Daily Tokyo Olympics 2020 Recap: Canada secures silver in women’s 200 m backstroke

The Tokyo Olympics 2020 have officially kicked off and Canada has sent 371 athletes to compete in a wide variety of sports over the next two weeks.

On this page, you can find all the updated information on Canada’s medal wins, what happened today in the games for Canada and what you can expect to see tomorrow from Canadian athletes.

Olympics Day 8 – Saturday, July 31

Kylie Masse won her second silver medal of the Tokyo Olympics, finishing second in the women’s 200-metre backstroke. Edmonton’s Marco Arop led from start to finish to win his heat in the 800 metres and move onto the semifinals while Andre De Grasse posted the fastest qualifying time in the men’s 100-metre sprint.

• Archery
  • Men’s Individual : Crispin Duenas – lost in the round-of-16 to Florian Unruh of Germany, 6-2, eliminated
• Boxing
  • Women’s Middleweight: Tammara Thibeault – lost quarterfinal by unanimous decision (5-0), did not advance
• Diving
  • Women’s 3m Springboard: Pamela Ware – finished 18th in semifinal, did not advance; Jennifer Abel – finished 3rd in semifinal, advanced to final
• Equestrian
  • Dressage, Individual: Colleen Loach (Qorry Blue D’Argouges) – classified 42nd
• Golf
  • Men’s, Round 3: Mackenzie Hughes – tied for 17th , Corey Conners – tied for 17th
• Rugby
  • Women: Canada – defeated Kenya 24-10, classified 9th
• Sailing
  • Women’s 49 FX: Ali ten Hove and Mariah Millen – finished 16th and 17th in the final preliminary-round races to finish 16th overall
  • Men’s Finn: Tom Ramshaw – finished 2nd and 9th and is ranked 12th with two races remaining; top 10 advance to medal round
  • Men’s 49er: William Jones and Evan DePaul – ranked 19th overall after placing 18th and 19th in the final races
• Swimming
  • Women’s 200m Backstroke: Taylor Ruck – 6th , Kylie Masse – silver medal
  • Men’s 50m Freestyle: Brent Hayden – 9th in semifinal, did not advance
• Track and Field
  • Women’s 400m Hurdles: Sage Watson – 4th in heat, advances to semifinal
  • Women’s 400m Hurdles: Noelle Montcalm – 6th in heat, did not advance
  • Women’s 100m Semifinal: Crystal Emmanuel – 6th in semifinal, did not advance; Khamica Bingham – 5th in semifinal heat, did not advance
  • Mens 100m: Andre De Grasse – 1st in his heat, advances to semifinal; Bismark Boateng – 8th in his heat, did not advance; Gavin Smellie – 8th in his heat, did not advance
  • Mens 800m: Marco Arop – 1st in heat, advances to semifinal, Brandon McBride – 6th in heat, did not advance
• Triathlon
  • Mixed Team Relay: Joanna Brown, Alexis Lepage, Amelie Kretz, Matthew Sharpe – finished 15th
• Weightlifting
  • Men’s 96kg: Boady Santavy – finished 4th

Who is competing Sunday

• Artistic Gymnastics
  • Women’s Vault : Shallon Olsen MEDAL EVENT
• Basketball
  • Women: Canada vs. Spain
• Beach Volleyball
  • Women, Round of 16: Canada vs. USA
• Diving
  • Women’s 3m Springboard: Jennifer Abel MEDAL EVENT
• Equestrian
  • Eventing Cross Country, Individual: Colleen Loach (Qorry Blue D’Argouges)
• Fencing
  • Men’s Team Foil: Canada vs. Germany, Round of 16 MEDAL EVENT
• Golf
  • Men’s 4th Round : Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes MEDAL EVENT
• Sailing
  • Men’s 470, Races 7 & 8: Jacob Sanders, Oliver Bone
  • Men’s Finn, Race 9 & 10: Tom Ramshaw
  • Women’s Laser: Sarah Douglas MEDAL EVENT
• Swimming
  • Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay: Canada MEDAL EVENT
  • Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay: Canada MEDAL EVENT
• Track and Field
  • Men’s High Jump: Django Lovett MEDAL EVENT
  • Men’s 100m: MEDAL EVENT
  • Men’s 800m Semifinal: Marco Arop
  • Women’s Hammer Throw: Jillian Weir, Camryn Rogers
  • Women’s Steeplechase: Genevieve Lalonde, Regan Yee, Alycia Butterworth
  • Women’s Long Jump: Christabel Nettey
  • Volleyball
    • Men: Canada vs. Poland
  • Water Polo
    • Women: Canada vs. Netherlands
  • Weightlifting
    • Women 76kg: Kristel Ngarlem
  • Wrestling
    • Women’s Freestyle 76kg: Erica Wiebe