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GLASGOW — Weightlifter Maude Charron and gymnast Félix Dolci added gold medals to Canada’s tally at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
Charron earned her third title at the competition with a victory in the women’s 63-kilogram category.
A two-time Olympic medallist, the 33-year-old from Rimouski, Que., registered successful lifts of 102kg in the snatch and 130kg in the clean and jerk for a winning total of 232. England’s Sarah Davies Smale claimed silver with 217, while Femily-Crystie Notte of Nauru took bronze with 216.
Dolci captured his third gold medal of the Games with a winning average of 13.766 in the men’s vault, beating England’s Luke Whitehouse (13.749) and Neofytos Kyriakou of Cyprus (13.733).
The 24-year-old from Laval, Que., added a bronze in the parallel bars with a score of 13.300 for his fifth medal of the competition.
Lia-Monica Fontaine of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., secured her fourth medal of the event with a bronze in the women’s balance beam. The 16-year-old scored 13.000 to edge teammate Ellie Black (12.966) off the podium.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2026.
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