The 2024 Olympic Games continues on Wednesday. Among the sports worth to monitor from a Canadian perspective are women’s golf, track cycling, women’s beach volleyball, women’s pole vault, artistic swimming and the men’s 3000 metre steeplechase. The spotlight will be on Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson of Toronto, Ontario, as they face Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno of Spain in the women’s beach volleyball quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Alysha Newman of London, Ontario has been pole vaulting very well leading into the women’s pole vault Olympic final and could get into medal contention.
AUGUST 7—WOMEN’S GOLF ROUND ONE—1AM–BROOKE HENDERSON & ALENA SHARP
AUGUST 7–WOMEN’S 49 KILOGRAM TAEKWONDO–JOSIPA KAFADAR–CAN VS. LENA STOJKOVIC–CROATIA–1:30AM
AUGUST 7–SAILING–WOMEN’S DINGHY MEDAL RACE–SARAH DOUGLAS–4:13 AM
AUGUST 7–MEN’S SPRINT CYCLING QUALIFYING–TYLER RORKE & NICK WAMMES–4:45 AM
AUGUST 7—WOMEN’S KEIRIN CYCLING FIRST ROUND—LAURIANE GENEST & KELSEY MITCHELL—5:26 AM
AUGUST 7—WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT CYCLING FIRST ROUND—5:52 AM–CANADA VS. GERMANY
AUGUST 7–MEN’S SPRINT CYCLING–6:30 AM
AUGUST 7–WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL QUARTERFINALS–9 AM–MELISSA HUMANA-PAREDES AND BRANDIE WILKERSON–CAN VS. SPAIN
AUGUST 7–MEN’S SPRINT CYCLING ROUND OF 16–9:30 AM
AUGUST 7—MEN’S TEAM PURSUIT CYCLING MEDALS—10:04 AM ‘
AUGUST 7—WOMEN’S POLE VAULT FINAL—10:15 AM—ALYSHA NEWMAN
AUGUST 7—WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT CYCLING MEDALS—10:57 AM
AUGUST 7—TEAM ACROBATIC ROUTINE ARTISTIC SWIMMING—11:30 AM
AUGUST 7–MEN’S 3000M STEEPLECHASE–JEAN-SIMON DESGAGNES–1:43 PM
