Tokyo Olympics: Penny Oleksiak could become Canada's most decorated Olympian tonight - The Globe and Mail

Penny Oleksiak doves during a training session at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre ahead of the start of the Tokyo Olympics. She's since won six Olympic medals, and is up for a seventh in the 100 m freestyle.

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Latest Olympic highlights

OLYMPIC EVENTS FOR JULY 29

• Swimming: Penny Oleksiak had the fifth fastest time of the 16 swimmers in Thursday’s two semi-finals for the 100m freestyle (9:59 p.m. ET), swimming another season-best time of 52.86 seconds and finishing third in her race. She’ll compete in the final tonight, and if she reaches the podium, she’ll become Canada’s most-decorated Olympian ever. That feat was almost reached last night when Canada came in fourth at the women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay along with Summer McIntosh, Kayla Sanchez, Rebecca Smith. Meanwhile this morning, Kylie Masse and Taylor Ruck swam the third and sixth fastest times overall in the 200m backstroke and moved onto the semifinals tonight (10:35 p.m. ET).
• Rowing: Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens – a duo of Olympic rowers from B.C. – have brought home Canada’s fifth bronze medal of the Tokyo Games in women’s pair. They finished with a time of 6:52:10, behind the gold medal team from New Zealand and the Russian silver medalists. Tonight, Canada’s Women’s Eight competes for a medal (9:05 p.m. ET).
• Russia (but not Russia): For a country that’s not at the Olympics, Russia sure is winning a lot of things here. Barred from competing under their country’s flag or its name by the World Anti-Doping Agency over a doping scandal, Cathal Kelly explains how the 335 Russian athletes at the Games are still thwarting the IOC’s plan to humiliate them. Aslo, Cathal joined Tamara Khandaker this morning on The Decibel podcast to discuss why these Games are a dud.

OFF THE FIELD

• COVID-19: U.S. pole vaulter Sam Kendricks has been ruled out of the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. Tokyo has been seeing record COVID-19 numbers as the games unfold in Tokyo, with two more Olympic-related COVID-19 cases landing people in hospital.
• Withdrawals: After injuring his Achilles tendon during the individual men’s triathlon, Tyler Mislawchuk has withdrawn from the mixed triathlon relay. Jessica Phoenix has also withdrawn from the eventing competition after her horse Pavarotti sustained an injury during a training session on Tuesday.

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More Olympic updates for July 29

• Beach volleyball: Canadians Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes remain undefeated after their first three games in Tokyo. The pair of medal contenders will move on to the knockout rounds which kick off on July 31.
• Gymnastics: Canada’s Brooklyn Moors placed 16th in the women’s individual all-around, with a score of 53.299.
• Golf: Canada’s Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes are tied at 2-under 69 after the first round of men’s golf at Tokyo Olympics.
• Judo: Canada’s Shady El-Nahas lost the bronze-medal judo match to Jorge Fonseca, finishing fifth overall.
• Basketball: Canada pulled off a victory over South Korea in basketball, with Bridget Carleton, a Minnesota Lynx WNBA player, bringing in 18 points and seven rebounds for the women’s team. The team will play Spain on Sunday to close off the group stage.

The Olympic experience

Keep up with the latest behind-the-scenes stories and images from the Olympics in our reporters’ notebook from Tokyo.

Nathan VanderKlippe spoke to bronze medalist Caileigh Filmer after her podium finish with teammate Hillary Janssens in women’s pair rowing. Filmer discussed “going internal” with Janssens to maximize their performance on the water. It’s not a bad analogy for a Games characterized by isolation.

TOKYO OLYMPICS: THE DAY IN PHOTOS

From The Globe’s Olympic Team

Brent Hayden is back for his fourth Olympics after finding new perspective in the pool

Rachel Brady: “Hayden doesn’t have a lot of miles on his body like many athletes would at 37. That’s because he took seven years off from the sport after he made the podium at the 2012 London Olympics, before deciding to plunge back in and try to make a comeback for Tokyo – his fourth Olympics.”

For Hong Kong, Tokyo Olympics are its best Games in history, at a time when it needs wins more than ever

James Griffiths: “The bitterness and anger left over from the protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2019 have not faded. While public unrest is not seen today, that is only because the Chinese government imposed a national security law on the city last year, not because any of the issues which sparked the protests have been solved.”

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Tokyo Olympic events to watch tomorrow, July 30

• Diving: Pamela Ware and Jennifer Abel compete in the 3m springboard (2 a.m. ET)
• Soccer: Canada’s women’s soccer team takes on Brazil in the quarter final (4 a.m. ET)
• Athletics: Mohammed Ahmed will race in the men’s 10,000 m final (7:30 a.m. ET)
• Swimming: Friday morning the heats for the men’s and women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay begin (7:48 a.m. ET) with teams from Canada in both. Friday night, Kylie Masse hopes to race in the finals for women’s 200-metre backstroke. (9:37 p.m. ET).
• Check the full Olympic schedule for the latest event times and competitors.

The Tokyo Olympics: Essential reads

What athletes and teams should Canadians look out for? Consult our guide.

Penny Oleksiak bears the hopes of a nation in Tokyo – and that’s just fine with her. Rachel Brady spoke with the now six-time medal winner before the Games began

How did Canada’s swimmers use data to get stronger? Grant Robertson and Timothy Moore explain.

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