Commonwealth Games: Gymnast Patricia Bezzoubenko wins her second gold
The 17-year-old rhythmic gymnast won the individual all-around title a day after she led Canada to gold in the team event.

thestar.com
July 25, 2014

Canada’s Patricia Bezzoubenko has captured her second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games.

The 17-year-old rhythmic gymnast won the individual all-around title a day after she led Canada to gold in the team event.

Francesa Jones of Wales won silver while her teammate Laura Halford claimed the bronze.

Bezzoubenko was born in Vancouver but grew up in Moscow, where she trains with members of Russia’s national team.

Her hometown is Thornhill, Ont.

Bezzoubenko was fifth in the hoop event but rebounded to win the ball and clubs and led going into the final apparatus - the ribbon.

Bezzoubenko is poised to add to her medal haul when she competes in all four individual events on Saturday.

It’s Canada’s third gold of the Games. Swimmer Ryan Cochrane won the men’s 400-metre freestyle race on Thursday.

Elsewhere, Dorothy Ludwig of Renfrew, Ont., won bronze in the women’s 10-metre air pistol event. Ludwig finished with a score of 177.2 points, behind Singapore’s Shun Xie Teo and India’s Malaika Goel.

Alix Renaud-Roy of La Pocatiere, Que., won a bronze medal in the women’s 70-kilogram judo event. Renaud-Roy defeated Australia’s Catherine Arscott by ippon in her bronze-medal match.

England’s Megan Fletcher, who beat Renaud-Roy in the quarter-finals, went on to win gold. Moira de Villiers of New Zealand won silver and Scotland’s Sally Conway won the second bronze.