Kylie Masse became Canada’s most decorated athlete with her 20th combined medal at short and long course worlds, collecting bronze in the women’s 50-metre backstroke.
The 28-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., entered Friday tied with the now-retired Maggie Mac Neil.
Masse was third midway through the race at Duna Arena, 11-100ths of a second behind leader and eventual American gold medallist Regan Smith, who lowered Mac Neil’s world record by 2-100ths, finishing in 25.23.
The silver medal went to Smith’s teammate, Katharine Berkoff (25.61).
Masse touched the wall in 25.78 after a silver-medal effort in the mixed 50 medley relay earlier in the week with Ilya Kharun, Finlay Knox and Ingrid Wilm, who fell short of her fourth medal of the week, placing fourth (25.88).
Earlier, Wilm helped Canada to its 10th medal at these championships, clocking one minute 28.60 seconds for silver with Yuri Kisil, Mary-Sophie Harvey and Kharun in the mixed 50 freestyle relay.
Penny Oleksiak, Finlay Knox, Harvey and Kisil qualified the Canadians for the final earlier in the day.
“It’s so exciting to be with this team starting the [evening] session,” Kharun, who gave Canada the early lead out of the blocks, told Devin Heroux of CBC Sports.
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Wilm, 26, began her podium push Tuesday with bronze in the 100 free relay and doubled up Wednesday in the mixed 4×50 medley relay (silver) and 100 backstroke (bronze).
For Harvey, it was her third medal in Budapest after bronze in the 400 free and 100m free relay.
“It was a really fun relay. 50 free is still new [for me] but I was pumped to be with these guys [and leaning on] their experience.”
Kisil was the lone returnee from the squad that captured gold in this event three years ago in Abu Dhabi in a Canadian record 1:28.55.
Italy won Friday’s race in 1:28.50, while Poland earned bronze at Duna Arena.
In the men’s 200 free relay, Tristan Jankovics, Alex Axon, Blake Tierney and Timothé Barbeau qualified for the eighth and last spot in Friday’s final but later withdrew to rest for individual events later in the competition.
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Kharun will not win his fourth medal in Hungary on Saturday’s in the men’s 100 butterfly after placing 10th in the semifinals (49.39) and falling 10-100ths shy of the final qualifier, Simon Bucher of Austria. He topped the field in Friday’s heats, stopping the clock in 49.17.
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