Canada at the Paris 2024 Olympics

[Durban Sandshark]

Leave it to me as an American to kickstart the Paris version of this thread.

For the first time since Sydney 2000, the Canadian men's basketball team qualifies for the Summer Olympics with Paris 2024 after several failed attempts in falling short with subsequent editions since Sydney. Canada finished as one of the two top Americas team in the just-completed FIBA World Basketball Championship with the USA--and got bronze over them! And that team is very talented with many players hailing from Toronto and Montreal...with more likely to appear there like Jamal Murray, Benedict Mathurin, Andrew Nembhard, and maybe Andrew Wiggins.

Tomorrow sees the Canadian women's soccer team, the defending gold medalists from Tokyo 2020 and the first Summer Olympic team sports gold medalists for Canada, return to the grass following their disappointing Women's World Cup campaign with a home and home series with Jamaica's Reggae Girlz for the right to be the second team from CONCACAF to head to the Olympics. Still upsets them (as it should) and tried to reset. First game Friday is in Kingston, Jamaica with the second leg Tuesday at Toronto's BMO Field. Considering the challenges Jamaica faced as an emerging soccer power (like the Reggae Girlz fighting with their JFF and underfunding) but nonetheless impressively thrived down under, I would not be surprised if they, not Canada, a country with serious off-field issues themselves, would advance, and Canada lacked offensive creativity last time we see them and couldn't score. Tactics, personnel selections, and performances played roles. Gotta be clinical, gritty, and ruthless with a new offensive threat to remain undefeated against them. Defense must improve. Did say the down under failures galvanized them. Perhaps they hadn't learned effectively to cope being the hunted and not the hunter. Jamaica had some clean sheets and more than held their own versus France and Brazil, playing with positivity, determination, strength, and solidarity. Backline is a strength and currently on a high. 

Could affect their Own The Podium funding that's worth millions to a cash-strapped Canada Soccer and, more possibly, Bev Priestman's job.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article/olympic-qualifier-preview-struggling-canada-faces-tough-test-vs-jamaica/

https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/canada-aims-to-bounce-back-from-world-cup-disappointment-by-booking-olympic-spot-1.2010577

Canada is in women's team gymnastics with a 5-person team winning bronze at the 2023 gymnastics team all-around. Also will be in women's rugby sevens.

 

[Durban Sandshark]

Canada strikes first last night in Kingston, Jamaica's Independence Park with a 2-0 win from Nichelle Prince and Adriana Leon, on her 100th appearance, scoring for Canada. All they need now after this is just a tie in Toronto's BMO Field Tuesday night in the second leg to clinch that CONCACAF Olympic berth. Humid for that Kingston night. Not that Jamaica's Reggae Girlz didn't had their chances to make their home fans happy. Considering how Jamaica performed well, and even historic entering group stage for the first time, by their standards down in Australia, the stadium attendance was certainly disappointing but not unexpected:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadians-bounce-back-with-trademark-performance-close-in-on-olympic-berth/

https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/canadian-national-women-s-team-beats-jamaica-to-take-lead-into-second-leg-of-olympic-qualifier-1.2011388

[Durban Sandshark]

Add men's volleyball to Canada's Paris 2024 Olympic team roster after Canada qualifies from that FIVB men's volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament Xian, China group. Made official with a 3-0 match sweep over dormat, winless, and inexperienced Mexico. Now just waiting for the women hoping to get selected...but that won't happen until June: 

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/volleyball/canada-mexico-men-volleyball-olympic-qualifier-recap-oct-8-1.6990458

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/volleyball/canada-czech-republic-olympic-qualifier-recap-sept-23-1.6976824

Canada will also send teams each in the men's and women's gymnastics. Canada's men finished among the top 9 teams in Antwerp, Belgium when it just hosted the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships while the women accomplished their spot last year in Liverpool.

Canada also won gold in the 2023 RAN women's rugby sevens tournament this August 19-20 and secured an outright berth to Paris at their home backyard in Langford, British Columbia's Starlight Stadium right near Victoria. During that same weekend, their Canadian rugby seven brothers eventually finished second behind the USA in the gold medal game 24-14 and will head into next year's repechage tournament with Mexico, who defeated Jamaica for third 10-7 and got beat by Canada in the semis as the United States directly heads to Paris. Before that, Canada finished tops in their Group B ahead of their Commonwealth West Indies neighbors Jamaica and Barbados. 

