Taylor Ruck reacts following the women's 100-metre backstroke final at the Canadian Swimming Trials in Montreal on Sunday, July 5, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Canada’s Taylor Ruck swims to 200 backstroke gold at World Cup event
Oct 16, 2026 | 8:06 AM
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ASTANA — Canada’s Taylor Ruck swam to a gold medal in the women’s 200-metre backstroke Friday at a World Aquatics Swimming World Cup event.
Ruck swam to victory in a time of two minutes 2.29 seconds.
The 26-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., won gold in the same event at last week’s World Cup stop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Anna Peplowski of the United States was second in 2:03.81, and Ellen Walshe of Ireland finished third in 2:04.33.
