Taylor Ruck wins 200m backstroke gold for Canada at the Swimming World Cup in Tashkent
10 October 2026
Canada's Taylor Ruck won gold in the women's 200-metre backstroke at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 10 October 2026.
The 26-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., clocked two minutes 2.41 seconds.
Anna Peplowski of the United States was second in 2:02.71 and Japan's Waka Kobori third in 2:06.99.
Ruck, a four-time Olympic medallist, had also won silver in the 100-metre backstroke and 50-metre freestyle earlier in the week.
Canada finished the Tashkent stop — the second of the three-meet series — with seven medals: one gold, three silver and three bronze.
The series concludes the following week in Kazakhstan.
Winning time:
two minutes 2.41 seconds
Canada's medals in Tashkent:
seven (1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)
Ruck's Olympic medals:
four
Why it matters for exams: Medal results by Canadian athletes in world-level events are standard country-focus recall material.
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