As for the Canadian women's basketball team, they'll play inside Medellin, Colombia's Iván de Bedout Coliseum November 9-12 in the Americas-only FIBA Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament round robin with hosts Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela and join the men in Olympic 5x5 basketball for the first time since Sydney 2000. Canada is a heavy fave to win this group and become one of two Americas teams to participate in February's FIBA women's OQTs. Would like to see Canada placed in the China group with automatically qualified France, New Zealand, and hosts China (Chinese city TBA) and be among the three teams out of that group instead of Sopron, Hungary's with Spain, Tokyo 2020 silver medalists Japan, and hosts Hungary, where only two will advance. Sorry New Zealand's Tall Ferns. Some general info below:

https://www.fiba.basketball/news/colombia-to-host-fiba-women-s-olympic-pre-qualifying-tournament

https://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-women-s-olympic-qualifying-tournaments-2024-draw-completed-in-sopron

[Durban Sandshark]

The Canadian women finishes undefeated in Medellin, Colombia as the expected top at 3-0 in the Pre-Olympic Tournament thumping hosts Colombia, Venezuela, and having (relatively) tougher competition against Puerto Rico with only one stage to go with in the OQTs looming in February. Actually they qualified being 2-0. Canada now heads to Sopron, Hungary in the group with hosts Hungary, Spain, and Tokyo 2020 silver medalists Japan. Canada is expected to qualify out of this group as among the top three teams in that group and head towards Paris. In this tough group, all Canada perhaps need in Sopron is just a win over Hungary with preferably a big margin

Puerto Rico also advances as the second top finisher there and heads into the Xian, China group with hosts China, Paris 2024 hosts France, and New Zealand

[Durban Sandshark]

Canada has since qualified in table tennis (3 male players), women's soccer (more on that next time), a women's shortboard surfing quota in Sanoa Dempfle-Olin, two gymnastics teams in men's and women's with a female trampoliner, three divers (two women, one male), two boxers (one male, one female), a male archer in men's individual recurve, due to a top three finish at the 2023 World Archery Championships in Berlin, Germany, Phillip Kim (Phil Wizard) in B-Boy breaking, five boats and twelve athlete spots (four in men's kayak, five in women's kayak, and three in women's canoe) at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, five road cyclists (two men, three women) with a men's mountain cross-country biking quota, two boxers in Wyatt Sanford (men’s 63.5kg) and Tammara Thibeault (women’s 75kg) after having qualified to the 2023 Pan American Games gold medal final in those events, two shooting quotas (women's 50m rifle and men's 10m air pistol), and a full nine-person equestrian team.

Still some qualification to go with, for example, the women's basketball and volleyball teams still in serious contention. The women's basketball team has a very strong shot in qualifying in a matter of days in Xian, China as among the top three while the women's volleyball team is still awaiting word on their qualification selection hopes. I sincerely hope they do in the latter. The Canadian men's rugby sevens team still has an opportunity, albeit a VERY daunting one, at qualifying in Monaco with the last spot up for gabs at the Final OQT in mid-June as the best American finishers with Mexico following the already-qualified USA. Athletics Canada will also send a nearly-full track and field team based on its various criteria with many achieving every qualification distance, below time, or world ranking standards. 

But Canada fell short at the just-completed FIH men's and women's Olympic field hockey tournaments earlier this month. The men went winless in Pool B in Oman giving up 16 goals while scoring just 2--both against Chile and eventually finished sixth. The Canadian women too finished sixth in their qualification tournament after finishing out of the top two in its group with Great Britain and Spain ahead of them.

