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BARCELONA, Spain -- Brent Hayden of Mission, B. J.J. Watt Blue Jersey .C., and Montreals Victoria Poon each earned their second gold medal in two days on Sunday to conclude the opening stop on the Mare Nostrum swimming tour. Sinead Russell of Burlington, Ont., and Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., added to Canadas gold medal count as well. All four are preparing for this summers Olympic Games. Hayden came first in the mens 50-metre freestyle in 22.47 seconds. Hanser Garcia of Cuba was second in 22.63 and Sergey Fesikov of Russia third in 22.64. Edmontons Luke Peddie was seventh in 23.35. Poon, tuning up for her second Olympics, clocked 55.42 seconds in the 100-metre freestyle with Britains Jessica Lloyd second in 55.49 and Finlands Hanna-Maria Seppala came third in 55.79. Sandrine Mainville of Boucherville, Que., was sixth and Winnipegs Chantal Van Landeghem finished eighth. In the womens 200-metre backstroke, Russell was the winner in 2:11.20 with Karin Prinsloo of South Africa taking silver in 2:11.73 and Montreals Barbara Jardin third in 2:12.56. In the womens 200-metre butterfly, Savard finished ahead of two British swimmers clocking 2:10.03. Audrey Lacroix of Pont Rouge was fourth in 2:11.80 less than a second from the podium. Vancouvers Noemie Thomas was sixth. In the womens 50-metre butterfly, Silvia DiPietro of Spain won the gold medal 26.55 edging Savard in second at 26.86. Thomas was sixth. In the womens 100 breaststroke, Kierra Smith of Kelowna, B.C., earned a second individual medal at the event, placing third in 1:09.92. Less than a second separated the top-three finishers. Ashley McGregor of Pointe-Claire, Que., was seventh and Ottawas Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson was eighth. Jardin earned a second bronze in the 400 freestyle while Seltenreich-Hodgson was also third in the 200 IM. 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Previously, the four curlers who won the Canadian mixed championship elected a male and female from their team to play in the world mixed doubles. Now, the mixed foursome that prevails Nov. 15-24 in Mont-Royal, Que., will break into two pairings and join 30 other Canadian teams at doubles trials in Leduc. "It eliminates the problem of deciding who gets to go from the winning team that wins the nationals, which is not easy having to choose two players," said Winnipegs Sean Grassie, who won world doubles bronze with Allison Nimik in 2009. "Thats definitely the best part about it." But Grassie isnt enthusiastic about having so many teams able to enter the Canadian trials. The 14 provinces and territories will each choose a team to represent them, but the remaining 16 entries will be open invitations. A teams participation will be ddecided by their ranking on the CCAs order of merit. Brian Cushing Jersey. Stremlaw says residency rules wont apply, so a male from Ontario could conceivably team up with a female from B.C. "I couldnt really call this a true national championship if teams can have curlers from different provinces and dont have to qualify to get in," Grassie explained. "That part I dont like about it. "If you keep it every province represented, and I dont mind including two teams that win nationals as a reward, I dont have a problem with that." In mixed doubles, games are eight ends instead of 10. Each team has six stones to throw with one positioned on the centre line before every end of play. One player throws the first and last stones while the other throws the second, third and fourth. Both team members can sweep the stones. If the International Olympic Committee accepts mixed doubles into the Winter Games, Canada needs curlers who specialize in the event, Stremlaw said. "We feel the latest mechanism will do a better job of producing consistent podium results," he said. He expects the IOC to decide on the 2018 Winter Games program in late 2013 or early 2014. Canadas elite curlers only play mixed doubles in the Continental Cup of Curling, which is a Ryder-Cup-style curling competition between North America and Europe. Olympic inclusion could encourage more clubs and curlers to participate in mixed doubles, said Grassie. "I think if it gets into the Olympics, it will get more exposure," he stated. "Its not a bad idea for clubs if theyre looking to fill some empty sheets because the game goes by so fast and you can play in an hour and you only need two players." ' ' '