Canada had a great day at the Paris Olympics, adding four medals to its tally, including three in swimming, led by Summer McIntosh, who won gold in the 200-metre individual medley.
McIntosh, 17, set a new Olympic record in the process, running the distance in two minutes 06.56 seconds. It was his fourth medal in the French capital, three of which are gold-plated.
The other Canadian in the running, Sydney Pickrem, finished sixth in 2:09.74.
Moments earlier, Josh Liendo and Ilya Kharun won silver and bronze medals respectively in the 100m butterfly.
Liendo covered the distance in 49.99 seconds, a new Canadian record. He was beaten only by Hungary’s Kristof Milak, in 49.90.
Montreal-born Kharun stopped the clock in 50.45. It was his second medal after bronze in the 200m butterfly.
It was the first time that two Canadians finished on the podium in the same individual Olympic swimming race.
Later, the Canadian mixed relay took fifth place in the 4 x 100 m medley event, won by the Americans.
Sunday’s men’s and women’s medley relays will conclude nine days of Olympic swimming. Both Canadians have advanced to the final.
A medal in rowing
In the morning, the Canadian women’s coxed eight team won the silver medal in rowing, narrowly missing out on defending their Olympic title.
The representatives of the Unifolié finished the race with a time of 5:58.84 at the Stade nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, behind Romania (5:54.39).
The Canadians won the title in this discipline at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Four members of this team returned to Paris.
Canada has therefore collected 15 medals, including four gold and four silver, since the start of the fortnight.
In soccer, Canada’s women’s team lost a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw to Germany in the quarterfinals, eliminating them. The Canadians were the defending Olympic champions.
At the Stade de France, Damian Warner, the reigning Olympic champion in the men’s decathlon, was unable to clear 4.60 metres in the pole vault, losing all hope of a podium finish. He withdrew with two events to go.
Warner opened Saturday by taking command of the decathlon with a best time in the 110-meter hurdles. The discus event dropped him to second behind Germany’s Leo Neugebauer before a collapse in the pole vault.
In the women’s 800m repechage, Jazz Shukla finished second in her heat with a time of 2:02.00, but failed to qualify for the semifinals.
Three Canadians were in the running in the men’s 100 metres qualifying round. Andre de Grasse was the only one to reach the semi-finals due to the 18e best time. Duan Asemota missed his qualification by one hundredth of a second, while Aaron Brown was disqualified due to a false start.
Quebecer Audrey Leduc tried to qualify for the women’s 100m final, but she did not succeed.
In the 1500m, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, relegated to the repechage the day before, reached the semi-finals thanks to a brilliant performance, while he achieved his best time of the season.
The day also ended quickly in the round of 16 of the mixed team judo competition. Canada was soundly beaten 4-0 by Uzbekistan at the Champ-de-Mars Arena.
In women’s 3×3 basketball, Canada will play for an Olympic medal with a 21-10 victory over Australia in a playoff game.
Kacie Bosch had a team-high nine points for Canada, which finished the preliminary tournament with a 4-3 record and placed fourth.
In artistic gymnastics, Canadian Ellie Black finished sixth in the vault final with an average score of 13.933, while her compatriot Shallon Olsen had to settle for eighth and final place.
In golf, Corey Conners shot a 2-under 69 to drop to a tie for 17th, seven shots off the lead. Fellow rookie Nick Taylor (68) moved in the opposite direction to a tie for 34th.e echelon.
In the 273-kilometre road race in Paris, Canadians Michael Woods and Derek Gee took 41st and 42nd place respectively.e and 44e ranks.