Noah and Nicolas reach the podium in Para events at Commonwealth Games

GLASGOW, Scotland – Long jumper Noah Vucsics of Calgary and Para swmmer Nicolas-Guy Turbide of Quebec City won silver and bronze on Tuesday in Para events at the Commonwealth Games.

It is the fifth and sixth medals for Canadian Para athletes. Others have been earned so far by Para swimmers Mary Jibb of Muskoka, Ont., and Jack Gill of Brockville, Ont., with bronze and runners Michael Barber of Victoria (silver) and Zach Gingras of Brampton, Ont. (bronze).

Based on gold medals, Canada is ranked second overall in the medal standings with 35 (13 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze).  There is a record 35 Para athletes on the 149-member Canadian team.

In athletics, Vucsics wasn’t in top condition but his 6.66 metre best jump in the men’s T20 category was enough to put him on the podium.

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“Normally I can jump over seven meters pretty easily, but today my body just couldn’t,’’ said Vucsics, a world championship medallist and a 2024 Paralympian. ‘’So thankfully I was still able to compete with these guys in these kind of conditions.

‘’I’m super excited now to be kind of in the mix of that, the medal party.”

Bronze medal for Turbide

Over in the pool, Turbide snagged the bronze in a highly-anticipated men’s 50-metre S13 classification race that featured two Scottish athletes. Turbide touched the wall in a time of 24.96.

“That was the atmosphere that I was expecting,” said Turbide after winning Canada’s third bronze medal of the meet in Para swimming. “It was a blast to be behind the blocks and hear that crowd. Maybe they weren’t cheering for me particularly but they were cheering for us.

‘’I’m so happy Stephen (Clegg) got his moment in front of his home crowd. He’s a good friend and I couldn’t be happier for him. I gave it 100 per cent today. The guys were just faster tonight and that’s okay.”

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Clegg was crowned Commonwealth Games champion with a time of 24.73. Nathan Hendricks, of South Africa, clocked-in at 24.84 for second place.

Canada headed to semifinals in 3×3 wheelchair basketball

On the men’s side, Canada earned a 15-5 victory over South Africa in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

With the victory, Canada advances to the final four and will face England on Wednesday at 8 a.m. EDT. The two countries met during pool play with England picking up a 20-10 win on Sunday.

Canada controlled Tuesday’s contest from the opening tip, using defensive pressure and balanced scoring to pull away early before closing out the convincing 10-point victory. Team Canada held South Africa to just five points on 29 per cent shooting.

Lee Melymick and Reed De’Aeth paced the Canadian attack with five points each. Melymick shot a perfect 5-for-5 while adding six rebounds. De’Aeth grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.

“We did a better job of communicating,” said Melymick. “Where we need to improve is just having better timing, more chemistry with our passes; that can always be improved. If we keep up the intensity, good things will happen.”

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For the women, Kady Dandeneau’s double-double led Team Canada to a commanding 21-3 win over Wales in the women’s quarterfinals.

Canada will meet England in the semifinals on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. EDT with a berth in the gold medal game on the line. England edged Canada 15-12 in pool play on Sunday.

Dandeneau led the Canadian attack on Tuesday with a game-high 15 points on 12-for-18 shooting while adding 11 rebounds and four assists.

“We need to be aggressive. I feel like we’ve been coming out timid and we need to be the aggressors here,” Dandeneau explained. “We came out, and we really wanted to end the game – we were going to take it to them – and not hold back at all.

“We tried to keep up our intensity. We still have little gaps where we lose focus, lose that timing where we have to be really quick in the transition – we could still be better, but we kept up our intensity, did the job we set out to do and so that was good.”

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Canadian Para athletes at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, July 23-August 4, 2026

PARA ATHLETICS

Men

George Quarcoo, Toronto, T12 100m (2018)

Segun Makinde, Ottawa, T12 100m (guide) (2018)

Maitlan Knoke, Saskatoon, F57 shotput

Michael Barber, Victoria, T20 1500m

Noah Vucsics, Calgary, T20 long jump

Zachary Gingras, Markham, Ont., T38 100m (2022)

Women

Addisyn Franceschini, Thunder Bay, Ont., discus, F42-44 or F61-64 ??

Chloe Dunbar, Brooklyn, N.S. women, T47 100m

Christel Robichaud, Grande-Digue, N.B., F57 shotput

Nandini Sharma, Brampton, Ont., T54 400m and 1500m (2022)

Natalie Thirsk, Edmonton, T38 100m and 200m (2022)

Sheriauna Haase, Toronto, T47 100m

Claire Norek, Gerald, Sask., shotput

PARA SWIMMING

Men

Hunter Helberg, Fort McMurray, Alta.

Sebastian Massabie, Surrey, B.C.

Alec Elliot, Kitchener, Ont,

Jagdev Gill, Montreal

Fernando Lu, Burnaby, B.C.

Reid Maxwell, Edmonton

Nicolas-Guy Turbide, Quebec City

Women

Tianna Asala, Calgary,

Danielle Dorris, Moncton, N.B.

Emma Van Dyk, Port Colborne, Ont.

Katie Cosgriffe, Burlington, Ont.

Mary Jibb, Muskoka, Ont.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL (3X3)

Men

Garrett Ostepchuk, Regina

Lee Melymick, Toronto

Kyrell Sopotyk, Aberdeen, Sask.

Reed De’Aeth, Sherwood Park, Alta.

Women

Kady Dandeneau, Pender Island, B.C. (2022)

Élodie Tessier, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Que. (2022)

Puisand Lai, Toronto

Rosie Long, Oakville, Ont.

PARA BOWLS

Anne Hibberd, Calgary, B6-8 Para pairs

Jean Stairs, Moncton, N.B., B6-8 Para pairs