For the second Summer Olympics in a row, a strong opening week has Canada in position to make a run at topping its all-time medal high at a non-boycotted Games.
With the swim team again setting the early tone, Canada entered Sunday's competition with 12 medals in Tokyo , all won by women. Canada was on pace to challenge the 22-medal mark set in 1996 at Atlanta and equalled in 2016 at Rio.
Kylie Masse took silver Saturday in the 200-metre backstroke for her second podium appearance in Tokyo, earning Canada its fifth swimming medal. It also marked the second straight Games where women have won the first 12 Canadian medals. Masse won silver in the 100 backstroke earlier in the Games. Other Canadian swim medallists include Maggie Mac Neil the 4 x 100 freestyle team and Penny Oleksiak .In the pool, Oleksiak finished fourth in the 100 free, Summer McIntosh was fourth in the 400 free and two relay teams were fourth. Also just missing a medal were the men's rowing pair, women's synchro divers in the 10-metre tower, trampolinist Rosie MacLennan and weightlifter Boady Santavy.
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