[Durban Sandshark]

Canada's women's basketball team kicked off its 3-game OQTs campaign in Sopron, Hungary (near the Austrian border by an hour) with a duel against the hosts Hungary. Hungary kept up with them quite well before the more talented, resilient, versatile, and experienced Canadians ultimately pulled away. Owned the glass despite Hungary's size. Bridget Carleton led them with a game-high 18 points towards a 67-55 victory. Always-tough Spain, who should've made the last WWC in Australia, is up next tomorrow. Always critical to go off on a good start like this:

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/basketball/olympics-womens-basketball-qualifier-preview-canada-hungary-1.7109201

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canada-tops-hungary-to-open-olympic-qualifying-tournament/

But Kia Nurse is not playing with them right now due to a minor injury suffered at training camp. She is still travelling with the team though. Also several other Canadian players like Connecticut Huskies' star Aaliyah Edwards not in Hungary because of the ramping up towards March Madness with their NCAA schools. Which is why Syla Swords, a high school star based in New York, is on:   

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/olympics-basketball-kia-nurse-injury-1.7107071

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/basketball/olympics-womens-basketball-qualifier-preview-1.7107413

Canada in water polo sees the women lose a costly game against Italy as they lost 12-8 for the latter to claim first place in Group D and earn a direct spot into the tournament's quarterfinals. Canada now must beat New Zealand to advance to the quarterfinals with the winner facing Spain and finish in the top two for Paris qualification. Doesn't seem to happen here:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadian-womens-water-polo-falls-to-italy-at-world-aquatics-championship/

[Durban Sandshark]

Canada's basketball women ends up losing their next 2 games in Sopron, Hungary against #4 FIBA-ranked Spain 60-55 and to #9 Japan 86-82 as the #5 ranked team to round out their campaign. After their loss to Spain, I became concerned if they were actually going to survive to qualify for Paris out of a group of death with every team in Sopron being very capable of heading there not just the talented Canadians. This is something they must work on in facing tough opponents in the caliber like those two during group play, because that's how they got eliminated from quarterfinal play due to point differential in beating South Korea but both losing to Spain and Serbia when Australia's Opals blasted Puerto Rico in the latter's Olympic debut. Can't rely on others for help here and leave it to chance.

Spain went on to erase a 22-point deficit to not only win dramatically 73-72 in front of heartbroken Hungarian basketball fans in Sopron but also help grant the Canadians their Paris 2024 women's basketball qualification ticket punched. Canada's fourth consecutive Olympic women's basketball trip and the first time since Sydney 2000 but assures Canada's men's and women's basketball teams are playing together. Seems like they missed Kia Nurse and Aaliyah Edwards more than they realized during qualification for their experience and skills would've put them over the top. The women waited nervously backstage playing the waiting and watching game and celebrated during the final seconds of the Spain-Hungary. At least the younger players jubilantly and emotionally did:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadian-womens-basketball-team-qualifies-for-paris-olympics-after-spain-beats-hungary/

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/basketball/olympics-womens-basketball-qualifier-canada-japan-1.7111656

https://www.basketball.ca/news/canadian-womens-basketball-team-qualifies-for-olympics-with-assist-from-spain

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadian-women-lose-to-japan-in-fiba-olympic-qualifier-finale/

Meanwhile In Doha, Qatar, the Canadian women's water polo team inch a step closer to Paris 2024 qualification by defeating New Zealand 14-12 in the round of 16 before facing Spain next in the quarterfinals before losing 12-9. Only the top two non-Olympic qualifiers will advance to Paris with Hungary now claiming one of those two spots after winning against the Dutch. Italy is the only other team in the hunt after losing to Greece and next face The Netherlands. So it may come down to possibly facing each other in the classification round starting tomorrow for either fifth or seventh place between the two for that spot. Canada faces already-qualified Australia:    

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canadian-womens-water-polo-team-inches-closer-to-olympic-qualification-at-worlds/

[Durban Sandshark]

To say the Canadian women's water polo team ran through a gamut of emotions in the aftermath of their matches with Italy and the USA and then Greece to eventually clinch 7th on penalty shots would be a massive understatement. Hungary managed to get one of the two final qualification spots. But from disappointment in missing their chance and not qualifying to actually qualifying for Canada came. See, South Africa, who already done so as the top African team, relinquished their spot so that Canada can proceed.

