5 things to know from Saturday at the Paris Games

PARIS – From nan extremity of a melodramatic tally for Canada’s women’s shot squad to nan summertime of Summer continuing, present are 5 things to cognize from Saturday astatine nan 2024 Paris Games:

TRIPLE GOLD

Summer McIntosh stands unsocial successful Canadian Olympic history. McIntosh won nan women’s 200-metre individual medley successful an Olympic-record clip of 2 minutes 6.56 seconds to go nan first Canadian to triumph 3 golden medals astatine a Games. The 17-year-old from Toronto won nan 400 medley and 200 butterfly earlier this week. She whitethorn title successful nan medley relay connected Sunday for much hardware. Elsewhere successful nan pool, Joshua Liendo and Ilya Kharun became nan first Canadian antheral swimmers to podium successful nan aforesaid Olympic title pinch metallic and bronze, respectively, successful nan 100 fly.

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BOWING OUT

The defending-champion Canadian women’s shot squad is out, and what a tally it was. Canada fell successful nan quarterfinals 4-2 connected punishment kicks to Germany aft neither squad scored successful regularisation aliases other time. The Canadian women qualified retired of their group contempt a six-point conclusion from FIFA aft a drone-spying ungraded that rocked nan squad. Defender Vanessa Gilles played leader pinch precocious winners against France and Colombia to thief embattled Canada triumph each 3 matches successful nan group stage.

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PULLING TOGETHER

Canada’s women’s 8 squad took a reliable way to their Olympic metallic medal. After finishing 3rd successful their heat, nan defending Olympic champions had to suffice for nan last by finishing 2nd successful a repechage race. But nan squad put successful their champion capacity successful Paris erstwhile it mattered most, holding disconnected nan powerful British squad to decorativeness 2nd down nan ascendant Romanians. Rower Avalon Wasteneys of Campbell River, B.C., says her teammates person fought done a batch of adversity since winning golden successful Tokyo but had nan belief they could propulsion together for a medal.

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NO HEIGHT HEARTBREAK

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Damian Warner’s hopes to repetition arsenic Olympic decathlon champion were dashed erstwhile he scored a “no height” successful nan rod vault. Warner, from London, Ont., deed nan barroom connected each 3 of his attempts, He entered nan vault, which was eighth successful nan gruelling 10-event competition, successful 2nd place. After failing to registry immoderate points successful rod vault, he dropped to 18th and withdrew. Canada had hoped to predominate nan decathlon successful Paris, but world champion Pierce LePage of Whitby, Ont., pulled retired pinch an wounded soon earlier nan games began.

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FOILED FELIX

Felix Auger-Aliassime will person to settee for 1 bronze medal. Auger-Aliassime fell 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to Lorenzo Musetti of Italy successful nan men’s singles bronze-medal match. Canada has ne'er won an Olympic badge successful tennis singles. The 23-year-old from Montreal did, however, triumph bronze Friday alongside Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski successful mixed doubles. Before Paris, Canada’s only Olympic tennis badge came successful 2000, erstwhile Daniel Nestor and Sébastien Lareau captured men’s doubles gold.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 3, 2024.