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Saskatchewan hurdler Savannah Sutherland picked a great time to put together her best race of the season on Friday, as she’ll return to Canada with a medal from the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Sutherland raced to a time of 54.16 seconds in the women’s 400m hurdles and crossed the line in third place to win bronze for Canada.
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It’s the first major international medal of Sutherland’s senior career after she finished in seventh place in the women’s 400m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Borden, Sask. athlete was named female athlete of the year in 2025 at the Saskatchewan Sport Awards after she broke four records on the track, including a Canadian national record in the women’s 400m hurdles final for the University of Michigan at the 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships.
Sutherland was able to put herself on the podium in Glasgow, Scotland, despite starting her race in the outside lane.
“It’s been a difficult season and so there have been a lot of times where I haven’t given the race that I wanted to,” Sutherland told Athletics Canada.
“I feel like today, in not the best conditions, I was still able to put together my best race and I’m very happy. I think it was a great thing that I was in lane eight because it forced me to focus on my own race and run out there a bit scared, without being able to see anyone around me and not get distracted. I think in a weird way, it’s not the best lane draw, but it was exactly what I needed today.”
Sutherland is the fifth Saskatchewan athlete to capture a medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland and the first to medal in track and field.
She joins Saskatoon gymnast Jordan Carroll who won two gold medals for Canada in the team event and pommel horse, wheelchair basketball teammates Garrett Ostepchuk from Regina and Kyrell Sopotyk from Aberdeen who took bronze in the men’s 3×3 event, plus Saskatoon weightlifter Etta Love who won bronze Thursday in the women’s +86kg event.
With two days of competition remaining, Canada sits third in the medal table with 17 gold, 15 silver and 21 bronze medals.
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