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Canadian Swimmer Taylor Ruck Narrowly Misses Gold at World Cup Stop in Uzbekistan

Taylor Ruck finished 0.05 seconds behind Poland’s Kasia Wasick in a sprint decided by the final strokes.

  • On Thursday, Canadian Taylor Ruck narrowly missed gold in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, finishing second in a tightly contested race.
  • The 26-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., clocked 23.68 seconds, finishing just five hundredths of a second behind Poland's Katarzyna Wasick in the final sprint to the wall.
  • Maintaining an undefeated streak in the short-course event since December 2022, Katarzyna Wasick secured the gold medal in the women's 50-metre freestyle.
  • Finlay Knox, of Okotoks, Alta., placed third in the men's 100-metre individual medley at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup, recording 51.65 seconds.
  • Australia's Cameron McEvoy set a World Cup record of 20.13 seconds in the men's 50-metre freestyle, the second-fastest swim ever, as the three-day event continues Friday.
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Canadian swimmer Taylor Ruck narrowly misses gold at World Cup stop in Uzbekistan

TASHKENT - Canadian Taylor Ruck narrowly missed gold in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup on Thursday.

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The Russian athlete Kirill Prigoda finished with 55.98 seconds. The second to the finish was Luke Barr, who showed 56.42 seconds, and locked the top three in the Netherlands, Kaspar Korbo, with 56.50 seconds of the World Cup in Tashkent. The women's swim in the 50-metre free-style bronze medal was won by the Russian woman Darya Klepíkov, with 23.94 seconds. The Polish athlete Katazina Vasik (23.63), silver took over by Canadian Taylor Rak (23.68…

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vz.ru broke the news on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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