From the end of a dramatic run for Canada's women's soccer team to the summer of Summer continuing, here are five things to know from Saturday at the 2024 Paris Games:
Canada's Summer McIntosh, of Toronto, celebrates with her gold medal won in the 200m women's individual medley final during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, in Nanterre, France, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi.PARIS – From the end of a dramatic run for Canada’s women’s soccer team to the summer of Summer continuing, here are five things to know from Saturday at the 2024 Paris Games:Summer McIntosh stands alone in Canadian Olympic history.
Canada’s women’s eight team took a tough route to their Olympic silver medal. After finishing third in their heat, the defending Olympic champions had to qualify for the final by finishing second in a repechage race. But the team put in their best performance in Paris when it mattered most, holding off the powerful British team to finish second behind the dominant Romanians. Rower Avalon Wasteneys of Campbell River, B.C.
Damian Warner’s hopes to repeat as Olympic decathlon champion were dashed when he scored a “no height” in the pole vault. Warner, from London, Ont., hit the bar on all three of his attempts, He entered the vault, which was eighth in the gruelling 10-event competition, in second place. After failing to register any points in pole vault, he dropped to 18th and withdrew. Canada had hoped to dominate the decathlon in Paris, but world champion Pierce LePage of Whitby, Ont.
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