At 6:30 Heat 1 of the Qualifying rounds of the Women's 5000m begin on the track. Calgarian Jessica O'Connell races for Canada. At 6:55 Andrea Seccafien runs in Heat 2.
6:45 has the beginning of the qualifying jumps in the Women's pole vault. Kelsie Ahbe jumps in the first group. Anicka Newell and 2014 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist Alysha Newman jump in Group 2.
At 7 Philippe Gagne dives in the semifinal of the Men's 3m Springboard.
At 7:30 the Qualifying Rounds for the Men's 1500m begin. 2015 Pan Am Games Bronze Medalist Charles Philibert-Thiboutot races in the first Heat. Pan Am Silver Medalist Nathan Brannen runs in Heat 2.
Scheduled for 7:33 Canadian Hugo Barrette cycles in Heat 4 of the Men's Keirin, an event he won bronze in at the 2015 Pan Am Games.
At 7:57 the 500m Women's Track Ominium begins, Allison Beveridge of Canada races in Heat 3.
At 8:12 Phylicia George runs in Heat 2 of of the Qualifying Heats for the Women's 100m Hurdles. Angela Whyte of Edmonton runs in Heat 3. 2015 Pan Am Bronze Medalist Nikkita Holder runs in Heat 5.
At 8:15 Mandy Bujold boxes Cancan Ren of China in the quarterfinal of the Women's Flyweight.
At 9:03 Aaron Brown runs in Heat 3 of the Men's 200m Qualifications, Brown missed out on the finals of this race in London by only 0.05 seconds. At 9:32 Brendon Rodney runs in Heat 7 for Canada. At 9:46 two time defending gold medalist Usain Bolt runs in Heat 9. At 9:53 100m Bronze Medalist Andre De Grasse runs in Heat 10.
11:00 the Final of the Duets Synchronized Swimming begins. Jacqueline Simoneau and Karine Thomas compete for Canada.
At 13:00 CANWNT takes on Germany in the second semifinal. Trying to erase the heartbreak of 2012's semifinal loss Canada takes on a team that they defeated in the Group Stage. This will be on CBC, and you do not want to miss it.
15:00 is the beginning of the Men's 3m Springboard. If Philippe Gagne qualifies in the morning's semifinal he will compete for a medal.
At 17:30 Derek Drouin will compete in the Final of the Men's High Jump. He's certainly a medal hopeful as he is the 2012 Bronze Medalist, 2014 Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, 2015 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist.
Qualifying for the Women's Javelin begins at 17:35. 2015 Pan Am Gold Medalist Elizabeth Gleadle competes for Canada.
At 18:05 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist Christabel Nettey begins competing in the qualifications for the Women's Long Jump.
At 19:00 the semifinals begin for the Women's 200m, Crystal Emmanuel runs for Canada in the third Heat.
At 19:15 our Women's Basketball Team has a tough test facing France in the quarterfinal.
Go Canada Go!
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How is Andre De Grasse in the 200m? Any chance that he might win a medal?
He has a long way to go, his personal best is 20.16. That doesn't even get him into the final against others runners best times in 2016. But as we saw in the 100m final, he is up for beating his records. WR is held by Bolt at 19.19.
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Brazil and Sweden face off in the other women's soccer semifinal at 10 a.m. Both semis today are rematches from earlier in the tournament.
At last check, ticket sales for this match at Maracanã are over 60,000. It should be a great one and will give us a preview of who Canada will face next.
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So Adam Van Koeverden finished first in the B Final, in a time that was fast enough to to win a silver had he been in the A Final. We've been so lucky to watch him race over the year's
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re: this afternoon's brief debate on sexism: one of our 400m hurdlers is wearing makeup for the race. Say what you will about sexism, these girls know their looks sell.
speaking of..
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He won his first two medals in Athens, bronze and gold; he won silver in Beijing, and again in London. He would go out fast, force the race, lead. He became a voice for Canada’s ambition, for sport, before Own The Podium came around.
“He’s inspired people in a lot of different sports other than canoe kayak,” says Scott Oldershaw, Canada’s national team head coach. “Not only the four medals, but his thoughts on life and his thoughts on competition. I think he was one of the first Canadian athletes to publicly say that showing up isn’t enough. In Athens he talked about that, that he wasn’t there to compete, he was there to win. He alluded a little bit that he was tired of Canadians, saying I just want to do my best. He started people thinking, I want to win medals, and that was a big thing.”
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