ST JOHN'S - Claude-Olivier Lise-Coderre completed a golden sweep of men's diving medals at the 2025 Canada Games on Saturday winning the platform event, while Newfoundland and Labrador's Gavin Baggs capped off a remarkable two weeks powering to a fourth medal, a silver in the 400 metres wheelchair.    

Already the toast of St John's having claimed the host's only gold, Baggs will be remembered for producing one of the Canada Games all-time great performances and his grace under pressure delivering when it counted in front of the home crowd.   

With one day to go before the closing ceremonies Baggs has accounted for four of Newfoundland and Labrador's seven medals.   

Along with his gold in the 1,500m wheelchair the 18-year-old scored a silver medal hat-trick taking second in the 400m freestyle para-swimming for the host's first medal then the 100m and 400m wheelchair events.   

Baggs last medal came with considerable drama when he was initially disqualified for a lane violation. His coaches promptly appealed the decision, and after a judges' review, he was reinstated on the podium.   

"I've got it overturned at times, I've got it not overturned at times," Baggs told the CBC. "So it's really just, you really have no clue what's going to happen … At the end of the day, we got it overturned and bringing home another medal for Newfoundland. So it's a great feeling.   

"I came into these Games with the goal of winning one medal, but I've exceeded my own expectations."   

Few sports at the 2025 Games have been dominated the way Quebec divers have ruled pool, particularly the men's competition where they have topped every podium. Samuel Talbot has done most of the heavy lifting landing gold in the artistic, one-metre and three-metre springboard events but had to settle for bronze in the platform.   

Quebec still maintained their monopoly on top spot Lise-Coderre taking gold with a mark of 358.35 ahead of Alberta's Kash Tarasoff.   

Much of the crowd came out to Fortis Canada Games Complex on a cold, overcast day to cheer on Baggs but Alberta supporters also had reason to celebrate with Shelaine Pritchard taking decathlon gold with a score of 5167 points ahead Ontario's Rebecca Parker. The 4x400m relays brought the curtain down on the athletics competition in style Saskatchewan holding off British Columbia for gold in the women's race while Ontario took the men's title.   

Locked in a tight battle with Quebec for top spot in the medal standings Team Ontario needed some good production from their wrestlers who walked away from the Glacier arena contributing seven gold, including one from under-17 world champion Kaura Coles in the 53kg division.   

But it was British Columbia dominating the mats taking eight gold, including a sweep of the top spots in the marquee heavyweight divisions with Harjot Shergill (92kg), Mehar Deol (100kg) and Jagoop Dhinsa (120kg) all grabbing gold.   

With a large Indian community in the BC lower mainland many of the wrestlers on Team British Columbia are of Indian descent and have a cultural connection in the sport says coach Gurjot Kooner.  "Wrestling is one of the bigger sports in India," said Kooner, a six-time national champion who represented Canada internationally before getting into coaching. "India has it's own style of wrestling...it's ingrained in their culture.   

"They work hard, exercising and we come from a line of warriors, so wrestling is a perfect sport for us.   

"We've established many clubs in the lower mainland, mainly in the East-Asian community, they train hard, they run year round, they are run by some great coaches and athletes.    

"We're really proud that a lot of these kids are getting into wrestling, getting on the right path, their getting a better education."    

For the second straight Canada Games defending champions British Columbia and Ontario face off for the men's box lacrosse gold medal. BC needed an overtime goal from Alec McNamara to slip past Alberta 6-5 while Ontario eased past Nova Scotia 8-3.   

Ontario and Alberta will play for gold and a spot in Canada Games history when they meet in he first women's gold medal game at St. Pat's Ballpark. Alberta booked their place with a 5-2 win over Nova Scotia while Ontario steamrolled into the final crushing British Columbia 13-2. After some high drama the matchups are set for the battle for indoor volleyball gold.   

In the men's semifinals Alberta needed five tight sets to sneak past Quebec 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 21-25, 18-16) and secure their spot in the final while Manitoba eased into the gold medal game with 3-0 straight sets win over Ontario.   

The women's semifinals featured a juicy rematch of the 2022 Canada Games gold medal contest between defending champions Manitoba and Alberta. But this time it was Team Alberta coming out on top in a 3-2 (20-25, 25-21, 25-22, 22-25, 15-12) nailbiter and will play for gold against Ontario, who were 3-1 winners over Saskatchewan.  

Team Ontario earned the opportunity to defend their men's softball gold easing past Quebec 9-2 to clinch a return to title game where they will meet Quebec, who needed a sixth inning two-run homer to get past Nova Scotia.             

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Here's what you need to know about the Canada Games on Sunday: 
BASEBALL WOMEN (St Pat's Ballpark)

Ontario and Alberta play for gold and a spot in Canada Games history when they meet in he first women's ever gold medal game at St. Pat's Ballpark. 

ARTISTIC SWIMMING (The Works Aquarena)

The team competition closes out the artistic swimming events. 

BOX LACROSSE MEN (Paradise Double Ice Complex)

For the second straight Canada Games defending champions British Columbia and Ontario face off for the men's box lacrosse gold medal. 

CYCLING (Pippy Park)

The men's and women 's mountain bike sprint races close out the action at Pippy Park. 

DIVING (The Works - Aquarena)

Quebec will look to continue their domination of the diving competition by collecting the last gold medal on offer with a win in the mixed team event. 

SOFTBALL MEN (Caribou Memorial Softball Complex)

Defending champion Ontario take on Quebec. 

VOLLEYBALL INDOOR (The Works Field House)

Alberta will go for double gold at the Works Field House with teams in both the men's and women's finals.The men's gold medal contest will see Team Alberta take on Manitoba while the women will go against Ontario. 

SOCCER WOMEN (King George V Soccer Stadium)

Team Ontario and Team Quebec meet for the second consecutive Games to decide the gold medal.