RIO DE JANEIRO – What Canada Did on Sunday at the Rio Summer Olympic Games:
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Women — Heather Bansley, Waterdown, Ont., and Sarah Pavan, Kitchener, Ont., won their preliminary-round match 2-0 over Sophie van Gestel and Jantine van der Vlist of the Netherlands; Jamie Broder, Victoria, and Kristina Valjas, Toronto, defeated Marta Menegatti and Laura Giombini of Italy, 2-1.
Men — Ben Saxton, Calgary, and Chaim Schalk, Red Deer, Alta., lost to Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins, Latvia, 2-1.
CANOE/KAYAK
Men’s C1 slalom — Cameron Smedley of Dunrobin, Ont., placed 15th overall in qualfying with a top score of 104.83, just missing a berth in the final by 2.05.
Men’s K-1 slalom — Michael Tayler, Ottawa, was ranked 16th in qualifying (93.47), and failed to advance by 0.18 points.
CYCLING
Women’s road race — Karol-Ann Canuel, Gatineau, Que., finished 25th in three hours, 56 minutes and 34 seconds; Leah Kirchmann of Winnipeg was 38th (4:01:29); Tara Whitten, Calgary, did not finish.
DIVING
Women’s three-metre synchronized springboard — Jennifer Abel, Laval, Que., and Pamela Ware, Greenfield Park, Que., placed fourth in the event with 298.32 points.
EQUESTRIAN (EVENTING)
Individual Dressage — Rebecca Howard, Marlborough, U.K., and Riddle Master, posted a score of 49.40; Colleen Loach, Dunham, Que. (Qorry Blue d’Argouges), had 56.50 points.
Team Dressage — Canada stands 12th overall after the second day of competition with 150.80 points.
FENCING
Men’s Individual Foil — Maximilien Van Haaster, Montreal, won his opening match 15-7 over Antonio Leal of Venezuela, but was eliminated with a 15-4 second-round loss to Gerek Meinhardt of the U.S.
GYMNASTICS (ARTISTIC)
Individual all-around — Isabela Onyshko of Brandon, Man., placed 10th overall in qualifying with 57.372 points; Ellie Black, Halifax, was 13th (56.965) — both advanced to the main round.
Vault — Shallon Olsen, Vancouver, placed sixth and earned a spot in the final with a score of 14.950; Brittany Rogers, Vancouver, was ninth (14.783); and Ellie Black 14th (14.499) — neither qualified.
Uneven bars — Isabela Onyshko, was 23rd (14.733); Ellie Black, 31st (14.500); Brittany Rogers, 36th (14.266), and Rose-Kayen Woo, Brossard, Que., 52nd (13.733) — all did not qualify.
Beam — Isabela Onyshko qualified for the main competition with 10th-best score (14.533); Ellie Black, 44th (13.566); Brittany Rogers, 45th (13.466), and Rose-Kayen Woo, 55th (13.323) failed to advance.
Floor exercise — None of the Canadian women qualified for the main competition as Ellie Black placed 15th in qualifying (14.133); Isabela Onyshko was 22nd (13.966); Shallon Olsen, 26th (13.866); and Rose-Kayen Woo, 38th (13.566).
JUDO
Men’s -66 kilogram class — Antoine Bouchard, Jonquiere, Que., won his elimination-round match 100-0 over Raymond Ovinou of Papua New Guinea by Uchi-Mata; defeated Mikael Puliaev of Russia Os1-1s1 and Imas Bassou of Morocco, 1s2-Os3; lost 100s2-Os1 in the quarter-finals to Adrian Gomboc of Slovenia; won his repechage 10s3-0s1 over Tumurkhuleg Davaadorj of Mongolia and lost to Masashi Ebinuma of Japan, 101s1-0 in a bronze medal match.
Women’s -52 kilograms — Ecaterina Guica, La Prairie, Que., lost in the elimination round to Natalia KLuziutina of Russia, 2-Os1.
ROWING
Men’s lightweight fours — Brendan Hodge, South Delta, B.C.; Maxwell Lattimer, Delta, B.C.; Nicolas Pratt, Kingston, Ont.; and Eric Woelfl, St. Catharines, Ont., and men’s quad sculls — Julien Bahain, Sherbrooke, Que.; Will Dean, Kelowna, B.C.; Rob Gibson, Kingston, Ont.; and Pascal Lussier, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., had their repechage races cancelled due to high winds.
RUGBY SEVENS
Women — Canada lost their final preliminary-round match 22-0 to Britain, then defeated France 15-5 in the quarter-finals. They move on to Monday’s semifinal against Australia.
SHOOTING
Women’s Trap — Cynthia Meyer, Bowen Island, B.C., placed seventh in qualifying with 67 points, did not advance to the semifinal round.
Women’s 10-metre air pistol — Lynda Kiejko, Calgary, was 38th in qualifying (374), did not advance.
SWIMMING
Women’s 100 backstoke — Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., had the third-best overall time in qualifying (59.07), and was fifth-overall in the semifinals to earn a berth in Monday’s medal race (59.06); Dominique Bouchard, North Bay, Ont., was 12th overall (1:00.18) in qualifying, then 12th in the semifinals (1:00.54), did not advance.
Women’s 100 breaststroke — Rachel Nicol, Lethbridge, Alta., was 11th in qualifying (1:06.85), then earned a berth in the medal race with the eighth-best time in the semifinals (1:06.73); Kierra Smith, Kelowna, B.C., was 19th in qualifying (1:07.41), did not advance.
Women’s 100 butterfly — Penny Oleksiak, Toronto, won the silver medal (57.10).
Women’s 400 freestyle — Brittany MacLean, Toronto, was the fifth-fastest in qualifying (4:03.43) and was fifth in the final (4:04.69); Emily Overholt, West Vancouver, B.C., failed to advance after finishing 25th in qualifying (4:16:24).
Men’s 100 backstroke — Javier Acevedo, Toronto, missed out on the semifinals by 0.12 seconds after placing 17th in qualifying (54.11).
Men’s 4×100 freestyle relay — Santo Condorelli, Kenora, Ont.; Yuri Kisil, Calgary; Markus Thormeyer, Tsawwassen, B.C.; and Evan Van Moerkerke, Tillsonburg, Ont., placed fifth in qualifying (3:14.06), and were seventh in the final (3:14.35).
TABLE TENNIS
Men — Eugene Wang, Ottawa, def. Ahmet Li, Turkey, 4-0.
TENNIS
Women’s doubles– Eugenie Bouchard, Westmount, Que., and Gabriela Dabrowski, Ottawa, won their opener over Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Paula Kania of Poland, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
Men’s doubles — Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., are on to the second round after defeating Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus, Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
VOLLEYBALL
Men — Canada opened their tournament by defeating the United States, 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23).
