Lamothe helps Canada to 3 medals at artistic swimming World Cup stop

Montreal's Audrey Lamothe helped Canada win three medals Sunday on the final day of competition at a World Cup artistic swimming event.

Team picks up 2 silver and 1 bronze

Two women compete in artistic swimming.
Canadians Audrey Lamothe and Jacqueline Simoneau, pictured in competition earlier this year, won silver in the duet at the artistic swimming World Cup stop Sunday in Markham, Ont. (Associated Press)

Montreal's Audrey Lamothe helped Canada win three medals Sunday on the final day of competition at a World Cup artistic swimming event.

Lamothe teamed with Jacqueline Simoneau for silver in the women duet free competition.

She also helped Canada to two team medals — silver in the team free and bronze in the team acrobatic.

Simoneau of Saint-Laurent, Que., who was also part of the roster in the team free competition, picked up six medals at the event, including gold in Friday's women's solo technical.

Lamothe and Simoneau earned 246.5501 points in the women duet free, 7.2229 points behind Japanese duo Moe Higa and Tomoka Sato. Ukrainians Maryna Aleksiiva and Vladyslava Aleksiiva were third (242.1772 points).

The team free saw the Canadians (326.2981 points) finish behind the United States (341.6208). Kazakhstan (247.6605) was a distant third.

WATCH: Simoneau and Lamothe claim artistic swimming duet free silver medals:

Canada's Simoneau and Lamothe claim artistic swimming World Cup duet free silver medals

6 months ago
Duration 5:33
World Aquatics artistic swimming World Cup women's duet free took place Sunday and the Canadian team of Jacqueline Simoneau and Audrey Lamothe claimed silver medals for Canada.

WATCH: Canada lands mixed acrobatic bronze:

Canada lands mixed acrobatic bronze at Artistic Swimming World Cup

6 months ago
Duration 6:52
The Canadians closed the event in Markham, Ont., by landing on the podium with a score of just over 236.

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