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Medalists of the Men's 200m Breaststroke - Super Final at AP Race London International 2026 swimming competition on May 25, 2026. L-R: Canada's (Grande Prairie Piranhas) Oliver Dawson, Great Britain's Filip Nowacki, USA's Alexei Avakov. (Image Credit: AP Race YouTube)
By Erika Rolling
Swimming

Dawson wins two silver medals and breaks multiple records at international competition

May 25, 2026 | 2:36 PM

Grande Prairie’s Oliver Dawson continues to break his own and other Canadian records in the pool after competing overseas in the AP Race London International 2026.

The 18-year-old is steadily climbing the world rankings, as he broke two longstanding Canadian records at the meet and will bring home two silver medals.

The first record broken was in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke Super Final on the first day of competition with a time of 27.29. That broke Scott Dickens 2009 supersuited era record of 27.45. Dawson entered the day with a lifetime best of 27.46.

The second record Oliver broke during the event also came at the expense of Dickens longstanding record, but this time for his 2012 Olympic Games Men’s 100m Breaststroke prelims record of 59.85. Oliver swam a time of 59.55 to set the new national record.

Dawson then broke the 100m Breaststroke record he made earlier in the day with a .22 second drop in the final to claim a silver medal in the Super Final with a time of 59.33. Competition headliner, Great Britain Olympian Adam Peaty, won gold with a 59.15.

Before the event, Dawson had never broken the 1:00 barrier in the 100m breast. This has made him the third Canadian ever to do so in competition.

Dawson won more hardware on the third and final day of competition in the Men’s 200m Breaststroke Super Final with a second-place finish with a time of 2:08.93, just eight-hundredths of a second short of the gold medal winner, Great Britain’s 18-year-old Filip Nowacki. Dawson’s swim was .09 seconds outside of the Canadian standard set by Mike Brown during the 2008 Olympics.

He entered the competition ranked #9 in the world in 100m breast and heads back home as #7, tied with Germany’s Melvin Imoudu.

by Erika Rolling