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Masse, Team Canada Finish FINA With A Place On The Podium

AM800-Sports-Kylie-Masse-FINA-1.2262367 WINDSOR, CANADA - DECEMBER 11: Kylie Masse of Canada competes in the 4x100m Medley final on day six of the 13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) at the WFCU Centre on December 11, 2016 in Windsor Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) (Gregory Shamus/LaSalle's Kylie Masse competes in the 4x100m Medley final on day six of the 13th FINA World Swimming Championships at the WFCU Centre on December 11, 2016. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images))

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Canadian swimmers earned a gold and a silver

Canada took the gold medal in the women's 4x50-metre freestyle relay, then took silver in the 4x100 medley relay on the final night of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor.

The 4x50 team of Toronto's Penny Oleksiak and Michelle Williams, Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., and Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que., finished first in 1:35.

The Netherlands picked up the silver in 1:35.37 while Italy took bronze in 1:35.61.

The gold was Canada's second at the meet after the women's 4x200 freestyle relay took top spot on the podium Saturday night. Oleksiak and Ruck were part of that relay.

In the 4x100 medley relay, Canada's team of Oleksiak, LaSalle's Kylie Masse, Rachel Nicol of Lethbridge, Alta., and Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., were second in 3:48.87.

The United States won gold in 3:47.89 and Australia took bronze in 3:49.66.