Canada's Sydney Pickrem swam to a silver medal in the women's 200-metre medley Monday at the world aquatics championships. Pickrem competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medley Final at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hassan Ammar
DOHA, Qatar – Canada’s Sydney Pickrem swam to a silver medal in the women’s 200-metre medley Monday at the world aquatics championships.
Pickrem, who was born in Florida to parents from Halifax, finished with a personal best time of two minutes 8.56 seconds.
Kate Douglass of the United States (2:07.05) won gold and Yu Yiting of China (2:09.01) took bronze.
It’s Canada’s second swimming medal of the world championships after the 4×100 relay team picked up a bronze on Sunday.
Canada now has four medals overall in Doha, with Montreal’s Jacqueline Simoneau winning a gold and silver in artistic swimming last week.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 12, 2024.
