Canada's women's eight rowing team may not have defended its Olympic title, but it pulled together when it mattered most and came away with a silver medal.
Canada's women's eights rowing crew, top, race to a silver place finish at the Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024 in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. nbs. Canada's women's eight rowing team may not have defended its Olympic title, but it pulled together when it mattered most and came away with a silver medal.
The rowing silver, Canada's 12th medal of the Games, increased Canada's streak to eight days on the podium since medals started being awarded after the opening ceremony. Canada's best opening medal streak is nine days, set at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Romanian team put on a dominant performance, leading for three-quarters of the race and finishing four seconds in front.
The 34-year-old Warner, from London, Ont., was sitting in second in the decathlon with 6,428 points, 72 behind Germany's Leo Neugebauer, after seven events. He dropped to 17th after failing to score in the pole vault. Canada had high hopes for another decathlon medal heading into the Paris. But defending world champion Pierce LePage pulled out shortly before the Games began to focus on his recovery from a herniated disc, and Warner's medal bid ended in heartbreak.
In gymnastics, Ellie Black of Halifax finished sixth in the women's vault in what could be her final Olympic event.
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