Three-time Olympic medallist Emilie Heymans of St-Lambert, Que., marked her return to the three-metre springboard on Sunday with a silver medal performance at the Canada Cup diving competition in Montreal.

Jennifer Abel of Montreal followed Heymans for the bronze while Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal and Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., added a silver medal on women's 10-metre synchro.

Canada ends the meet with seven medals (two gold, four silver and a bronze), the most medals it's ever won at the Canada Cup.

On women's three-metre, Sharleen Stratton of Australia took the gold with a strong last dive, earning 347.05 points. Heymans, the leader entering the last round, took second at 335.85, while a powerful finish enabled Abel to claim the bronze.

This was Heymans's first competition since her Olympic silver medal performance on 10-metre last summer and her first foray on three-metre internationally since 2007. Heymans decided this season to focus on three-metre exclusively.

"It was a great weekend for me," Heymans said. "I was in control on my takeoffs and that gave me a lot of confidence. The biggest challenge for me on three-metre is adjusting to the moving board. I have to be patient and it's something that takes some time to feel comfortable with."

Abel botched her back 2½ in the third round, the same dive that hurt her at the Olympics last year. However, she came back and posted the second best international point total of her career.

"I'm extremely pleased," said Abel, 17. "And the highlight for me is coming back strong from that third dive. It's a dive that used to be one of my best, but I'm trying to improve the takeoff and the timing tends to go off if I go too high."

On women's 10-metre synchro, Melissa Wu and Briony Cole of Australia won the gold medal with 335.28 points, Benfeito and Filion followed at 323.10, their best score this year, and Stefanie Anthes and Maria Kurjo of Germany were third at 297.75. It was a second medal this weekend for Benfeito and Filion, who were 1-2 Saturday on the individual tower.

On men's three-metre synchro juniors, Cody Kolodziejzyk and Brandon Makinson, both of Calgary, finished fifth in their international debut.