Athletics begins on Thursday with the 20 kilometre walk. Yes folks, it is a thing, and Canada has one of the best race walkers in the world, in Evan Dunfee of Richmond, British Columbia. Dunfee won the bronze medal in the men’s 50 kilometre walk at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021. Here is my interview with Dunfee from three years ago. Meanwhile, Canada will have another medal chance in the women’s 200 metre butterfly, as Summer McIntosh of Toronto, Ontario had the fastest time in the semifinals.
Here is the Olympic schedule for Thursday from a Canadian perspective.
AUGUST 1–MEN’S 20 KM RACE WALK–12AM–EVAN DUNFEE
AUGUST 1—MEN’S GOLF—ROUND ONE—1AM–NICK TAYLOR & COREY CONNERS
AUGUST 1—CANADA VS. GERMANY—1:30 AM—WOMEN’S 3X3 BASKETBALL
AUGUST 1—MEN’S JUDO 100KG FIRST ROUND—2AM—SHADY EL NAHAS
AUGUST 1–CANADA VS. FRANCE–3:50 AM–WOMEN’S TEAM FOIL FENCING
AUGUST 1–BOXING–4:52 AM–WYATT SANFORD–CAN VS. RUSLAN ABDULLAEV–UZBEKISTAN
AUGUST 1—CANADA VS. AUSTRALIA—5:30 AM—WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
AUGUST 1–MEN’S SAILING SKIFF MEDAL RACE–6:43 AM–WILL JONES & JUSTIN BARNES
AUGUST 1–WOMEN’S TEAM FOIL FENCING–6:50 AM–CANADA VS. UNITED STATES
AUGUST 1–WOMEN’S SAILING DINGHY–7:30 AM–SARAH DOUGLAS
AUDUST 1–WOMEN’S SAILING SKIFF MEDAL RACE–7:43 AM–ANTONIA LEWIN-LAFRANCE & GEORGIA LEWIN-LAFRANCE
AUGUST 1–MEN’S TENNIS QUARTERFINALS–8AM–FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME–CAN VS. CASPER RUUD–NORWAY
AUGUST 1—WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL—8AM—BANSLEY/BUKOVEC VS. AUSTRALIA
AUGUST 1—WOMEN’S ALL-AROUND FINAL—10:15 AM–ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
AUGUST 1–WOMEN’S FIRST ROUND ARCHERY–10:45 AM–VIRGINE CHENIER–CAN VS. REZZA OCTAVIA–INDONESIA
AUGUST 1–CANADA VS. CZECH REPUBLIC–11 AM–MIXED DOUBLES TENNIS
AUGUST 1–CANADA VS. JAPAN–11:10 AM–WOMEN’S TEAM FOIL FENCING BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
AUGUST 1—WOMEN’S 200M BUTTERFLY—12:30PM—SUMMER MCINTOSH
AUGUST 1—WOMEN’S 4X200 M FREESTYLE RELAY–2:03 PM
AUGUST 1—CANADA VS. FRANCE—2PM—WOMEN’S 3X3 BASKETBALL
