Sixteen-year-old Lia-Monica Fontaine captured a silver medal at the artistic gymnastics world championships on Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., native finished second in the vault event with a score of 14.033 points.

Neutral athlete Angelina Melnikova won the gold medal with 14.466 points. American Joscelyn Roberson earned a bronze with a score of 13.983.

“Coming into these worlds, like I know I’m pretty good on vault, so I was looking forward to doing the final, but I did not know that getting a medal would be possible,” Fontaine said of winning silver at her first world championships.

Fontaine becomes just the second Canadian to win a medal in the women’s vault. Shallon Olsen earned a silver medal in 2018.

Friday’s performance has been a continuation

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