Canada collected 16 medals across the three-stop World Aquatics Swimming World Cup tour that ended in Astana, Kazakhstan, on October 17, according to Swimming Canada.

Ruck leads Canadian medal count

Taylor Ruck earned nine medals over the tour. At the October 15–17 Astana meet, she won the women’s 200-metre backstroke in 2:02.29 and took silver in the 100-metre backstroke in 56.69.

World Aquatics’ final report places Ruck fifth in the women’s overall standings with 148.6 points.

Finlay Knox finished the tour with five medals, including Astana silver in the men’s 100-metre individual medley in 52.18. Blake Tierney’s two silvers at the earlier stops completed Canada’s podium total.

The circuit also visited Baku, Azerbaijan, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. These are completed tour results, not races held October 19.

Sources: Swimming Canada’s full October 17 report; World Aquatics’ final-night report; World Aquatics’ October 16 report.

Lead image: Flag of Canada via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Geographic illustration, not a photograph of the swimmers or the Astana competition.