Canada’s Andre DeGrasse hasn’t lost a step. The 26-year-old ran his 100-metres heat in a blistering 9.91 seconds, the best time of night, as the race to determine the world’s fastest man got off to a blazing start in Tokyo.
Month: July 2021
Kylie Masse wins silver in the 200m backstroke, teammate Brent Hayden gets his last Olympic swim. Meanwhile, tennis star Novak Djokovic misses out on bronze, all while you were sleeping on July 30.
Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault fell one win shy of winning a medal with her loss to the Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn in the women’s middleweight (69-75 kg) quarter-finals on Saturday.
Canadian swimmer Kylie Masse earned her second silver medal in Tokyo, while Canadian diver Jennifer Abel qualified for the finals, eager to get her second medal as well. Here’s what else you missed on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
New Zealand won a gold medal that was five years in the making with a 26-12 win over France on Saturday in the women’s rugby sevens title at the Tokyo Olympics.