Tokyo Olympics: Canada narrowly misses podium in women's 4x400-m relay; 23rd medal equals non-boycotted Summer Games record - The Globe and Mail

Canada’s Maddy Price (left), Alicia Brown, Kyra Constantine and Sage Watson (right) wait for their results in the women's 4 x 400m relay race heat at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Thursday, August 5.

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• Canada misses the podium in morning women’s finals: Canada competed in three women’s finals this morning but did not reach the podium. Alicia Brown, Sage Watson, Madeline Price and Kyra Constantine ran in the 4x400-metre relay final but narrowly missed a medal win, finishing fourth. Earlier, Andrea Seccafien ran in the 10,000 metres, finishing in 14th place, while Canada’s artistic swimming team achieved sixth place following the free routine event.
• Catch up on the latest flurry of Canadian medals: In case you missed it, Canada posted some remarkable performances yesterday, winning four medals and increasing the total count to 23 in Tokyo — a national record outside of the boycotted 1984 Games. The latest win came from Katie Vincent and Laurence Vincent-Lapointe’s bronze in the women’s C-2 500-metre canoe sprint. Before that, the women’s soccer team won Canada’s sixth gold as they defeated Sweden on penalties. Canada also reached the podium twice in men’s track, with Mohammed Ahmed earning silver in the 5,000 metres and Andre De Grasse leading the 4x100-metre relay team to a bronze and his sixth overall Olympic medal.
• Other final events to catch: Underway this morning is the baseball final between the United States and Japan (6:00 a.m. ET). In the evening, catch Canada’s Trevor Hofbauer, Cam Levins and Ben Preisner in the men’s marathon medal event (6:00 p.m. ET). Also, the United States and Japan will face off yet again in the women’s basketball final (10:30 p.m. ET).

OFF THE FIELD

• Animal welfare concerns following horse-hitting incident: Germany’s modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner will not be part of Saturday’s men’s individual competition at the Tokyo Olympics after she hit a horse with her fist and urged rider Annika Schleu to “really hit” the horse when it refused to jump. The incident has led to calls to review rules surrounding animal protection and welfare.
• COVID-19 in review: Despite concerns about the Olympics contributing to COVID-19 spread, the infection numbers from inside the Olympic “bubble” tell a different story, organizers and some scientists say: only a sliver of those involved have been infected. Meanwhile, Tokyo organizers said on Saturday they have so far issued severe warnings to 16 individuals and revoked the accreditation of several people for breaking the Games’ COVID-19 guidelines.
• The financial costs of the Games: Olympic Games are costly and may bump aside other priorities. In fact, several Japanese government audits say the real outlay for the Tokyo Games is even more than the official figure, perhaps twice as much.
• London, Ontario sourcing champions: Four of Canada’s six gold medals have London’s fingerprints on them – with athletes from the city either topping the podium solo or contributing to a team gold. Swimmer Maggie Mac Neil kicked off London’s winning streak with her gold in the 100-metre butterfly. Two soccer players from Canada’s gold-medal women’s team are from London, as is recent record-breaker in decathlon, Damian Warner.
• IOC issues warning to Chinese medalists who wore Mao badges on podium: Two Chinese cycling athletes breached Olympic rules on political statements by wearing badges with the head of former Chairman Mao Zedong on the Tokyo Olmpics podium. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it received a “clarification” from the Chinese Olympic Committee over the political gesture of its athletes and issued warnings to the pair.

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More Olympic updates for Aug. 7

• Women’s track cycling: Kelsey Mitchell edged New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews by five-thousandths of a second in the 1/8 final Saturday at the Tokyo Games, avoiding the repechage and putting herself in an excellent position to compete for a medal in the event on Sunday’s final day of Olympic competition.
• Men’s basketball: Kevin Durant led Team USA’s victory over France in the men’s basketball final in Tokyo on Saturday, avenging a first-round loss and claiming a 16th gold for the country in the sport.
• Men’s diving: Canadian diver Nathan Zsombor-Murray wants to turn the lessons learned from his Tokyo journey into success at the 2024 Paris Games. The 18-year-old failed to qualify for the men’s 10-metre platform final Saturday.
• Women’s golf: Canada’s Brooke Henderson shot a 4-under 67, her best round of the Summer Games, to finish the women’s golf tournament at 4 under overall, tied for 29th. Teammate Alena Sharp struggled through a 4-over 75 round to finish the event at 5 over to place 49th.
• Women’s marathon: Canada’s Malindi Elmore placed ninth in the women’s marathon. In doing so, she claims the best marathon finish by a Canadian woman at a non-boycott Olympics.

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Tokyo Olympics will forever be known as the first COVID Olympics

At root, the true disappointment of this Games was that it existed in two states at once. There was the Olympics Tokyo had; and there was the Olympics Tokyo should have had. That Olympics would have been incredible. Best ever, maybe.

In the end, it was okay, which seems like a minor triumph when you consider the obstacles and how grim it might’ve been. But don’t worry. If you missed one, there’s another Olympics coming right along in seven months. That one will be held in a police state during an ongoing global health emergency. I’m sure that one will be a barrel of laughs. Read Cathal Kelly’s full column here.

Katie Vincent and Laurence Vincent-Lapointe paddle to bronze in canoe sprint, breaking national medal record for a non-boycotted Summer Games

This was historic for two reasons, reports Rachel Brady. They were among the first women to win medals in their sport, as female paddlers competed in canoe at the Olympics for the first time in Tokyo.

Second, it was Canada’s 23rd medal at these Games (six gold, six silver, and 11 bronze), which breaks the national record for medals earned at a non-boycotted Summer Olympics. Canada claimed 22 medals at both Atlanta 1996, and Rio 2016.

At Tokyo Olympics, Shinto shrine gives athletes a different kind of competitive spirit

The wooden sign at the Kameido Katori Shrine contains four simple instructions: Bow twice. Clap twice. Bow once. Pray with all your heart.

For the more than 13 centuries since statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari came here to lay down a sword before a Shinto deity, the shrine has been a place of supplication. Generations have come to pray for victory – samurai, courtiers and, more recently, baseball dads and Olympians.

Among the handwritten ema – votive tablets – hanging inside the shrine today is one from swimmer Rikako Ikee. “I will get a gold medal in Tokyo 2020,” she has scrawled in black ink on the wooden tablet. “I will be a woman of my word.” Read Nathan VanderKlippe and Melissa Tait’s full feature here.

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

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