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August 23, 2025

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Day 14 Recap - What You Missed, What's Happening Saturday

 ST JOHN'S - Team Alberta's Keon Rude was crowned the 2025 Canada Games fastest man blitzing to victory in the 100 metres on Friday while Newfoundland and Labrador's Gavin Baggs added another medal to his resume and growing acclaim taking silver in the wheelchair sprint.

Coming off a seventh-place finish at the national track and field championships, Rude turned in a sizzling effort on a grey, cold afternoon in St. John's taking top spot in athletics blue ribbon event with a time 10.50 seconds.

  Ontario's Domenic Barresi sped to silver and Saskatchewan's Williams Ogunnubi bronze.

Fastest woman honours went to Ontario's Gabrielle Cole with a clocking of 11.70. Quebec's Maria Ulysse shot to silver while Ontario's Elizabeth Tannis completed the podium.

Rude and Cole might be the King and Queen of speed for a day but Baggs could be worthy of consideration for sporting immortality and having a highway or road named after him like Newfoundland and Labrador's other sports heroes for his efforts at the Games.

   Of Newfoundland and Labrador's six total medals Baggs has delivered half of them, including the host's only gold in the 1,500m wheelchair race.

   The 18-year-old two sport athlete added a second silver to his collection on Friday winning the 100m wheelchair.

On the opening day of competition Baggs delivered Newfoundland and Labrador’s first medal taking silver in the 400m freestyle para-swimming;

   And Baggs is not done yet with one more event remaining on his schedule, the 400m wheelchair on Saturday.

"It is an honour to be able to do these Games and to win multiple medals is even more wild, even more of an honour," said Baggs. "To hear the home crowd, my own province, Newfoundland and Labrador cheering me on the whole way it is an amazing feeling.

"I didn't know what was possible (coming into the Games), I could get six (medals) or could get none, it's really just a matter of what happens in the moment.

   "As long as I stay in the moment, I think I can get one more medal.

   "That's the hope but coming into these Games you don't know what to expect."

   In other 100m results, British Columbia's Jessi Guerrier took top spot in the women's wheelchair while Ontario's Riley Bell crossed first in the women's Special Olympics and Quebec's Denzel Kamdem in the men's race.

Over at Bally Haly Country Club, British Columbia's Austin Krahn was the runaway winner of the men's golf gold firing a final round seven-under 65 for a massive 15 shot victory over Kooper MacKay, who closed with a 71 to secure silver.

Saskatchewan's Ethan Hunter took bronze.

  "I think today was probably the easiest conditions we had," said Krahn. "The wind was a little bit calmer, and I got off to a great start. Made eagle on the first hole and it was like, ‘all right here we go’.

"Then made a putt for birdie on two and after that just cruising, hitting shots close and making a bunch of putts."

Despite carding her worst round of the tournament, a five-over 77, Quebec's Leonie Tavares was still a comfortable winner to the women's gold finishing eight clear of Evelyn Ma, who needed a playoff with BC's Jenny Kwon to decide the silver and bronze.

There was more gold for Krahn and Kwon their combined results powering British Columbia to the team title ahead of Quebec and Ontario.

The first medals of the wrestling competition were awarded on Friday with British Columbia taking the women's team gold and Ontario the men's.

Both the Ontario and BC women reached the final unbeaten and something had to give in the gold medal showdown.

After 10 matches each province had posted five wins before British Columbia took the decider leaving Ontario with silver and Alberta bronze.

Ontario turned the tables on British Columbia in the men's gold medal final romping to a 9-2 win. Quebec claimed bronze.   

After a day off the mountain bikers were back in action out a Pippy Park and Quebec was rested and in top form taking gold in both the men's and women's relay events.

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

ATHLETICS (Fortis Canada Games Complex)

The final day of the athletics competition will be an action packed one with more than 20 gold medals up for grabs, including the men's and women's 5,000m and final events of the women's heptathlon. But the hometown crowd will be trained on Gavin Baggs in the 400m wheelchair race as he looks to clinch what would be a fourth medal.

BASEBALL WOMEN (St. Pat's Ballpark, Team Gushue Sports Complex)

Semifinal action with places in Sunday's gold medal final are on the line.

DIVING (The Works - Aquarena)

Quebec's Samuel Talbot goes for his fourth gold medal in the men's tower the final individual event before Sunday's mixed team competition.

SOCCER WOMEN (King George V Soccer Stadium, Fortis Canada Games Complex)

In semifinal play defending champions Ontario face off against Alberta while Nova Scotia takes on Quebec for a spot in Sunday's final.

WRESTLING (Glacier Arena)

With a whopping 22 gold medals offer the final day of the wrestling competition could well decide what province will top the overall medal table.