Ottawa native Augusta Eve was the lone local champion from the March 20-22 Canadian Wrestling Championships in St. Catharines, Ont., claiming the gold medal in the junior women’s 44 kg weight class.
Erica Wiebe settled for a heartbreaking silver medal in the senior women’s 75 kg category as she lost a 3-3 match to Burnaby Mountain’s Justina Distasio (her opponent earning the win by scoring last).
The defeat means the 25-year-old who reached the #1 world ranking last year won’t get to represent Canada at home for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games.
Ilya Abelev and Alex Brown-Theriault both claimed senior bronze medals in the men’s 74 and 86 kg competitions respectively, while Adam Macfadyen was 6th in senior men’s 61 kg.
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