Santiago 2023: Team Canada at the end of Day 9
SANTIAGO, CHILE (October 28, 2023) – Team Canada added one gold, four silver and five bronze to its medal total on Day 9 at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. Here is what you need to know.
TEAM CANADA’S MEDAL COUNT:
GOLD: 33 | SILVER: 30 | BRONZE: 35 | TOTAL: 98
SCHEDULE/RESULTS: Day 9 Results and Day 10 Schedule
- Canoe/Kayak Slalom
- Lois Betteridge (Ottawa, Ont.) won silver in both the women’s C-1 and women’s kayak cross. Previously, Betteridge won silver in the women’s C-1 in her Pan Am Games debut at Lima 2019.
- Siblings Alex and Léa Baldoni (Pau, France) both secured medals on Day 9 – Alex captured silver in the men’s kayak cross while Léa secured bronze in the women’s K-1. Santiago 2023 is the first major-Games for the pair.
- Maël Rivard (Ottawa, Ont.) won bronze in the men’s K-1 event.
- Kayak cross will make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024.
- Equestrian – Eventing
- Canada topped the podium in the team event, moving up from third place after the first two days of competition in dressage and cross-country with their show jumping performances on Sunday. With that gold medal finish, they qualified Canada a full eventing team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
- Lindsay Traisnel (Maidstone, Ont.) took bronze in the individual eventing competition.
- Judo
- Three judokas secured medals in their respective weight class today:
- Isabelle Harris (Abbotsford, B.C.) – silver, women’s 63kg
- Antoine Bouchard (Jonquière, Que.) – bronze, men’s 73kg
- David Popovici (Montreal, Que.) – bronze, men’s 81kg
- This is Bouchard’s second Pan Am Games medal. He previously won a silver medal on home soil at Toronto 2015 and would go on to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games where he finished fifth in his weight class.
- Santiago 2023 marks the Pan Am Games debut of both Harris and Popovici.
- Three judokas secured medals in their respective weight class today:
HOW TO WATCH:
- Olympic.ca has a one-stop shop for all the key information you could need in our Santiago 2023 content hub. That includes the details on what Team Canada athletes and teams need to achieve to secure Olympic qualification for Paris 2024. Team Canada will be providing content across our website, social media channels and the Team Canada app.
- Watch live action from CBC and Radio-Canada from the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
- Pan Am Sports Channel will also be available for free in Canada throughout the event
RESOURCES:
VISIT: Olympic.ca/press-resources/ for other information.
FOLLOW: @TeamCanadaPR for medal alerts and other important facts.
PARIS 2024: Olympic qualification for Paris 2024 at Santiago 2023.
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