ST. JOHN'S - Team Quebec's Edouard Lavoie Beaulieu won the men's decathlon gold and the unofficial title of 2025 Canada's Games "greatest athlete" on Wednesday while the Newfoundland and Labrador women's soccer team kept the good vibes going with a 2-1 win over Saskatchewan.

  A gruelling two-day competition that involves 10 different track and field events the winner of the decathlon is traditionally crowned that competition's "greatest athlete" and for these Games at least Beaulieu can bask in that accomplishment after posting a winning score of 6,974 points.

   New Brunswick's Max Mazerolle took silver finishing more than 600 points back with 6,348 and Saskatchewan's Logan Kok taking the bronze on 6,259.

  Beaulieu led a Quebec gold rush at the Fortis Canada Games Complex as teammates Xavier Lemaitre and Sophie Courville claimed top spots in the men’s and women's 3,000m steeplechase.

   Alberta's Jake McEachern topped the podium in the men's hammer while New Brunswick's Christel Robichaud grabbed gold in para women's shot put.

   After Gavin Baggs gave the hosts their first gold of the Games with his win in the 1,500m wheelchair race on Tuesday, Millie Janes stepped up to steal the spotlight scoring twice in soccernto secure a heart stopping win for Newfoundland and Labrador.

   Saskatchewan opened the scoring from Calla Zimmer in the fourth minute but Janes would strike the equaliser for Newfoundland and Labrador 13 minutes later to send the two sides into the break level at 1-1.

  Janes would again find the mark in the second half netting the winner in the 77th minute triggering a wild celebration at King George V Soccer Stadium and sending the hosts top the Group D standings.  

   Be it on the roads or gnarly Pippy Park bike paths Manitoba's Soren Weselake knows how to find his way to the Canada Games podium.

   Bronze medal winner of the men's time trial last week on the Team Gushue Highway, Weselake upgraded to gold on Wednesday crossing first in the mountain bike men's cross-country race.

   Weselake made his way around 35km technical layout in a time of one hour, 30 minutes, 55 seconds good enough for a 10 second victory over Team Quebec's Mika Comaniuk, who out sprinted British Columbia's Ethan Wood at the line to snatch the silver.

  The gold was Manitoba's first outside of the swimming pool.

   In the women's race Team Quebec's Maude Ruelland proved good things come in small packages the 1.57 metre (5-foot, 2-inch) spark plug powering her way to gold cruising home 43 seconds clear of Team Alberta silver medallist Nico Knoll.

   Led by a gold medal performance from Samuel Talbot Team Quebec divers ruled the day in the men's one metre springboard sweeping the podium with Glaude-Olivier Lise-Coderre getting silver and Arnaud Corbeil bronze.

   Mother Nature seems determined to make sure whoever walks away with Canada Games golfing gold is going to earn it.

   After Tuesday's rain golfers had to contend with cold temperatures and gusting winds at Bally Haly Country Club but British Columbia's Alex Zhang, despite returning a four-over 76, refused to be blown from the top of the men's leaderboard sitting two in front of teammate Austin Krahn, who charged into contention with the low round of the day a one-over 73.

   Quebec's Leonie Tavares had a 76 to lead Ontario's Evelyn Ma by one in the women's event.

   British Columbia leads Ontario by three shots in the team competition going into the Thursday's third round.

   A northern showdown on the indoor volleyball court saw Nunavut rally to beat rivals the Northwest Territories in a 15-25, 25-15, 25-14, 27-25 thriller to claim their first win of Games.

   The Nunavut women, however, will continue to look for a first victory after losing twice in straight sets first to the Northwest Territories and then Prince Edward Island.

STARTING LINEUP

Here's what you need to know about the Canada Games on Thursday:

ARTISTIC SWIMMING (The Works Aquarena)

After the technical round Team Quebec's Andrea Escobar takes a slim lead over teammate Lilly Bernier into the solo women's free routine that will decide the medal. Alberta's Lilian Wark and Jasmine Peloquin, third and fourth after the technical routines are also in strong podium contention.

DIVING (The Works - Aquarena)

The women's one metre and men's three metre springboard take the diving spotlight at The Works Aquarena.

GOLF (Bally Haly Golf and Country Club)

After two days of challenging conditions golfers will hope for better weather when they tee it up for third round play at Bally Haly Country Club as British Columbia's Alex Zhang and Quebec's Leonie Tavares try to solidify their positions top the Games leaderboards.

WRESTLING (Glacier Arena)

Wrestlers will be the last of the Games sports to begin action as the first preliminary round bouts get underway at the Glacier Arena.