Canadians Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun continued their stellar performances at the swimming World Cup event in Toronto on Friday.

Liendo captured gold in the men’s 100-metre freestyle, while Kharun won the 200m butterfly event.

Toronto’s Liendo swam in a time of 45.30 seconds, ahead of Americans Jack Alexy (45.55) and Chris Guiliano (45.71), respectively.

Kharun, meanwhile, completed his evening with a winning time of one minutes 49.71 seconds. The Montreal native easily outdistanced second-place finisher Alberto Razzetti (1:51.63) and American Mitchell Schott (1:52.10).

Liendo’s performance comes one day after his set the short-course world record in the men’s 100m butterfly event. He’s also added a second gold medal in the 50m freestyle.

Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo sets short cours

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