On Saturday, Ottawa’s Michael Woods is Canada’s best shot at a medal in 234-kilometre road race, while Canadian women’s soccer team takes on last-place Chile
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The first medals are up for grabs at the Olympics Saturday. A Canadian is in contention in men’s road cycling – a 234-kilometre road race that ends at Fuji International Speedway. Ottawa’s Michael Woods is Canada’s best shot at a medal. He will be racing alongside Hugo Houle of Ste-Perpétue, Que., and Montreal’s Guillaume Boivin.
Thirteen years after being denied a medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Canada’s women’s softball team is eyeing hardware again. The Canadians need a victory over Australia in their third match to remain in the top half of their six-team group. Canada cruised to a 4-0 victory over Mexico in the opener before dropping a tight 1-0 contest to the Americans. It was a crushing defeat to Australia in 2008 that prevented Canada from earning a medal.
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