Paris 2024 Olympics Day 10: 3x3 basketball heartbreak, De Grasse begins 200m title defence
Day 10 was the first day of Paris 2024 where Canada didn't win at least one medal.
Team Canada’s medal streak at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games came to an end on Monday, but several athletes still put up standout performances in their respective events.
Canada’s women’s 3x3 basketball team leave Paris with a fourth place finish in their tournament. They lost their semifinal match to the eventual gold medallists Germany, 16-15, before losing 16-13 to the United States in the bronze medal match, giving up seven points in the final minutes but scoring just one.
Andre De Grasse began the defence of his 200m gold medal, earning a spot in the semifinals by finishing second in his heat, running in 20.30. Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney will have to go through the repechages to reach the semifinals, after missing out on automatic qualification from their heats. In the women’s 200m, Audrey Leduc and Jacqueline Madogo raced in Monday’s semifinals, but finished sixth and seventh in their respective heats, missing out on the final.
In the first round of the men’s 3000m steeplechase competition, Jean-Simon Desgagnés ran his heat in 8:25.28, booking his ticket in the final. Zoe Sherar and Lauren Gale were unable to qualify from the first round of the women’s 400m event, but will have a second chance to advance in the repechage rounds.
Alysha Newman cleared 4.55 metres in women’s pole vault qualification, advancing to the final. Fellow Canadian Anicka Newell cleared 4.40m, but it was not enough to join Newman in the medal event.
It was a celebratory day for Canadian hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg, who received his gold medal after winning the final on Sunday.
Caeli McKay and Kate Miller competed in the preliminary round of the women’s 10m platform diving event, with McKay qualifying in seventh place to advance to the final. Miller placed 20th, missing out on the final by two places.
Beach volleyball pair Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson beat American duo Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth in straight sets in their round of 16 clash, booking their spot in the quarterfinals.
In artistic swimming, Canada is in seventh place after the team technical routine, the first of three routines that will determine the final result. Canada scored 262.4808 points, and compete in the free routine on Tuesday.
Kelsey Mitchell, Lauriane Genest, and Sarah Orban placed eighth in the final of the women’s team sprint event on the first day of track cycling, while Tyler Rorke, Nick Wammes, and James Hedgcock are ranked eighth after qualifying of the men’s team sprint. Dylan Bibic, Mathias Guillemette, Michael Foley and Carson Mattern ranked eighth in qualification for the men’s team pursuit, seeing them advance to the first round on Tuesday.
Sarah Douglas finished 10th in the opening race series of the women’s ILCA 6 sailing event, and will compete in the medal race on Tuesday after claiming the final qualifying spot. After five races in the women’s Formula Kite class, Emily Bugeja sits in 19th place, with five more races to come on Tuesday.
The Canadian men’s table tennis team of Eugene Wang, Edward Ly, and Jeremy Hazin was beaten 3-0 by Germany on Monday, and were eliminated in the Round of 16.
Linda Morais was the first Canadian wrestler to compete at Paris 2024, and was eliminated in her first bout in the women’s 68kg event — losing 8-2 to Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu.
Canada was represented by Mario Deslauriers and horse Emerson, Erynn Ballard with Nikka Vd Bisschop, and Tiffany Foster with Figor in the individual equestrian jumping competition. Deslauriers finished 31st, Ballard was 37th, and Foster was 50th — and none of them will advance to the final.
What’s happening on Day 11?
One of Canada’s best medal hopes will compete on Tuesday, with Camryn Rogers looking to strike gold in women’s hammer throw. Canadians will be competing in several finals, as well as a number of events where they look to qualify for their respective finals.
Below are all of the Canadian athletes competing on Tuesday at the Olympic Games. Click here for CBC’s guide on when and where to watch every event.
Reigning world champion Camryn Rogers will compete in the women’s hammer throw final. Rogers qualified with the second-longest throw, and looks to follow in the footsteps of fellow Canadian Ethan Katzberg, who took gold in the men’s event on Sunday.
Caeli McKay competes in the women’s 10m platform diving final, after finishing seventh in the qualification round on Monday.
Tyler Rorke, Nick Wammes and James Hedgcock will compete for Canada in the men’s team sprint, taking on the Netherlands in the first round. Medals will be handed out on Tuesday night, if Canada is able to advance.
Sarah Douglas will compete in the medal race of the women’s ILCA 6 class sailing event, after earning the tenth and final qualifying spot in the opening round of races.
Fourteen-year-old skateboarder Fay De Fazio Ebert, Canada’s youngest athlete in Paris, will compete in the women’s park preliminary round, looking to book a spot in the final later in the day with a top-eight finish. She is the reigning Pan American Games champion.
Canadian athletes competing in non-medal events on day 11:
In athletics, Savannah Sutherland will compete in the women’s 400m hurdles semifinal. Lucia Stafford, Simone Plourde and Kate Current compete in the first round of the women’s 1500m event. Craig Thorne will compete in the repechage round for the 110m hurdles event after failing to automatically qualify from his heat in the first round. Lauren Gale and Zoe Sherar will compete in the repechage for the women’s 400m, while Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney will do the same in the men’s 200m.
The Canadian men’s basketball team looks to book its spot in the medal matches of their competition, taking on the hosts France in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
The artistic swimming team event continues, with the second of three stages — the free routine. Canada’s squad features Scarlett Finn, Audrey Lamothe, Jonnie Newman, Raphaelle Plante, Kenzie Priddell, Claire Scheffel, Jacqueline Simoneau and Florence Tremblay. Canada sits seventh after the team technical routine on Monday.
The first rounds of several canoe/kayak sprint events take place on Tuesday. Sloan MacKenzie and Katie Vincent compete in the heats of the women’s C2 500m canoe sprint event, while in the men’s event Pierre-Luc Poulin and Simon McTavish pair up. Courtney Stott and Natalie Davison team up in the women’s K2 500m event. Canada will race in the first heat of the men’s K4 500m kayak sprint event, represented by Nicholas Matveev, Pierre-Luc Poulin, Laurent Lavigne, and Simon McTavish. The women’s K4 500m event begins on Tuesday as well, with Courtney Stott, Natalie Davison, Riley Melanson, and Toshka Besharah competing for Canada.
Canada will take on France in the first round of the men’s team pursuit track cycling competition. Dylan Bibic, Mathias Guillemette, Michael Foley and Carson Mattern will be racing for Canada. Erin Attwell, Ariane Bonhomme, Maggie Coles-Lyster and Sarah van Dam will represent Canada in the qualifying round of the women’s team pursuit.
Emily Bugeja competes in races six through ten of the women’s Formula Kite competition, needing to finish in the top ten of the overall standings to advance to the medal race. She is currently in 19th.
The Canadian women’s water polo team takes on Spain in the quarterfinals of that event. Canada finished fourth in Group A with a 1-3 record, while Spain won Group B by winning all four of their matches.
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