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It was a golden Friday for Canadian judokas Evelyn Beaton and Julien Frascadore at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Beaton topped the podium in the women’s -52-kilogram weight class at her debut Games, defeating Sofia Asvesta of Cyprus 1-0.
The 21-year-old from Lethbridge, Alta., earned the lone point with just over a minute remaining in regulation, taking Asvesta down for a yuko score before holding her off for the rest of the four-minute bout.
Beaton defeated defending champion Tinka Easton of Australia 1-0 by yuko in the semifinals earlier Friday at the Scottish Event Campus.
Evelyn’s father, Ewan Beaton, is a member of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, and represented Canada at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.
Evelyn Beaton of Lethbridge, Alta., defeated Sofia Asvesta of Cyprus 1-0 to claim the gold medal in the women’s -52 kg judo final, at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Frascadore followed up Beaton’s triumph by dethroning defending champion Georgios Balarjishvili of Cyprus in the men’s -66kg final.
Frascadore and Balarjishvili each received two shido penalties in regulation, putting them both one away from defeat as the match went to extra time in the golden score period. Frascadore claimed the win by yuko after controlling his opponent on the ground.
The 26-year-old Frascadore, from Beauport, Que., booked his ticket to the final by defeating Nigeria’s Michael Agbo by ippon after scoring two yukos.
Quebec City’s Julien Frascadore defeated Georgios Balarjishvili of Cyprus with a golden score, to claim the gold medal in the men’s -66 kg judo final, at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Montreal’s Heidi Quach fell just short of a judo title in the women’s -48kg event, losing 2-1 in extra time to India’s Asmita Dey in the opening gold-medal match of the day.
Quach opened the scoring by throwing her opponent to her side for a yuko score, but Dey responded by slamming the Canadian down for a yuko of her own to tie it.
The aggressive Dey attacked relentlessly but Quach withstood the storm to force the golden score period. Dey took down Quach with an o-uchi-gari throw for a yuko point to claim the win, leaving Quach with the silver medal.
Montreal’s Heidi Quach was defeated by India’s Asmita Dey 2s1-1 Friday in the women’s -48kg category judo competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The 22-year-old Quach dug deep to win a nine-minute semifinal against Malta’s Katryna Esposito earlier in the day, overcoming the taller opponent in golden score after tying the match at 1-1. Quach secured the victory via ippon with an o-uchi-gari.
Canada won eight medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, including four gold.
Gilbert confirms 4x100m relay teams
Athletics Canada head coach Glenroy Gilbert announced changes to Canada’s 4×100-metre relay teams ahead of Saturday’s heats. Gilbert made it clear that if the Canadian teams advance to the finals, the lineups for those races would still need to be determined.
“The Commonwealth Games is a chance to introduce some newer athletes to the relay program. Giving athletes to compete on a large stage,” Gilbert told CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux.
Here are the lineups for the Canadian entries:
Men’s 4x100m: Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Duan Asemota, Andre De Grasse
Women’s 4x100m: Frédérique Chiasson, Audrey Leduc, Marie Eloise Leclair, Sade McCreath
CBC Sports Devin Heroux interviews Athletics Canada head coach Glenroy Gilbert and breaks down the sprint relay teams at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Warner slides out of lead in decathlon
Track and field action continued at the Commonwealth Games on Friday where Canadian Damian Warner will have two final events to try and retake the lead in the decathlon.
The London, Ont., native began Day 2 of competition with a 39-point lead and was fastest among all competitors in the first event of the day, finishing the 110m hurdles in 14.04 seconds.
But a ninth-overall finish in the discus (37.61m), and a top clearance of 4.40m in the pole vault left Warner (6,669) 35 points behind leader Linden Victor of Grenada (6,704) before the evening session’s final two events: the javelin and 1,500m.
After the pole vault competition where Damian Warner fell to second place overall in the decathlon standings, the Olympic and world indoor champion tells CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux that he will “keep fighting until the end.”
Speaking with CBC Sports reporter Devin Heroux after the pole vault, Warner said he was frustrated and tired but that he wasn’t going to quit.
“Mentally, I’m quite frustrated, this whole morning has not been like me. And physically my body just feels a little bit tired. Near the end of yesterday, the cramping and stuff has kind of made me feel a little bit flat today,” Warner said. “But you just gotta keep fighting [until] the end, and you never know what happens.”
Warner, the 2020 Olympic decathlon champion, won a Commonwealth Games gold in 2014 in Glasgow.
Dunfee walks to bronze
Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee placed third in the men’s 10,000m final with a time of 40 minutes 03.39 seconds at Scotstoun Stadium.
The Olympic bronze medallist finished behind Australia’s Isaac Beacroft (38:45.51) and Kenya’s Stephen Kihu (38:46.57) in the five-man contest.
The decorated Richmond, B.C., native won gold in the distance at the last Commonwealth Games.
Evan Dunfee of Richmond, B.C. race walked to a 10,000-metre Commonwealth Games bronze medal Friday in Glasgow.
2 Canadian boxers reach finals
A pair of Canadian boxers will go for gold on Saturday morning in Glasgow.
Scarlett Delgado guaranteed herself a medal by winning her women’s 54kg semifinal on Friday.
Delgado, of Brampton, Ont., defeated England’s Lauren Mackie 4-1 to advance to the gold-medal match (6 a.m. ET, CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca) against India’s Preeti Pawar.
Montreal’s Marie Al-Ahmadieh advanced later Friday in the women’s 60kg division.
The 21-year-old Al-Ahmadieh won via stoppage after unleashing a flurry of combinations in the second round, leading to three standing eight counts — the maximum allowed in one round — with the decisive one coming at the bell.
Al-Ahmadieh will face India’s Priya Ghangas in the final at 11:45 a.m. ET.
Edmonton boxer Joshua Ofori will bring home a bronze medal after losing his men’s 80kg semifinal 5-0 to Ankush Yadav of India. Semifinal losers receive bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.
Edmonton boxer Joshua Ofori lost his men’s 80kg semifinal 5-0 to Ankush Yadav of India at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, however, boxers earn at least a bronze medal by reaching the semifinal stage.
Amber-Jane Wall, also from Edmonton, also took bronze after falling to India’s Sakshi Chaudhary via unanimous decision (5-0) in the women’s 51kg semifinals.
Amber-Jane Wall of Fort McMurray, Alb., fell to India’s Sakshi Sakshi 0-5 in the women’s 51kg weight class Friday at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
More Canadian results on Friday
- Nandini Sharma qualified for the women’s 400m T54 final. Sharma, who finished her heat in a season’s best 59.20 seconds, was disqualified for obstruction in the women’s 1,500m T54 event earlier this week.
- Izzy Goudros posted a mark of 6.50m in qualifying to advance to the women’s long jump final. Fellow Canadian Sienna MacDonald (6.14m) did not advance.
- In track cycling, Sarah Orban finished her women’s sprint qualification round in 11.073 seconds and did not advance.
- Jonathan Hinse and Gabriel Seguin failed to qualify for the medal races in the men’s 4,000m individual pursuit track cycling event, finishing 15th and 16th with times of 4:19.681 and 4:24.561, respectively, in the 23-man field.
- The opening round of the men’s keirin saw Cole Dempster reach the quarterfinals after finishing second in the first heat. Fellow Canadians James Hedgcock and Tyler Rorke will compete in the repechage.
