PARIS — Summer McIntosh was one of several Canadian swimmers to advance out of their heats, while a first-time fencing Olympian beat a three-time defending champion as the Paris Games got underway in earnest on Saturday.
McIntosh, a 17-year-old from Toront,o qualified for the final of the women's 400-metre freestyle swimming event by finishing second in her heat and fourth overall. The final will come later Saturday at Paris La Defense Arena.
Qualifying fifth for the men’s final were Finlay Knox of Okotoks, Alta., Yuri Kisil of Calgary, and Javier Acevedo and Josh Liendo, both from Toronto.Canadian fencer Fares Arfa defeated the three-time defending Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi in a surprise upset in men’s individual sabre on Saturday, advancing to the round of 16, where he defeated France’s Bolade Apithy.
“It happened so fast, and I’ve never thought that my individual competition here in Paris would be so short.”
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