Medley relay teams punch ticket to Olympic finals

PARIS – The Canadian men’s and women’s medley relay teams precocious to nan aquatics finals astatine nan Olympic Games successful Paris.

Ingrid Wilm, Sophie Angus, Mary-Sophie Harvey and Penny Oleksiak posted nan second-quickest qualifying clip successful a title of backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle successful that order.

Blake Tierney, Finlay Knox, Ilya Kharun and Javier Acevedo mixed for nan seventh-fastest qualifying clip among nan 8 countries advancing to nan men’s final.

Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C., reached nan 16-swimmer semifinals successful women’s 50-metre freestyle. She tied for eighth successful qualifying.

Sunday’s medley relays will reason 9 days of Olympic swimming, but respective Canadians were still successful nan podium hunt successful Saturday’s finals.

Summer McIntosh chased a 4th badge and a 3rd golden successful nan women’s 200-metre medley pinch Sydney Pickrem joining her successful nan final.

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Josh Liendo and Kharun were to title nan 100-metre butterfly. Canada besides reached nan mixed relay final.

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