Photo Credit: Mark Blinch/Canadian Olympic Committee
Wiens dives to historic bronze
Canadian history has been made and Pike Lake’s Rylan Wiens helped claim the title.
Joined by diving partner Nathan Zsombor-Murray, the pair claimed Canada’s second bronze medal of the 2024 Games, but the country’s first Olympic medal in the men’s 10-metre synchro event after diving to 422.13 points.
Saskatoon’s Mary Carroll accompanied Wiens as coach for their second Games together.
Wiens will look ahead to his solo performance in the men’s 10- metre preliminary event on Friday, Aug. 9 at 2:00 a.m. (SK time).
Norsten, Canada advance to semifinals against Australia
Carissa Norsten, who hails from Waldheim, joined the Canadian women’s rugby 7s team in two more wins, helping the team earn a spot in semifinals.
In their first match of the day, China scored two tries early in the first half, but Canada closed the gap by scoring two tries with accompanying conversions before entering the second half of the game. Canada scored another two tries to close out the game 26-17 and qualify for quarterfinals.
Later in the day, Canada faced France for a spot in semifinals.
Canada scored a try early in the game before France tied the game at 7, heading into halftime. Following the break, France scored another converted try to take a 14-7 lead, however, Canada tied it up again two minutes later, before taking the 19-14 lead with less than one minute to play. The Canadian squad held off the host team to final whistle and punch their ticket to semifinals.Canada and Norsten will compete in semifinal action on Tuesday, July 30 at 8:00 a.m. Saskatchewan time against Australia. Gold and bronze matches will then follow later in the morning.
McDowell debuts with Canada against Hungary
Regina-born Blaire McDowell made her Olympic debut with Canada’s women’s water polo team in their match against Hungary but fell 12-7 in preliminary action.
Canada was unable to make up the difference after Hungary scored a goal early in the first quarter and continued to hold the lead over Canada.
McDowell and Canada look to make a comeback in their second preliminary game against China, on Wednesday, July 31 at 7:35 a.m. (SK time).
Thomaidis and Jay guide Team Germany to victory over Belgium
University of Saskatchewan head coach Lisa Thomaidis and assistant coach, Connor Jay, guided Germany’s women’s team to an 83-69 win over Belgium.
Germany will compete in their second pool game against Japan Aug. 1 at 3:00 a.m. (SK time).
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
On Tuesday, July 30, two more athletes will join Saskatchewan on the Olympic stage as they make their debut.
Paige Crozon, of Humbolt, is set to make her Olympic debut with Canada’s first 3×3 women’s basketball team to compete in the Games. Canada will take on Australia in their opening game at 10:00 a.m. (SK time).
Waldheim’s Carissa Norsten is back for her third day of play with the Canadian women’s rugby 7s team, as they take on Australia in semifinal action on July 30, at 8:00 a.m. (SK time). Depending on results, Canada will move onto gold or bronze medal games at either 11:00 or 11:45 a.m. (SK time).
On the basketball court, Trey Lyles is back in action after a two-day break from play. The Canadian men’s basketball team will compete in their second pool game against Australia at 5:30 a.m. (SK time).
With ties to Regina, Ovesh Purahoo will make his debut in the pool as he represents Team Mauritius in the men’s 100-metre freestyle heat at 3:00 a.m. (SK time), in an attempt to advance to the 100-m freestyle semifinals at 12:30 p.m. (SK time).
Olympic Notes: Day Three brought Canada’s medal total up by three. Christa Deguchi claimed Canada’s first Olympic gold medal in women’s 57-kilogram event and is the first Canadian Olympic champion in Judo… In addition, Canada gained their second gold by swimmer, Summer McIntosh in the 400-m individual medley… In the world of diving, Wiens and Zsombor-Murray claimed a historic bronze in the men’s synchro diving event… Canada’s medal count: 5 (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze).
Read the full Day Three recap on olympic.ca