Some final numbers and closing flag bearer

 Hollie Naughton will be carrying the Canadian flag at tonight's closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Excellent. 

Some final numbers. Canada won 26g, 32s   34b for 92 total.  59 by women or mixed teams.  33 medals won by men.  Canada ended up 3rd for most gold and overall,  behind Australia and England. 20 medals won by swimmers, tied fir most. Swimmers won 20 in 2018. Summer McIntosh won 6 medals at these games, becoming the most decorated there. 7 golds in swimming. 

Closing ceremony should be in a couple of hours from now.  Next Commonwealth Games will be in Victoria region of Australia. 

Thanks to Devin Heroux for dome of the numbers. 

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