Not sure why the South African women's program did this. Maybe because of those lopsided 11th place game loss to New Zealand--25-6 and France before that--rifed with concerns of them not being competitive enough months later this summer, and Canada is comparatively deeper.  Still no African representation in this. Was it from orders on high in SA Swimming?   

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/canada-aquatics-worlds-feb-16-1.7117148

[Durban Sandshark]

Been a while in this post. Since February. But right now this is Team Canada's men's basketball team 20-player training camp roster currently in Toronto that includes 11 NBA rotation players and 1 Canadian from Canada's own CEBL in Trae Bell-Hayes. Majority of them have Toronto/GTA ties. Agree this is one of the deepest non-US international teams around. Serious medal prospects here: 

But one notable player on the list is actually not involved in the mix now is Andrew Wiggins from Toronto (Vaughn/Thornhill, Ontario), as Toronto Star's Doug Smith reports, because GSW is playing hardball with vet looking to move the All-Star and 2022 NBA champion for his salary--and hasn't repped Canada since 2021:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/report-andrew-wiggins-no-longer-in-mix-for-canadian-olympic-roster-spot/

 

[Durban Sandshark]

Happy Canada Day!  Well, belatedly--Have been sporting a Canada Soccer Nike T-shirt the last two days including as I write this

The 12-person Canadian women's basketball team got announced this morning. Ontario-heavy (with many of them hailing from the Greater Toronto Area), Well-experienced. Battle tested. Talented too. Five WNBA players in Kia Nurse, Bridget Carleton, Aaliyah Edwards, Natalie Achonwa, and Laetitia Amihere. Michigan-bound and fresh from high school 5-star recruit Syla Swords makes her first Olympics along with fellow newcomers Yvonne Ejim, Sami Hill, Cassandre Prosper and joins her dad Shawn, who played in Sydney 2000, in this as the youngest ever Canadian women's Olympic basketball player at 18. On the other side, Natalie Achonwa from Guelph becomes the first Canadian women's basketball player to make 4 Olympic basketball appearances. But they're in a tough group with Australia and France:

https://www.basketball.ca/news/team-canadas-paris-2024-womens-basketball-team-unveiled

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/article/team-canada-unveils-womens-olympic-basketball-roster/

More dropping out over at the men's basketball side: Toronto's Zack Edey, who just got drafted in the first round by the Memphis Grizzlies last week, John Wooden Award Winner, and a former Purdue Boilermaker All-American, pulls out of training camp to better prepare for his rookie season in Memphis:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/canadas-zach-edey-pulls-out-of-consideration-for-olympic-team/

Speaking of Canada Soccer, the Canadian women's soccer continue embarking on their still very early post-Christine Sinclair era as they seek to defend their Tokyo gold and cope with their disappointing WWC 2023 campaign. Their own 18-player roster--and four alternates who will travel and train with the team--was revealed on Canada Day by Bev Priestman two days before the roster deadline with Jessie Fleming now as captain with 13 players back from Tokyo with Sydney Collins, Lacasse, Simi Awujo and Jade Rose are making their Olympic debuts. Three are American-born in Awujo, Janine Beckie, and Collins.

Alternates are goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx, defenders Gabby Carle and Shelina Zadorsky, and forward Deanne Rose. Left off the roster are midfielder/forward Olivia Smith despite her versatility, midfielder Emma Regan and forward Clarissa Larisey, who were involved in June friendlies. Due to numbers game in the forwards, its stats, and the desire to cover centerback, especially when Collins returned from her injury:

https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/canada-soccer-names-women-s-soccer-roster-for-paris-olympics-1.2142928

https://canadasoccer.com/news/canada-soccer-and-canadian-olympic-committee-unveil-womens-national-team-roster-for-the-paris-olympic-games/

Too bad the Canadian women couldn't qualify in volleyball. They were certainly capable in competing in Paris. Had they defeated The Netherlands and or Japan in those tournaments, they'd be in with the men. Well, Team USA will qualify automatically as hosts in four years, so that would give the Canadian women an improved chance in making it since 1996. Hopefully many of them are young enough for another Olympic run. But that leads into the stigma of making it only when North America is hosting.  

