5 things to know from Sunday at the Paris Games

PARIS – From nan extremity of Summer’s Games to Canada backing up its estimation arsenic a hammer propulsion country, present are 5 things to cognize from Sunday astatine nan 2024 Paris Games:

HAMMER HERO

Ethan Katzberg won nan men’s hammer propulsion for Canada’s 17th badge and 5th golden successful Paris. The 22-year-old from Nanaimo, B.C., crushed nan section pinch an opening propulsion of 84.12 metres. Bence Halasz of Hungary took metallic astatine 79.97 metres. Katzberg besides captured golden astatine past year’s world championships. In track, six-time medallist Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., missed his first Olympic final. De Grasse’s clip of 9.98 seconds wasn’t capable to scope nan 100-metre final. Noah Lyles of nan United Stateswon successful 9.79, edging Jamaca’s Kishane Thompson successful a photograph decorativeness to declare nan title of fastest man connected earth.

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BRINGING HOME BRONZE

It mightiness not beryllium a golden medal, but Wyatt Sanford is looking guardant to bringing location his hardware from nan Paris Olympics. The boxer from Kennetcook, N.S., mislaid to France’s Sofiane Oumiha successful nan 63.5-kilogram semifinals Sunday. But by advancing to nan last 4 he earned 1 of nan event’s 2 bronze medals. Sanford says he has appreciated each nan support he has received from his hometown passim his Olympic journey. A crowd of astir 400 of Sanford’s friends and neighbours watched nan lucifer astatine a viewing statement astatine Kennetcook’s Findley Park.

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HOOP NIGHTMARES

For a 2nd consecutive Olympics, Canada’s women’s hoops squad is heading location aft nan preliminary round. And this clip nan Canadians are leaving without a win. Canada mislaid a must-win crippled against Nigeria connected Sunday successful Lille, losing 79-70 successful a turnover-filled performance. That dropped Canada to 0-3 and ensured it wouldn’t beforehand to nan quarterfinals. Despite being 1 of nan world’s top-ranked women’s hoops teams, Canada has been incapable to amended connected its capacity astatine nan 2016 Games. The Canadians precocious to nan quarterfinals successful Rio de Janeiro earlier losing a hard-fought 68-63 determination to France.

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THAT’S A WRAP FOR SUMMER

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Summer McIntosh came conscionable short of adding to her badge haul connected nan last time of swimming successful Paris. McIntosh and nan Canadian women’s 4×100-metre medley squad vanished fourth, 0.68 seconds down China, pinch nan 17-year-old prima swimming nan freestyle anchor leg. The Toronto swimmer still leaves her 2nd Games pinch 3 golden medals, 1 metallic badge and 2 Olympic records.

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CLASH OF THE TITANS

Tennis fans astatine Roland Garros were treated to an epic last successful nan Olympic men’s singles competition. Serbian prima Novak Djokovic overcame Carols Alcaraz connected nan Spaniard’s preferred clay aboveground to triumph 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) successful a gold-medal lucifer that lasted 2 hours 50 minutes. The golden badge completes a sparkling resume for Djokovic. The 24-time Grand Slam champion mislaid successful nan semifinals to nan eventual golden medallist astatine nan erstwhile 3 Olympics. Alcaraz was looking for his 3rd high-profile title of 2024. He won nan French Open astatine Roland Garros earlier this twelvemonth earlier defeating Djokovic successful nan Wimbledon final.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 4, 2024.

Note to readers: This is simply a corrected story. A erstwhile type incorrectly stated Katzberg group an Olympic record.