Rio 2016 Day 5: Results and fan reactions
Day 5 of the Rio2016 Olympic Games means Penny Oleksiak is back. Fans and athletes have taken to social media to support #TeamCanada
After a fantastic bronze medal win in synchronized diving, Canada looks ahead to see what successes day five will bring.
Swimming – Bronze for 200m freestyle relay
Rio 2016: 4x200m final team
Katerine Savard, Taylor Ruck, Brittany Maclean and Penny Oleksiak have won bronze in the 200m freestyle relay.
Kierra Smith competed in the 200m breaststroke and has advanced to the finals.
Santo Condorelli competed in the 100m freestyle finals. He finished fourth.
Penny Oleksiak and Chantal Van Landeghem have competed in the 100m freestyle. Unfortunately, Van Landeghem placed 10th and did not qualify, however Oleksiak finished with the second fastest time and will be racing tomorrow in the finals.
Beach Volleyball – CAN vs Austria
Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter have been eliminated.
Basketball – CAN vs Senega
The women’s basketball team played Senega and won 68-58.
Weightlifting
Archery
Judo
Kelita Zupancic lost in the repechage and did not advance.
Swimming
The 4x100m relay was swam by Emily Overholt, Kennedy Goss, Taylor Ruck and Katerine Savard have qualified third in the heat and have moved on to the finals.
Martha McCabe and Kierra Smith competed in the 200m breast stroke. Smith has qualified 6th overall and will advance to the semifinals. McCabe did not.
Penny Oleksiak and Chantal Van Landeghem competed in the 100m freestyle event. Both have advanced to the semifinals which will happen tonight.
Equestrian
Fencing
Joseph Polossifakis has been eliminated in the round of 32.
Eleanor Harvey moved into the quarter finals after beating Italy in a huge upset but fell to Tunisia. This is the farthest a Canadian fencer has gone in foil.
Judo
Kelita Zupancic fell to Japan in the quarter finals and is moving to the repechage.
Cycling
Tara Whitten finished 7th in time trials.
Hugo Houle finished 21st in time trials.
Rowing
Cancelled for the day.
