Weicker captures record fourth medal for Canada at a world wrestling championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Canada’s Diana Weicker earned a bronze medal in the women’s the 53-kg event Wednesday at the world wrestling championships.
Weicker, a native of Kentville, N.S., who wrestles out of St. Catharines, Ont., defeated Zhuldyz Eshimova of Kazakhstan 3-2 in the bout for bronze. The medal was the fourth for Canada, the most the team has ever captured at a world championship.
“I can’t describe it,” Weicker said. “It just all finally pays off, for everything you do. I put the work in over years and years and just didn’t know that there is an outcome.”
The medal capped off the most successful world championships for a Canadian women’s team. On Wednesday, Justina Di Stasio (Burnaby, B.C., 72 kilograms) won gold, Danielle Lappage (Olds, Alta., 65 kg) captured silver, and Erica Wiebe (Stittsville, Ont., 76 kg) took home bronze.