Camryn Rogers became Canada's first Olympic women's hammer throw champion with her victory Tuesday in Paris.
Camryn Rogers completed an unprecedented Canadian sweep of the hammer throw golds on Tuesday, while the men's basketball team suffered a crushing playoff defeat. Plus, some big Canadian stars will hit the track on Day 12.Camryn Rogers became Canada's first Olympic women's hammer throw champion with her victory Tuesday in Paris. After going 112 years without an Olympic hammer throw medal, Canada suddenly rules the sport.
Canada's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-best 27 points, but he didn't get enough help — especially from fellow NBA star Jamal Murray. After plodding through the group stage on a minutes restriction, Murray managed just seven points on an atrocious 3-for-13 shooting and never got to the free-throw line. Feisty but overmatched forward Dillon Brooks had only two points and shot 1-for-9. RJ Barrett, a bright spot throughout the tournament, scored 16.
De Grasse will be hard-pressed to repeat against the likes of Lyles — heavily favoured for gold coming off his photo-finish victory in the 100m final — Bednarek, Knighton and Tebogo. The Canadian star also encountered an off-the-track obstacle today when his American coach, Rana Reider,by the Canadian Olympic Committee. The COC said "new information" came to light about Reider, who was on probation with the U.S. Center for SafeSport until May of this year.
Three of Wednesday's track and field finals will include Canadians, though none of them are considered strong medal contenders. Race walker Evan Dunfee, who placed fifth in the men's 20-kilometre event last week, teams up with Olivia Lundman for the mixed relay at 1:30 a.m. ET. Alysha Newman is in the women's pole vault final at 12:15 p.m. ET, and Jean-Simon Desgagnes will run in the men's 3,000m steeplechase final at 3:43 p.m. ET.
Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson, who are seventh in the latest world rankings, face 16th-ranked Spaniards Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno at 11 a.m. ET. The winner goes to the semifinals and is guaranteed to play for a medal.Canada placed seventh in the opening technical routine on Monday and improved to fifth in today's free routine. That puts the team in sixth place overall heading into the closing acrobatic routine on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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