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Canadians reach four finals at FINA World Cup

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TOKYO – Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., tied for fifth in the 50-m butterfly and was sixth in the 200-m butterfly on Wednesday to conclude the eighth stop on the FINA/airweave World Cup swimming circuit.

 

Michelle Williams of the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre-Ontario was seventh in the women’s 100-m freestyle. On Wednesday she won her first World Cup medal placing third in the 50-m freestyle.

Rachel Nicol of Lethbridge, Alta., also continued to be a consistent presence in World Cup finals taking sixth spot in the 50-m breaststroke.

Savard (4×200-m) and Williams (4×100) each earned medals in freestyle relay action at this past summer’s Rio Olympics.

Tokyo was the second of three stops in Asia over a 9-day period in the third and final FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup cluster. Nine Canadian swimmers overall are part of the trip overseas.

The ninth and final stop on the circuit is Saturday and Sunday in Hong Kong.

 

Full results: Omega Timing – Results – FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 Tokyo Japan 10/25/2016 – 10/26/2016