THE FINAL DAY. The final day kicked off with a heartfelt press conference by the Canadian Olympic Committee, spilling over with pride and gratitude for the nation’s support and the Olympic spirit of our team, their drive and determination. Canada’s goal was to finish Top 12 in the medal count and they finished Read more about Rio Recap Day 16[…]
ELBOWS UP! WOMEN’S MTB – CROSS COUNTRY Canadian women, Catharine Pendrel and Emily Batty, were looking for redemption. At London 2012, Pendrel crashed and Batty broke her collarbone BEFORE the competition, still competed and finished 24th. This time around, Pendrel crashed early on, but picked herself up to continue. Pendrel picked up a Bronze Read more about Rio Recap Day 15[…]
More Bronze Medals! SOCCER – Women’s Final Round Bronze Medal Game – Canada vs. Brazil Probably one of the toughest things to do is come so close to a gold medal chance, only to have to prepare yourself for a bronze medal showdown (and against the host national at that). Canada opened the scoring in Read more about Rio Recap Day 14[…]
More Bling For Canada! BASKETBALL – Women’s Semis: The women’s tourney continued without Canada in the final four. Spain defeated Serbia 68-54 and the Americans did not romp France, but still won 86-67. BEACH VOLLEYBALL – Men’s Medal Round In the Gold medal match, it was World Number 1 Brazil (Oscar Schmidt and Cerutti) Read more about Rio Recap Day 13[…]
CANOE / KAYAK – Flatwater Men’s Canoe C1 (200m) – Mark Oldershaw was in action again today for the sprint. He finished fourth in his heat and had to race the semi final where he did not fare his best. Unfortunately, he did not place high enough to move onto the final. Brazil’s Quieroz Read more about Rio Recap Day 12[…]
*SPECIAL EDITION* Tonight on the ice, The Young Guns played a double-header in the Oakville Women’s Competitive Division Playoffs. The short bench split the games 1-1, but it was the second game (the win) that really mattered. A win in the second game would put off complete elimination from the league championship. After a Read more about Rio Recap Day 11[…]
We are into the double digit days now! CANOE/KAYAKING (FLAT WATER) Today marked the beginning of flat water canoeing and kayaking – no rapids to worry about. But it wasn’t meant to be for the Canadian paddlers today. Mark Oldershaw (Men’s Canoe Single (C1) 1000m), Genevieve Orton/Kc Fraser (Women’s Kayak Double (K2) 500m), Andreanne Read more about Rio Recap Day 10[…]
BADMINTON Women’s Singles competition continued today at Riocentro. Canada’s Michelle Li faced World #10 Sindhu Pusarla from India. After splitting the first two games, Pusarla worked up a large lead and only briefly let Li back into the match before taking the final game 21-17. Li will have to await the final group standings to Read more about Rio Recap Day 9[…]
ROWING: Men’s Single Sculls – In the A Final, the grueling sub-7 minute bout was full of “OMG!” New Zealand’s Drysdale was at times in third place with half a boat behind the Croatian leader, Martin. But by the 1500m mark, Drysdale was leading by nearly a boat. No lead was safe in this race, Read more about Rio Recap Day 8[…]
A Trio of Medals for Canada today! ROWING: The weather was so-so today in Rio as the rain came down, but the show must go on and as long as the wind is down and the water is flat, we can row! There was a large South African presence with teams in all finals today. Read more about Rio Recap Day 7[…]