Canada’s Kylie Masse added to her medal haul at the world aquatics championships.
One day after making history, Masse, along with Richard Funk, Penny Oleksiak and Yuri Kisil combined to finish in a tie for third place with China on Wednesday in the mixed 4×100-metre medley relay at the swimming world championships in Budapest.
Canada stopped the clock in three minutes 41.25 seconds, while the Americans, who finished first, lowered their world-record time to 3:38.56 at Duna Arena. Australia was second in 3:41.21.
Masse, who set a world mark in the 100 backstroke on Tuesday, swam first in the mixed medley relay and stopped the clock in 58.22, one-tenth of a second slower than her 58.10 record time.
Canadian Kylie Masse sets world record in 100m backstroke2:51
On Tuesday Masse became the first female Canadian swimmer to win a world title. Her time of 58.10 seconds snapped the longest-standing record in women’s swimming of 58.12, held since 2009.
Masse also became the first Canadian to win a world championship since Brent Hayden claimed gold in the men’s 100 free 10 years ago.
Masse misses mark in backstroke
Masse of LaSalle, Ont., followed up her world record performance by lowering her Canadian mark in the 50-metre backstroke to 27.64 seconds, but the 21-year-old placed 10th in the semifinals and didn’t advance.
Masse’s previous mark of 27.67 was set June 24, 2016 in Rome.
Kylie Masse sets Canadian record in 50m backstroke semifinal1:31
