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Canada adds three wrestling medals at Commonwealth Games

Canada's McNeil Lachlan, left, wrestles with Scotland's Connelly Ross during Men's freestyle match at the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Canada's McNeil Lachlan, left, wrestles with Scotland's Connelly Ross during Men's freestyle match at the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom -

Canada has added a handful of medals to its tally at the Commonwealth Games.

Freestyle wrestlers Ana Godinez-Gonzalez of Surrey, B.C., and Toronto's Lachlan McNeil both earned silver on Friday and Hannah Taylor of Cornwall, P.E.I., took bronze

Godinez-Gonzalez dropped a 4-4 decision to India's Sakshi Malik in the final of the women's freestyle 62-kilogram final.

McNeil lost to India's Bajrang Punia 9-2 in the men's 65-kilogram final.

Taylor beat Kenya's Sophia Omutichio Ayieta 4-0 in the bronze-medal match of the women's 57-kilogram tournament.

Canada is ranked third on the medal table, with 17 gold, 22 silver, and 23 bronze.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 5, 2022.

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