Cyclist Jay Lamoureux of Victoria gutted out his second bronze medal of the 2017 sa国际传媒 Summer Games in Winnipeg, adding a podium finish in the 125-kilometre men鈥檚 road race Thursday, to the one he recorded earlier this week in the individual time trial.
鈥淚t hurts a lot, but it feels good,鈥� Lamoureux said, in a statement.
鈥淚t was really hard. We had a big group of professional riders here. It made it really tough.鈥�
Alexander Amiri of Mill Bay, Chris MacLeod of Victoria and Ben Katerberg of Courtenay were eighth, 15th and 33rd, but Lamoureux gave them a shout out and said it was a team medal.
The 21-year-old Team Race Clean rider Lamoureux has already represented sa国际传媒 with first place in the team pursuit at the 2016 track World Cup in Glasgow and second place in the individual pursuit at the 2016 Pan American track championships.
Victoria swimmer Jessica Luo鈥檚 tenacious anchor leg gave sa国际传媒 the silver medal in the women鈥檚 4x100 freestyle relay. Luo has four medals in the Games with gold, two silvers and bronze: 鈥淚 am super proud of the three girls that were ahead of me [in the relay]. They put me in a really good place. I am really proud of my fourth medal.鈥�
Jesse Shade of Campbell River won his third gold medal in the Special Olympics swim events, saying: 鈥淭rain hard, go hard and work hard.鈥�
Hana Edwards of Victoria won silver in the women鈥檚 200-metre backstroke while 14-year-old Michael Schmidt captured his second medal of the Games with bronze in the men鈥檚 100 breaststroke.
Aaron Badovinac, from the Island鈥檚 wrestling hotspot of Port Alberni, won silver with the sa国际传媒 men鈥檚 team Thursday.
The all-Island sa国际传媒 men鈥檚 golf team is in solid silver-medal position heading into today鈥檚 final round of the 72-hole Games tournament. Quebec leads with a three-round total of 421, followed by sa国际传媒 at 429 and New Brunswick at 436. Tristan Mandur of Arbutus Ridge is tied for third individually at 215, two shots off second place and five shots off the leader. The Royal Colwood pair of Nolan Thoroughgood and Keaton Gudz were seventh and eighth after three rounds at 218 and 219, respectively.
The sa国际传媒 women鈥檚 softball team, led by Emma Entzminger of Victoria, is in second place at 7-1 behind Ontario at 8-0. The round robin closes today with the medal rounds Saturday and Sunday.
sa国际传媒 and Quebec are tied for second place overall with 101 medals each, behind Ontario鈥檚 162. Alberta is fourth with 68 and Nova Scotia fifth with 39.
