Penny Oleksiak headlined Wednesday’s Olympic motion together with her bronze medal within the 200-metre freestyle, which made her Canada’s most adorned Summer season Olympian.
Canadian gymnast Ellie Black, then again, needed to withdraw from the ladies’s all-around competitors with an ankle harm.
Here’s what else Canadians had been as much as in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haley Daniels reaps the crops of change
After actively pressuring the Worldwide Canoe Federation for gender fairness and the inclusion of ladies’s canoe slalom within the Olympics, Haley Daniels acquired to compete within the first-ever Olympic occasion. Males’s canoe slalom has been part of the Olympics for 85 years.
FACTS: DAY 5 | CANOE/KAYAK – SLALOM @CanoeKayakCAN
Haley Daniels (@HaleyDanski) will signify #TeamCanada within the ladies’s C-1 occasion, a historic event as ladies’s canoe occasions are included on the Olympic Video games for the very first time. #Tokyo2020
CREDIT: Leah Hennel / COC pic.twitter.com/cmJg6FdS5m— Staff Canada PR (@TeamCanadaPR) July 28, 2021
Daniels didn’t qualify for the ultimate, however her contribution to the game had already been cemented.
Rowing outcomes
The Canadian ladies’s double of Jessica Sevick and Gabrielle Smith completed their A Remaining in sixth place total on Wednesday.
Three extra Canadian crews made it to their A finals.
finals, right here we come!
extra #TeamCanada crews will race for medals on the #Tokyo2020 regatta and our W2x completed th total after one other nice day of competitors in Japan
Learn extra: https://t.co/FCnwDWB2Pw
: RCA / @MerijnSoeters pic.twitter.com/FbCrzpsjS1— Rowing Canada Aviron (@rowingcanada) July 28, 2021
The boys’s pair of Kai Langerfeld and Conlin McCabe secured their spot after an exhilarating comeback that noticed them declare third place of their semifinal.
One other ladies’s pair, Hillary Janssens and Caileigh Filmer, completed their A/B semifinal in third place. In a while Wednesday, the ladies’s eight additionally secured a spot within the ultimate by way of repechage.
Thibeault advances
Middleweight boxer Tammara Thibeault beat Nadezhda Ryabets of Kazakhstan and superior to the quarterfinals at Tokyo. The 24-year-old Quebec native is about to face Dutch boxer Nouchka Fontjin on Saturday.
Simply maintain swimming
Canada continued its sturdy outing in swimming as a handful of preliminary rounds acquired underway on Wednesday night.
The ladies’s 4×200-m freestyle relay superior to the ultimate! #Swimming #Tokyo2020
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Le relais 4×200 m libre féminin se qualifie pour la finale! #Natation #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/SzPLLTew8p— Swimming Canada / Natation Canada (@SwimmingCanada) July 28, 2021
Oleksiak and Kayla Sanchez certified for the semifinals of the ladies’s 100-metre freestyle, with Sanchez recording a personal-best time of 53.12.
Markus Thormeyer claimed a spot within the males’s 200-metre backstroke semifinals and Kelsey Wog certified for the ladies’s 200-metre breaststroke semifinals.
The Canadian ladies’s 4×200 freestyle relay secured its place within the Olympic ultimate. Katerine Savard, Rebecca Smith, Mary-Sophie Harvey and Sydney Pickrem posted 7:51.52 in Warmth 2 and certified in fourth place.
Swimming within the Tokyo 2020 Olympics runs till Saturday, July 31.
Fraser-Beaulieu saved off podium
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu’s Olympic debut ended with an 18th-place end within the equestrian particular person dressage Grand Prix freestyle occasion on Wednesday. She and her horse, All In, scored 76.404 within the occasion.
Houle races to thirteenth
Hugo Houle completed in first place throughout his wave within the males’s particular person time trial street biking occasion, however by the point all racers had completed their lap, Houle had been bumped out to thirteenth total. His time of 57:56.46, nevertheless, led the occasion for a big chunk of time earlier than the Quebec native was lastly pushed off the recent seat.
Yang practically pulls it off
Bryan Yang was fearless in his badminton match towards No. 2 seed Tien-Chen Chou, coming actually near pulling off an upset for the ages.
INCREDIBLE MATCH!
Brian Yang performed the #2 seed Tien-Chen Chou (TPE) and practically pulled off the upset (18-21, 21-16, 20-22) in 66 minutes!
Brian, we’re extremely happy with you! You gave it your all! The long run is shiny for badminton in Canada due to you! pic.twitter.com/WHyi79bdAr— Badminton Canada (@canadabadminton) July 28, 2021
The 19-year-old battled onerous, however ended up with a 18-21, 21-16, 20-22 loss on Wednesday.
Males’s sevens fail to medal
The Canadian males’s rugby sevens workforce completed the Olympic match in eighth place, with a 26-7 loss to Australia. The ladies’s match begins on Thursday, with Canada dealing with Brazil within the opener.
Girls’s water polo workforce routs South Africa
Canada earned its first Tokyo win in ladies’s water polo with a whopping 21-1 rout of South Africa. The Canadians improved to 1-2 within the group stage and can face the Netherlands on Sunday in Group A motion.
Males’s volleyball will get on the board
One other Canadian workforce acquired its first win in Tokyo on Wednesday, as the lads’s volleyball squad beat Iran in straight units within the preliminary spherical. Canada is now 1-2 in Group A and continues to be within the combine for a quarterfinal spot.