Paris 2024: Team Canada at the end of Day 13

PARIS (August 8, 2024) – Day 13 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has come to a close. Here is what you need to know.

TEAM CANADA’S CURRENT MEDAL COUNT:
GOLD: 6 | SILVER: 5 | BRONZE: 10 | TOTAL: 21

Click here for today’s results and tomorrow’s schedule. 

TEAM CANADA INSIGHTS:
ATHLETICS

• Sarah Mitton (Brooklyn, N.S.) qualified for the women’s shot put final with the best throw (19.77m) of the qualification round.
• Canada’s men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams also both advanced to their respective finals. The women set a national record of 42.50 seconds, breaking a mark that had stood since 2015.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

• Melissa Humana-Paredes (Toronto, Ont.) and Brandie Wilkerson (Toronto, Ont.) defeated Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner of Switzerland to advance to the gold medal match. This guarantees Canada its first Olympic medal in women’s beach volleyball. 

TAEKWONDO:

• Skylar Park (Winnipeg, Man.) won bronze in the women’s 57kg event to become Canada’s first Olympic medallist in the event. This is Canada’s third Olympic medal in taekwondo since the sport made its debut at Sydney 2000. Dominique Bosshart captured bronze in the women’s +67kg at those Games while Karine Sergerie took silver in the women’s 67kg at Beijing 2008.

WEIGHTLIFTING:

• Maude Charron (Rimouski, Que.) won silver in the women’s 59kg event to become the second Canadian weightlifter to win two Olympic medals. Christine Girard won bronze at Beijing 2008 and gold at London 2012. 
• She matched her Canadian record with a total of 236kg lifted. 
• Charron came to Paris as an Olympic gold medallist, having won the 64kg event at Tokyo 2020. The event was subsequently removed from the Olympic programme, compelling Charron to drop down a weight class.

UPCOMING AT CANADA OLYMPIC HOUSE (COH)
The following will be taking place at COH on August 7th in the Canadian Tire Celebration Arena:

• 2:00 pm CEST: Athlete celebration featuring the following athletes*:
  • Swimming – Open Water: Emma Finlin
    * subject to change
    
    
• 5:00 pm CEST: Media availability – Olympic champion high jumper Derek Drouin following his medal reallocation from London 2012 from bronze to silver.  

Please reach out to Peter Saltsman (psaltsman@olympic.ca) and Koteki Inaba (kinaba@olympic.ca) to request access should you wish to cover these events. Please note that there is no guarantee of athlete interviews after Athlete Celebrations at Canada Olympic House.

From competition viewing to daily activities, there is always something to do at Canada Olympic House. The latest programming schedule can be found at https://house.olympic.ca/programming-schedule/ for more. 

RESOURCES:
TEAM CANADA FLASH QUOTES – For print use only
TEAM CANADA PARIS 2024 ATHLETE BIOS
TEAM CANADA PARIS 2024 DELEGATION LIST
PARIS 2024 TEAM CANADA MEDIA CONTACTS
*Any request for a Canadian athlete must be sent to their respective media attaché*
TEAM CANADA OLYMPIC GAMES STATISTICAL GUIDE

PRESS RESOURCES PAGE

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MEDIA CONTACTS:

Manny Almela
Team Canada’s Press Operations Lead
WhatsApp: +1 (647) 385-7785
E: malmela@olympic.ca

Thomas Hall
Team Canada’s Press Chief
WhatsApp: +1(514) 709-1054
E: thall@olympic.ca