IO DE JANEIRO — What Canada Did on Saturday at the Rio Summer Olympic Games (distances in metres):
ATHLETICS
Men’s 1,500 — Nathan Brannen, Cambridge, Ont., was 10th in the final with a time of three minutes, 51.45 seconds.
Men’s 5,000 — Mohammed Ahmed, St. Catharines, Ont., originally placed fifth in 13:05.94, was disqualified, then reinstated and elevated to fourth.
Women’s 800 — Melissa Bishop, Eganville, Ont., set a Canadian record in finishing fourth (1:57.02) — edged out of the bronze medal by 0.13 seconds.
Women’s 4×400 relay — Canada (Carline Muir, Edmonton; Alicia Brown, Ottawa; Noelle Montcalm, Belle River, Ont.; and Sage Watson, Medicine Hat, Alta.) finished fourth in the final (3:26.43) — 0.55 behind the bronze-medallists from Britain.
Women’s high jump — Alyxandria Treasure, Prince George, B.C., had a best mark of 1.88 metres to place 17th overall.
CANOE/KAYAK (SPRINT)
Men’s K1 200 — Mark de Jonge, Halifax, placed seventh in the final with a time of 36.080 seconds.
Women’s K4 500 — Canada (Emilie Fournel, Lachine, Que.; Kathleen "KC" Fraser, Oakville, Ont.; Andreanne Langlois, Quebec City; and Genevieve Orton, Lake Echo, N.S.) were eighth in the final (1.37.733).
CYCLING (MOUNTAIN)
Women’s cross-country — Catharine Pendrel of Kamloops, B.C., won the bronze medal in one hour, 31 minutes and 40 seconds, edging out her teammate Emily Batty, Brooklin, Ont., by two seconds (1:31:43).
DIVING
Men’s 10-metre platform — Vincent Riendeau of Pointe-Claire, Que., did not qualify for the medal round after placing 14th overall with 436.30 through the semifinals.
GOLF
Women — Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a four-under-par 67 to finish in a tie for seventh overall (276) — eight shots behind the winner; Alena Sharp, Hamilton, carded a 69 and placed 30th in the event (285).
TRIATHLON
Women — Amelie Kretz, Blainville, Que., completed the course in 2:02:48 to place 34th; Kirsten Sweetland, Victoria (2:04:16) and Sarah-Anne Brault, Quebec City (2:04:28) placed 41st and 42nd, respectively.
WRESTLING
Men’s 125 kilogram freestyle — Korey Jarvis, Elliot Lake, Ont., lost his qualification match 5-2 on points to Komeil Ghasemi of Iran; defeated Diaaeldin Abdelmottaleb, Egypt, 7-0 in the first round of the repechage; then was eliminated with a 9-2 loss to Geno Petriashvili of Georgia in the second repechage.
