GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of — Maggie MacNeil exceeded her expectations at the world aquatics championships. And then some.

The 19-year-old from London, Ont., competing on her first senior national team, stunned many observers by winning the women’s 100 metre butterfly Monday. MacNeil also earned Canada its first gold medal of the competition and surprised herself along the way.

“Definitely not,” MacNeil said when asked if she saw the accomplishment coming. “I was hoping to get to a semifinal and maybe make a final.

“I felt good in warmups but emotionally I’ve never been so nervous (before final).”

MacNeil set a Canadian record with a time of 55.83 seconds, 0.39 seconds ahead of reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden.

Emma McKeon of Australia was third. Sjostrom had won the title four times.

Sjostrom took it out strong, dipping under her world-record pace on the first lap, while MacNeil was in fifth. But MacNeil roared back with the fastest closing lap — 29.06 — of the eight-woman final and touched first.

“Rikako never give up” it read, with hearts decorating their palms. Sjostrom came up with the idea.

Ikee announced in February that she has leukemia. She was the world junior champion in the 100 fly and had the fastest time in the world last year. She is aiming to return in time to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

“We’re hoping this will show that we’re supporting her and we’re here if she needs anything,” said MacNeil.

Canada captured a second medal later Monday when U.S-Canadian dual citizen Sydney Pickrem took bronze in the women’s 200-metre individual medley behind Hungarian star Katinka Hosszu and Ye Shiwen of China.

Nicknamed “The Iron Lady” for her relentless workload, Hosszu won in two minutes 7.53 seconds.

Marcus Stroman pushes back against ‘negative narrative’ amid trade rumours

Toronto Blue Jays ace Marcus Stroman is pushing back against the perception that his personality is one of the contributing factors to why he’s on the trade block.

A fan listened to “Tim and Sid” and interpreted that Sportsnet’s Tim Micallef was suggesting that Stroman should be traded because of “cultural” reasons, a notion that Toronto’s lone all-star rejected entirely.

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It okay to a glow-stick, Sometimes we have to break before we shine.

If you feel like you’re losing everything, remember that lose their leaves every year and they still stand tall and wait for the better days to come.

No matter who tries to teach you a lessons about life, you won’t understand it until you go through it on your own.

Ignoring your passion is slow suicide.  Never ignore what your heart pumps for. Mold your career around your lifestyle, not your lifestyle around your career.

Hit up for sneakers. Hot fire sales going on. 🙂

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A Lion wake up differently. A Lion is always ready to hunt. A Lion is the beast. A Lion don’t cry.  A Lion don’t give up. A Lion don’t quit, A Lion is hot…

Now listen to me, I’m wild. I will persist until I succeed. I was not delivered into this world into defeat, nor does failure cause my vein. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my Shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to Talk, Walk and to Sleep with Sheep. I will persist until I succeed.

Is not about where you came from. It’s about Heart. You came to a place where you know be smart enough, You gotta have a Heart.  Don’t cry and then say I quit. Cry out loud then keep fighting till you get reward.  The most important thing is this,  To be able at any moment, to sacrifice what you are for what you will become.

If you expert the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you’re fooling yourself. That’s like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn’t eat him.

Listen to me, Pain is temporary, It may last for minute, an hour, a day or even a year. But eventually it will  subside. And something else will take it places. If quit however, it will last forever.!!!

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Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power – not because they don’t see it, but because they seen it and they don’t want it to exist.

Once my old man told me, Is not about money but how you conduct yourself towards that temptation.

Never discredit your gut instinct. You are not paranoid. Your body can pick up on vibration. If something deep inside of you says something is not right about a person or situation, trust it.

I don’t do fakeness. You may not like What I say but you’ll always know where you stand with me. If my actions tells you that i like you then i’m not acting. I’m a genius person. It hasn’t always been that way but people learn and grow.

I don’t understand being nice to someone’s face and then shit talking them behind their back. I don’t understand being upfront and forthcoming about your feelings of others. I don’t understand people’s words and actions not matching up. For me there is no compromise.

if you are important to me then i’ll be loyal to a fault and if you’re not then I wont. I expect the same. If you cant give me that then I’m not the right person to be in your life and that’s okay.

Ew, people.

Don’t study me. You won’t graduate.

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Remember This:

You are free to choose but you are not free from consequence of your choice.

Those who died yesterday had plans for this morning. And those who died this morning had plans for tonight.  Don’t take life for granted.

In the blink of an eye, everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart.

I’m physically, Mentally and Emotionally to enter a new phase in my life.

I’m ready to grow and get better.

Hilarious., I figured out that I have being quiet these days.  People asking me, are you okay. what’s wrong with you. You change…etc And I keep thinking why all this question.

Because I’m not the same guy I used to be before.. Some people even think i’m anti-social. Which makes me laugh sometimes.

Here is the truth:

Sometimes those who don’t socialize much aren’t actually antisocial, they just have no tolerance for drama and fake people.

You know what? Yes, I’ve changed.

I’m not as nice as I used to be, because I don’t want to get used or walked over. I don’t trust everyone and tell them my secrets, because behind every fake smile there’s a backstabber.

I distance myself from people because in the end, they are only going to leave. I have changed because I have realized that I’m the only person that I can depend on.

Laisse-moi tranquille.

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Hey good folks. Hope you’ll doing amazing in a beautiful month called autumn. Woke this morning feeling bless and alive.

Na I feel say , All Thanks to the BABA..!!

Even the nicest people have their limits. Don’t try to reach that point because the nicest people are also the scariest people when they’ve had enough.

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Hey folks. Sometime today, I decided to take a ride. Go out and explore the world. On my way out, I start to think about thanksgiving. I asked myself, why this day; which is October 8, We all call it Thanksgiving.

To me October is a month which has full of surprise and not saying much I was born in that month. Well Let me think of a church, like general church which is open today. I want to go in and give my thanks to the Most High God.  There was only one which I can think off… Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal (French: Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal) is a Roman Catholicminor basilica and national shrine on Mount Royal’s Westmount Summit in Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada’s largest church and claims to have one of the largest domes in the world