 10 times in 11 starts last season to capture his first crystal globe.
* Canada's short track speed skaters look to keep rolling as the World Tour continues in Seoul. Last week in Beijing, Canadians won another seven medals to bring their season total to 21, including 12 gold, through three stops. Canada's William Dandjinou, the reigning 1,000m world champion, leads the men's overall standings at the halfway point.
* After hosting the first men's downhill and super-G races of the season last weekend, Colorado's Beaver Creek resort will do the same for the women. American star Mikaela Shiffrin remains out after crashing on the verge of her 100th World Cup win a couple weeks ago, while Lindsey Vonn will serve as a forerunner in preparation for her return from a five-year hiatus next week in Switzerland. But Italian star Sofia Goggia is back from a broken leg that ended her run of three straight World Cup downhill titles.
* Canadian ski jumpers Alexandria Loutitt and Abigail Strate return to the venue near Beijing where they helped Canada win its first-ever Olympic ski jumping medal in 2022. After their bronze in the mixed team event, Loutitt went on to win an individual world title in 2023 and placed third in the women's World Cup standings last season while Strate was sixth. Neither woman reached the podium at the season opener in Norway last month.
* Canada and the United States are headed for another gold-medal showdown at the Para Hockey Cup in Charlottetown. The rivalry has been lopsided, with the U.S. defeating the Canadians in the last seven Cup finals and two straight Paralympic gold-medal games. Canada also lost three consecutive world championship finals to the Americans before turning the tables with a 2-1 win last May in Calgary to capture its first world title since 2017. Assuming they win their semifinal matchups tonight, the Canadians and Americans will square off for the Cup on Saturday night.
How to watch:
Most of the events listed above will be streamed live on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, while the CBC TV network is showing the short-course swimming worlds and a variety of winter Olympic sports on Saturday afternoon. Here's the full streaming and broadcast schedule. | | | That's it for today. Have a good weekend. | | | | Not subscribed? Sign up here to get the Buzzer delivered to your inbox. Got an idea, question, comment or other feedback on the newsletter? Drop us a line at thebuzzer@cbc.ca. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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