Boxing Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have named Commonwealth champion Tammara Thibeault and Wyatt Sanford to Canada's boxing team for this summer's Paris Games 2024 as the only Canadian boxers there after all nine Canadians competing in an Olympic qualification tournament earlier this year in Bangkok failed to lock up another spot:

https://www.tsn.ca/boxing/thibeault-sanford-officially-named-to-canada-s-olympic-boxing-team-1.2143533

Mississauga native and US Open champion Bianca Andreescu headlines Canada's 2024 Olympic tennis team with Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ontario:

https://www.tsn.ca/tennis/andreescu-auger-aliassime-and-fernandez-headline-canada-s-olympic-tennis-team-1.2141115

[Faster]

Most predictions have Canada around 20 medals. With injuries and illnesses leading into the games and the absolute nightmare that is the current canoe/kayak and rowing programs. 16 to 20 is the likely range. Probably on the lower end.

[Sir Rols]

What about the beaver????

 

 

[antiperspirant]

8 hours ago, Sir Rols said:

What about the beaver????

 

 

This has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of discussion but my god is it windy in that video. Brrrrr. Keep it up through the 26th and Paris will be rocking boats in more ways than one 

[Durban Sandshark]

A simple, encouraging message of support from PM Justin Trudeau

 

[SkiFreak]

If drone shows were an Olympic competition, we'd win! 

[Faster]

Are we all hiding because of the national shame? Usually this thread is hopping.

Two unfortunate miss-outs to doped up Chinese swimmers. But Eleanor Harvey winning Canada's first ever fencing medal. That was fun to watch.

Edited July 28, 2024 by Faster

[krow]

16 minutes ago, Faster said:

Two unfortunate miss-outs to doped up Chinese swimmers

you just know they're getting better medals mailed to them in the future. 

i don't trust a single chinese result in the pool, unless it's diving.

[Faster]

Crickets up in here. 

Canada at 2-2-2 so far.

Based on the gracenotes predictions. 

Correct with Christa Deguchi and Summer McIntosh winning gold. 

Incorrect with Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard winning silver and Kyle Masse and women's 4x100m freestyle winning bronze.

Missed the silvers for McIntosh and the women's rugby team and the bronze in fencing for Harvey and the boys in diving (woohoo go men winning medals for Canada)

[SkiFreak]

Has Team Canada convinced the IOC yet to add a drone piloting competition to the LA '28 games? 

[Faster]

4 minutes ago, SkiFreak said:

Has Team Canada convinced the IOC yet to add a drone piloting competition to the LA '28 games? 

You use to be a lot more fun and informative about Canadian athletes and chances.

[krow]

to be fair he is a ski freak, not a freak for whatever B tier, also-ran sports canada has an outside shot for a stray bronze.

[SkiFreak]

1 hour ago, Faster said:

You use to be a lot more fun and informative about Canadian athletes and chances.

Every Olympics, summer or winter, needs a good controversy. Hey, it gives us something to chat about here on the forum. Good to see Canada provided this time. 

I have this theory that Canada is built on corruption, covered up and sugar coated in a "I'm sorry, eh." attitude that the world sees us in. I'm actually glad it's starting to shine thru.   

[Faster]

20 hours ago, krow said:

to be fair he is a ski freak, not a freak for whatever B tier, also-ran sports canada has an outside shot for a stray bronze.

A Canadian got a stray bronze today. That was nice. Medal came via Cirque de Soleil. 

Another miss from gracenotes today in women's boxing. Oh well. 

[krow]

WET HOT CANADIAN SUMMER

[Durban Sandshark]

While the likes of Summer McIntosh certainly living up to her dream summer at the pool, Christa Deguchi claiming her judo category, Ethan Katzberg winning the hammer throw, the Canadian women's rugby team got silver versus New Zealand's dominant 7s team, the continuos stellar play of the Canadian men's basketball team, and the bronze in fencing for Harvey and the boys in diving, there have been some disappointments lately for Team Canada.

