Plus, Canada’s women’s softball team secures bronze and Kylie Masse wins silver in 100-metre backstroke
as they finished fourth in the women’s synchronized 10-metre platform at the Tokyo Olympics. A mistake on the fourth dive pushed the team out of medal position, resulting in them missing the bronze by just 0.54 points.with an 18th place finish in the women’s mountain bike on Tuesday. Competing in her fourth Olympics, the 40-year-old — and new mom — from Fredericton, N.B., finished eight minutes and one second behind gold medallist Jolanda Neff of Switzerland on a wet and treacherous course.
“We’re five days in and while sports have done their job obscuring Tokyo’s organizational problems, they have not been able to change the main storyline. That this Olympics is a dud. Its dudness cannot be mitigated. Despite her superpowers, Simone Biles cannot save it. The duditude is locked in. It was always going to be a dud on the streets because the only people in this city who are excited for it draw either a paycheque or volunteer course credit from the Tokyo Organizing Committee.
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