Masse 2:06.2 & Liendo 47.5 Lead Speedy Backdrop To Summer’s Sizzler
Josh Liendo matched his Commonwealth gold standard from 2022 with a 47.55 victory in the 100m freestyle ahead of a podium of sprinters inside the Paris 2024 Olympic cut and Kyle Masse clocked a 2:06.24 in the 200m backstroke to make a date with both her Tokyo silver medal events in Paris this summer on day 4 of trials in Toronto.
On a day that witnessed a sensational 4:24.38 World record from Summer McIntosh in the 400m medley, Liendo led Yuri Kisil (48.19) and Finlay Knox (48.29) to the podium inside the 48.34 cut for the solo that Liendo and Kisil will race in Paris, with Javier Acevedo (48.58) ensuring that Canada’s 4x100m free quartet is a competitive machine on the move.
Edouard Fullum-Huot is a potential reserve as fifth man home in 49.06.
Liendo Leads The 4×100 Line-Up
- 22.86 47.55 Liendo
- 23.28 48.19 Kisil
- 23.52 48.29 Knox
- 23.67 48.58 Acevedo
- 23.49 49.06 Fullum-Huot
Masse Is Back For The Back Double In Paris
Kylie Masse claimed silver in both the 100 and 200m backstroke three years ago in Tokyo. Tonight she checked into that double once more for the Paris games this summer. Masse claimed the 200m ticket for Paris with a 2:06.24 victory via splits of 29.59, 1:01.39 and 1:33.74, a day after a 57.94 in the 100m.
ASs in the men’s 100m free, the top two made the grade for Paris, Regan Rathwell on 2:09.38, a second inside the target of 2;10.39, while 15-year-old Madison Kryger completed the top three in 2:12.00, 0.14 ahead of Bridget Burton, with Delia Lloyd also inside 2:13, on 2:12.87.
There were no tickets to Paris in the men’s 800m free in the nation of Ryan Cochrane, Timothe Barbeau the winner in 8:00.61, almost 10sec shy of the target time.