First off and the biggest, the Canadian women's basketball team again went disappointing but faring worse than Tokyo in finishing winless in their group play with losses to France (not a surprise), Australia's Opals (not unexpected), and finally Nigeria's D'Tigress, who threw a monkey wrench in the whole group with their upset win over Australia--its first ever win in its 20 Olympic years since qualifying back in Athens 2004--and eliminated the Canadians to become the first African women's team to advance to the quarterfinals. What a damn shame. Massive underachievement. I thought the Canadians were ready and learned from their disappointing Tokyo 2020 campaign and improved since. Which they did with the Women's World Basketball Championship down in Australia by finishing fourth. Ranked 5th in the world, thought they were capable to medal this time and had some high hopes like with Tokyo to seriously medal. Now eliminated again early. The women certainly got talent and were capable. Effort's there. Methinks this 3-group, 4-team format has worked against Canada to its detriment and were drawn with teams that are recent talented Eurobasket Women winners and happen to be also physical (Serbia and Spain) and with reasonable history/experience and 3 years later against teams holding and showing serious, experienced, and strong decades-long women's international basketball pedigrees that also currently possess talent (in the cases of Australia and France). Grit and defense are really needed out of them. 

Seems as though the Canadian women's program has some ways to go and still learning how to be a serious contender in women's international basketball. Very concerning campaign for Canada with their Olympic medal barren spell continues and they have now lost a staggering 8 of 9 games, so they must pick themselves up and there is lots of work to be done--and all having to do that now without Guelph native and 4x Olympian Natalie Achonwa, who sadly played her last game for Canada after 15 years of service starting at age 17. She deserved better and held faith her team was ready to take on the world. Lacking in firepower and preparedness, they only managed 63 points per game. That won't win you many games unless your defense is exceptional - and it wasn't. Turnovers, poor shooting, poor execution, dry spells, and defensive lapses also did them in this time at the most inopportune of times with an eye-catching 22 per game. Outside of them they played good basketball. They shouldn't have to rely on any team to help them with hopes of advancing out of group play like it with Tokyo with Australia slamming Puerto Rico on point differential. In some ways, it's like their Canadian soccer counterparts last summer in Australia when they too faced co-hosts Australia and Nigeria in its own group of death (with Ireland) which looks like a British Empire legacy group too--and they also got eliminated in group play featuring a notable player on her last legs.

Sure Canada have plenty of talented young guns like Bridget Carleton, Syla Swords, the Michigan-bound daughter of Shawn Swords, a Sydney 2000 basketball player for Canada, and her sis Savannah, Toby Fournier, who's headed to play at Duke, Kingston, Ontario native Aaliyah Edwards, Cassandre Prosper, Laetitia Amihere, and Yvonne Ejim, but it's uncertain if they will be ready to produce by the time the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 in Germany arrives. And they'll have to grow up real quick--and seek more of them. Hopefully Montreal can be a wellspring too like with Luguentz Dort and Benedict Mathurin. Maybe Toronto's new WNBA expansion franchise (and maybe a CEBL-like women's pro league too) can spawn off a more young Canadian women not limited to the GTA to deepen the Canadian women's basketball talent pool. Even some Canada Basketball insiders say Los Angeles 2028 would actually serve as a better medal prospect for the women's program.  But still, that was an opportunity greatly missed... 

In a related story, Victor Lapena's predecessor Canada women's head coach Lisa Thomaidis, now taking Germany's women's team to historic Olympic campaign to the QFs, might be seen in retrospect her forced out by Canada Basketball as a mistake: 

https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/canada-fired-wrong-coach-canadian-lisa-thomaidis-thriving-at-olympics-with-germany

Also, Damian Warner from London, Ontario did not successfully defend his decathlon title and did not medal and quit after no heighting on the pole vault missing on all three of his attempts at 4.60 meters. Warner had passed on four previous heights. Calling his Paris 2024 experience "my worst nightmare":

https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/damian-warner-on-olympic-decathlon-my-worst-nightmare/

No shock also but the Canadian women's soccer won't defend their historic gold as Germany took care of them in the quarterfinals following getting in with zero points with a win over Colombia after being docked for the drones. Still undergoing the post-Christine Sinclair era in coping.

Andre de Grasse not making the men's 100m final but still has other events to compete in and get his form fully back:

https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/canadas-andre-de-grasse-is-out-of-the-mens-100m-at-the-olympics