A four medal performance from swimmer Magnus Batara led the hardware haul for Richmond athletes at the Canada Summer Games in Quebec.
Batara captured captured the Special Olympics men's 50 metre breaststroke in a time of 36.80 seconds. He then dominated the backstroke events, winning both the 50 and 100 metre distances. The 22-year-old's outstanding week also included a bronze medal swim in the 50 metre freestyle.
Also making a big splash in the Games pool was Luke Reilly who won the 400-metre individual medley in a meet record time of 4:24:26.
Another multi-medal winner was tennis player Hoalong Fan. He won gold in men's doubles and silver in the team event.
Meanwhile, on the softball diamond, Yasmin Bains and Hilary Strelau helped B.C. capture gold the hard way.
After finishing fourth in the preliminary round with tight losses to Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, British Columbia fought all the way back to defeat those three very same teams in the playoff round to win their third consecutive gold medal at the Canada Summer Games.
After slipping past Quebec 2-1 in the semi-final game, B.C. carried momentum into the final against a rested Manitoba squad and cruised to a 9-1 mercy rule win.
Strelau helped break the game open with a two-run double in the second to give her team a 3-0 lead. \ B.C. would add five more in the fourth.
In women's volleyball, Kristen Almhjell helped B.C. come away silver after a heartbreaking five set loss to Alberta in the final.
B.C. took the opening two sets (25-21, 25-13) before Alberta came storming back including a 15-9 triumph in the fifth set.
/ Richmond swimmer Magnus Batara starred in the pool at the Canada Summer Games in Quebec, winning four medals including three gold.;
