Canada adds three wrestling medals at Commonwealth Games

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Canada adds three wrestling medals at Commonwealth Games

Published Friday, August 5, 2022 2:30PM EDT

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.