Canadian swimmers shatter national record with 9th medal at worlds

Canadian swimmers broke a national record for podium appearances at a single world championships with two more medals on Friday.

And 19-year-old Josh Liendo was at the heart of both.

After capturing individual bronze in the men's 100-metre butterfly, Liendo led off the 4x100 mixed freestyle relay team that won silver, giving Canada its ninth medal in Hungary.

The previous mark of eight was set at 2019 worlds.

Penny Oleksiak, already Canada's most decorated Olympian ever, broke the country's individual record at world championships with her eighth podium appearance after racing the anchor leg of the relay. All eight of the Toronto native's medals have come in relays.

Liendo, who also took bronze in the 100 freestyle, will stand on his third podium of the meet.

WATCH | Liendo bursts to bronze in 100m butterfly:

Earlier, Liendo missed out on another potential medal by just 0.04 seconds, placing fifth in the 50 freestyle.

The Canadian qualified with the third-fastest time at 21.73 seconds, and improved to 21.61 seconds in the final.

Yet he was left on the outside looking in, as Benjamin Proud of the U.K. won gold in 21.32 seconds, American Michael Andrew scored silver in 21.41 seconds and France's Maxime Grousset snuck into the bronze-medal position at 21.57 seconds.

WATCH | Live coverage of swimming finals from Budapest:

Meanwhile, Kylie Masse fell short in her bid for a third medal in Hungary and the record-breaking eighth of her career.

Masse, who won silver in the 200 backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics, placed fifth in the discipline and well off the podium in a time of two minutes eight seconds.

The 26-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., started among the leaders, touching after the first 50 metres in third place. But she continually slowed from there, even falling from fourth into fifth during the final length in the pool.