Team Canada won the bronze medal on Wednesday in the mixed medley relay at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The Canadian team comprised of Oliver Dawson of Grande Prairie, Alberta, and Canadian Olympic silver medalists Kylie Masse of Windsor, Ontario, Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, British Columbia, and Joshua Liendo of Toronto, Ontario.
Team Canada had a time of 3:40.90. Neutral Athletes B (otherwise known as Team Russia) won the gold medal with a time of 3:37.97. China won the silver medal with a time of 3:39.99. Canada reached the podium by seven one-hundredths of a second over the Netherlands, who finished in fourth place with a time of 3:40.97.
One of the biggest stories of the event was how slow the Americans went. They posted a time of 3:44.50 in the heats, and did not even make the final.
Masse won the silver medal in the women’s 100 metre backstroke and women’s 200 metre backstroke at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Ruck won the silver medal in the women’s 4×100 metre freestyle at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, and Liendo won silver in the men’s 100 metre butterfly at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Canada has now won five medals at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. They have won two gold medals, one silver medal, and two bronze medals.
At the World Aquatics Championships in their careers, Masse has now won 10 medals, Liendo has won five medals, Ruck has won nine medals and Dawson has one medal. The medals for Masse, Liendo, Ruck and Dawson will give them confidence as they prepare for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
