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Paris 2024: Team Canada at the end of Day 6

PARIS (August 1, 2024) – Day 6 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: 3 | SILVER: 2 | BRONZE:  3 | TOTAL: 8

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

TEAM CANADA INSIGHTS:
BOXING: 

  • Wyatt Sanford (Kennetcook, N.S.) is guaranteed to be Canada’s first Olympic medallist in boxing in 28 years after his quarterfinal victory in the men’s 63.5 kg event today. The last Canadian boxer to win an Olympic medal was David Defiagbon who won silver at Atlanta 1996 as a heavyweight. 

FENCING:

  • Canada achieved its best ever Olympic result in the women’s team foil with a fourth place finish. The previous best in the event was fifth at Tokyo 2020. This matches Canada’s best Olympic result in any team fencing event. 

SWIMMING:

  • Summer McIntosh (Toronto, Ont.) became Canada’s first-ever Olympic medallist in the women’s 200m butterfly as she won gold in Olympic record time of 2:03.03. The 17-year-old is the first Canadian swimmer since Alex Baumann at Los Angeles 1984 – and just the third Canadian swimmer all time – to win two gold medals at one Olympic Games. She is the first Canadian woman to win two individual gold medals in one Olympic Summer Games.

TENNIS:

  • Having already achieved the best ever Olympic singles result by a Canadian tennis player by reaching the quarterfinals, Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, Que.) advanced to the semifinal round of the men’s singles event with his win over sixth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway. He is now guaranteed to play in a medal match. 
  • Not long after, Auger-Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski lost their mixed doubles semifinal which means they will play in the bronze medal match on Friday. 

UPCOMING AT CANADA OLYMPIC HOUSE (COH)
The following will be taking place at COH on August 2nd in the Canadian Tire Celebration Arena

*subject to change

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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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

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