Wiens dives into semifinals
After claiming bronze in the men’s 10-metre synchro event on Day Three, Pike Lake’s Rylan Wiens dove to third place with 485.25 points in the men’s 10-m platform preliminary and will advance to Saturday’s semifinals.
Upcoming Saskatchewan competition
Day Fifteen of the Olympic Games is the finale for Saskatchewan’s last two athletes competing in Paris.
Regina-born Blaire McDowell and the Canadian women’s water polo team will compete for seventh place against Greece, in their final Olympic match at 1:00 a.m. Saskatchewan time.
Meanwhile, Rylan Wiens will dive from the 10-m platform in semifinals at 2:00 a.m. (SK time). If he advances, he’ll move onto finals later in the morning at 7:00 a.m.
Olympic Notes: Day Fourteen was full of medal related news for Team Canada… Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake and Brendon Rodney ran to gold in the men’s 4x100m relay…Canoe/kayak pair, Katie Vincent and Sloan Mackenzie claimed silver in the women’s C-2 500-m event…beach volleyball duo, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson aced a silver medal…Derek Drouin received an upgraded silver medal for his performance in the men’s high jump at London 2012…Canada’s medal total: 24 (7 Gold, 6 Silver, 11 Bronze).
Read the full Day Fourteen recap at Olympic.ca