Five things to watch in Paris on Tuesday

PARIS – From precocious hopes for a hammer-throwing expanse to a highly anticipated showdown connected nan hardwood, present are 5 things to look retired for astatine nan Paris Olympics connected Tuesday, Aug. 6:

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HAMMER HOPES

Camryn Rogers of Richmond, B.C., is nan favourite to triumph golden successful nan women’s hammer throw. Rogers, who entered nan Olympics classed No. 1 successful nan world successful her sport, qualified first successful her group for Tuesday’s last pinch a propulsion of74.69 metres. Rogers is hoping to complete a Canadian expanse of hammer-throwing golden successful Paris aft Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, B.C., dominated Sunday’s men’s event. Rogers and Katzberg besides swept nan golden medals astatine nan 2023 world championships successful Budapest.

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STAR-STUDDED QUARTERFINALS

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads Canada into a men’s hoops quarterfinal against Victor Wembanyama and France astatine nan Bercy Arena successful Paris. Canada went 3-0 done nan preliminary round, but now must look a badge contender to person a changeable astatine bringing location hoops hardware for nan first clip since a metallic astatine nan 1936 Berlin Games. Canada hit France 85-73 successful an Olympic tuneup connected July 19 down 23 points from Gilgeous-Alexander. Serbia’s Nikola Jokic, Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid of nan United States are among nan different large names playing successful quarterfinal action Tuesday.

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TAKING THE NEXT STEP

Calgary’s Caeli McKay looks to measurement connected nan Olympic podium for nan first clip erstwhile she competes successful nan women’s 10-metre level diving final. McKay precocious by finishing seventh successful Monday’s semifinals aft placing 3rd successful nan preliminary round. McKay has doubly vanished 4th successful nan Olympic synchro 10m competition, including astatine these Games, and would emotion to spell 1 measurement further connected Tuesday. Canada already has 1 diving badge successful Paris, pinch Saskatoon’s Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray of Pointe-Claire, Que., taking bronze successful men’s 10m synchro.

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DYNAMIC DEBUT

Christopher Morales-Williams looks to build connected his Olympic debut erstwhile he runs successful nan 400-metre semifinals. The 20-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., qualified for nan semis by finishing 2nd successful his heat. The 16th-ranked Canadian has nan third-highest seeding of nan 9 runners successful his semifinal, which includes No. 2 Matthew Hudson-Smith of Britain. Regardless of nan competition, Morales-Williams has already shown he is tin of putting down a competitory time. The reigning indoor and outdoor NCAA champion ran a clip of 44.49 seconds astatine nan SEC Indoor Championships successful February. That was nan fastest indoor clip ever successful nan event, but was not recorded arsenic a world grounds owed to an rumor pinch nan starting blocks.

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TOUGH TASK

Canada’s women’s h2o polo squad looks to propulsion disconnected a awesome upset erstwhile it takes connected Spain successful quarterfinal action astatine Paris La Defense Arena. Spain, nan metallic medallist 3 years agone successful Tokyo, cruised done nan preliminary information pinch a 4-0 record. Canada was 1-3, but its triumph complete China allowed it to return nan 4th and last quarterfinal spot successful its group. Spain has won 4 consecutive matches complete Canada, including a 12-9 triumph astatine this year’s world championships.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 5, 2024.