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LATEST NEWS
- Usain Bolt wins gold in the men’s 100 metres for the third straight Olympics; Canadian Andre De Grasse earned the bronze.
- Britain’s Andy Murray knocked off Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro in a marathon match to claim gold in men’s singles tennis.
- Ryan Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers were robbed by armed men in Rio early Sunday morning.
- Canadian boxer and Pan-Am bronze medalist Ariane Fortin has been eliminated after losing in her Olympic debut.
WHAT TO WATCH TODAY
Track and Field
Usain Bolt won an unprecedented third gold medal in the men's 100 metre final, clocking a 9.81. Canada's Andre De Grasse (9.91) earned bronze, while American Justin Gatlin took silver (9.89).
De Grasse, who's running in his first Summer Games, might not be this country's most famous athlete, but he may already be its most important, Cathal Kelly writes.
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Tennis
Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina and Andy Murray of Britain played a marathon match of more than four hours before Murray claimed gold in the men's tennis final. Kei Nishikori won bronze by defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain, 2-1, earlier in the day.
Diving
In the women's 3-metre springboard diving final, Canada's Jennifer Abel and Pamela Ware were medal contenders, but finished off the podium. Abel was fourth, just shy of the bronze medal.
Basketball
The Canadian women's basketball team lost 73-60 to Spain in its final preliminary-round game.
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Boxing
Canadian boxer Ariane Fortin lost in her Olympic debut to Dariga Shakimova of Kazakhstan in women's middleweight competition. The former amateur world champion from Montreal was coming off a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan Am Games.
In men's action, Toronto's Arthur Biyarslanov lost to Germany's Artem Harutyunyan in a light-welterweight round of 16 bout.
Beach volleyball
Canada's Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley were eliminated after dropping a 2-0 decision to Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst. The Canadian duo defeated the other Canadian team, Victoria's Jamie Broder and Toronto's Kristina Valjas, earlier in the Rio Games.
All Canadian beach volleyball teams, men's and women's, have now been eliminated in Rio.
WHAT'S HAPPENING MONDAY
- Men’s beach volleyball quarter finals (3 p.m. - 11 p.m.)
- Men’s heavyweight boxing final (6:15 p.m.)
- Swimming, women’s 10-kilometre final (8 a.m.)
- Men’s pole vault final (7 p.m.)
- Women’s 400-metre track final (9:45 p.m.)
- Men’s volleyball, Canada vs. Italy (7:30 p.m.)
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
- Day 1: Canada wins its first medal of the Rio Games
- Day 2: Canada wins a silver in women’s butterfly
- Day 3: Women’s rugby sevens earns bronze for Canada
- Day 4: Canada takes bronze in 10m synchro dive
- Day 5: Canada picks up sixth medal in women’s freestyle relay
- Day 6: Oleksiak wins Canada’s first gold medal of Rio 2016
- Day 7: Canada’s Rosie MacLennan takes home gold in trampoline
- Day 8: De Grasse leads first heat, Canada wins bronze in heptathlon
MORE FROM THE GLOBE
- Two-time medalist Ryan Cochrane suggested Rio may not be his final Olympics after placing a disappointing sixth in the 1,500-metre race, Grant Robertson reports.
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