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Team Canada Katerine Savard (CAN) of Canada, Taylor Ruck (CAN) of Canada, Brittany MacLean (CAN) of Canada and Penelope Oleksiak (CAN) of Canada pose with their medals.
Santo Condorelli’s fastest personal time was not quite fast enough for a medal, as he finished just off the podium in the men’s 100m freestyle relay, writes Grant Robertson.
Brazilian fan culture has been bringing a lot of unique chants, cheering, but a lot of booing to the Rio Olympics, Stephanie Nolen reports.
The Canadian women’s basketball team is 3-0 for the first time in Olympic history after a 68-59 victory against Senegal Wednesday.
After plenty of sexist media attention and talk about body image, it’s important to acknowledge the astonishing bodies Olympians have regardless of sport, Cathal Kelly writes.
WHAT TO WATCH TODAY
Basketball
For
the first time in Olympic history, the Canadian women's basketball team is 3-0 in preliminary play after defeating Senegal 68-59 on Wednesday. The team was riding high after a comeback victory over Serbia on Monday. They have remaining preliminary games against the United States and Spain before the quarter-finals begin next weekend.
Canada forward Tamara Tatham drives on Senegal forward Mame Marie Sy during the first half of a women’s basketball game at the Youth Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.
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On the men's side, the powerhouse United States just got passed Australia in a 98-88 grudge match.
Swimming
All-time Canadian Swimming medals
Canada has won 43 medals in swimming events. Select a medal for more details.
Canada’s Taylor Ruck, left to right, Brittany MacLean, Katerine Savard and Penny Oleksiak take bronze in the women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.
In men's doubles, Canadians Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil have
made it to the semifinals where they will face off against Spain's Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez. The 43-year-old Nestor won Canada's only medal in tennis 16 years ago in Sydney, a gold in the same event.
The game will go Thursday afternoon around 1 p.m., after there were delays throughout Wednesday due to rain.
WHAT'S HAPPENING THURSDAY
Men’s golf (6:30 a.m.)
Men’s volleyball, Canada vs. France (4 p.m.)
Swimming, Men’s 50m freestyle semis, women’s 200m breast stroke final, men’s 200m backstroke final, women’s 200m back stroke semis, men’s 200m IM final, women’s 100m freestyle final, men’s 100m butterfly semis (9 p.m.)
There used to be an unwritten rule that Olympians would never call each other out over suspicions of doping, fearing they would instead be branded a sore loser. But that’s blown out of the water, Grant Robertson reports.
Brazilian fan culture has been bringing a lot of unique chants, cheering, but a lot of booing to the Rio Olympics, Stephanie Nolen reports.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Marianne Limpert won the 200-metre individual medley at the 1996 Olympic Games. In fact, she won the silver medal. The earlier version also had a photo in which the names of Canada’s 4x100 freestyle relay medal-winning team out of order. This version has been updated.
