RIO DE JANEIRO – What Canada Did on Monday at the Rio Summer Olympic Games:
BASKETBALL
Women — Canada beat Serbia 71-67 in the preliminary round, improving to 2-0 in Group B. Kia Nurse, Hamilton, led with 25 points.
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Men — Josh Binstock, Richmond Hill, Ont., and Sam Schachter, Richmond Hill, Ont., lost to Adrian Raurich and Alex Ranghieri, Italy, in the preliminary round, 21-18, 14-21, 15-11.
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EQUESTRIAN
Eventing Individual Cross Country — Rebecca Howard, Marlborough, U.K., finished 15th on Riddle Master; Jessica Phoenix, Cannington, Ont., finished 41st on A Little Romance; Colleen Loach, Dunham, Que., finished 45th on Qorry Blue d’Argouges; Kathryn Robinson, Kettering, England, finished 55th on Let It Bee.
Eventing Team — Jessica Phoenix, Kathryn Robinson, Colleen Loach, Rebecca Howard, finished 11th with a score of 331.10.
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FIELD HOCKEY
Men — Canada lost 3-1 to Argentina in the preliminary round, dropping to 0-2 in Group B. Scott Tupper, Vancouver, scored the lone goal.
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JUDO
Women’s 57kg — Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, St-Hubert, Que., lost to Hedvig Karakas, Hungary, on a non-combativity penalty at 4:00 in the round of 16.
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ROWING
Men’s Quadruple Skulls — Julien Bahain, Sherbrooke, Que.; Will Dean, Kelowna, B.C.; Rob Gibson, Kingston, Ont.; Pascal Lussier, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., finished fifth in repechage in 5:56.28.
Women’s Eight — Christy Nurse, Georgetown, Ont.; Lisa Roman, Langley, B.C.; Antje von Seydlitz, Smithers, B.C.; Christine Roper, Montego Bay, Jamaica; Lauren Wilkinson, North Vancouver, B.C.; Natalie Mastracci, Thorold, Ont.; Lesley Thompson-Willie, London, Ont.; Caileigh Filmer, Victoria; Suzanne Grainger, London, Ont., finished third in their heat in 6:12.44.
Women’s Lightweight Double Skulls — Lindsay Jennerich, Victoria, and Patricia Obee, Victoria, finished first in their heat in 7:03.51.
Men’s Fours — Will Crothers, Kingston, Ont.; Conlin McCabe, Brockville, Ont.; Kai Langerfeld, North Vancouver, B.C.; Tim Schrijver, Thedford, Ont., finished second in their heat in 5:58.26.
Women’s Pairs — Nicole Hare, Calgary; Jennifer Martins, Toronto, finished fourth in their heat in 5:58.26.
Men’s Lightweight Fours — Maxwell Lattimer, Delta, B.C.; Nicolas Pratt, Kingston, Ont.; Brendan Hodge, South Delta, B.C.; Eric Woelfl, St. Catharines, Ont., finished fourth in repechage in 6:05.35.
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RUGBY SEVENS
Women — Canada lost 17-5 to Australia in the semifinals, but later defeated Britain 33-10 to win the bronze medal.
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SAILING
Men’s One Person Dinghy (Laser) — Lee Parkhill, Oakville, Ont., finished 37th.
Women’s One Person Dinghy (Laser) — Brenda Bowskill, Toronto, finished 31st.
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SWIMMING
Women’s 200m Freestyle — Katerine Savard, Pont-Rouge, Que., finished second in her heat in 1:57.15. Savard finished seventh in the semifinal in 1:57.36. Brittany Maclean, Toronto, finished sixth in her heat in 1:57.74. Maclean finished fifth in the semifinal in 1:57.36.
Women’s 200m Individual Medley — Sydney Pickrem, Halifax, finished second in her heat in 2:11.06. Pickrem finished seventh in the semifinal in 2:10.57, and qualified for the final. Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, finished fourth in her heat in 2:12.56. Seltenreich-Hodgson finished 14th in 2:12.25 and did not qualify for the final.
Women’s 100m Backstroke — Kylie Masse, LaSalle, Ont., won the bronze medal in 58.76.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke — Rachel Nicol, Lethbridge, Alta., finished fifth in the final in 1:06.68.
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TABLE TENNIS
Men’s Singles — Eugene Wang, Ottawa, lost to Chun Ting Wong, Hong Kong, in the third round, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9.
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TENNIS
Women’s Singles — Eugenie Bouchard, Westmount, Que., was eliminated from singles play after losing to second-ranked Angelique Kerber, Germany, in the second round, 6-4, 6-2.
Men’s Doubles — Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., defeated Joao Sousa and Gastao Elias, Portugal, in the second round, 6-1, 6-4.
