Veteran diver Meaghan Benfeito and her partner Caeli McKay are medal threats in the 10-metre platform synchronized competition, while Canada takes on Britain in women’s soccer
Meaghan Benfeito, right, and Caeli McKay of Canada hold up their gold medals after winning the women's 10-metre platform synchro final at the FINA Diving World Series in Montreal on February 28, 2020.Veteran diver Meaghan Benfeito of Laval, Que., and her partner 10 years her junior, Calgary’s Caeli McKay, are medal threats in the 10-metre platform synchronized competition. Benfeito and former partner Roseline Filion wonbronze medals together in both 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.
Along with basketball player and fellow flag-bearer Miranda Ayim, Nathan Hirayama led Canada into Tokyo’s National Olympic Stadium at the Games’ opening ceremony. Now, the co-captain of Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team will finally lead his squad into Olympic competition. The men’s team missed out on qualifying when rugby sevens made its Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Games after narrowly losing to Russia in the quarter-final of a last-chance qualifying tournament.
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