Canada Gets Hammered and McIntosh Is the Apple of Canada’s Eye

Olympic Report

with George Le Gresley

Lots has gone down in Paris at this year’s Olympics including another minor scandal….no this is not a Canadian one. But rather two Brazilian swimmers being sent home for leaving the Olympic village, (totally against the rules for a night, unless you’re an NBA player staying in a 5-star hotel) on the town in Paris! Mon Dieu qu’el big mistake! Honestly, who could blame them?

Canadians had big moments on or in the water. The women’s Eight rowing team earned Silver and, in the pool, Summer Mcintosh won three Gold (400 M and 200 M Individual Medley), 200 M Butterfly and a Silver in 400 M Freestyle. Ms. McIntosh wasn’t the only multiple medal winner as 19year-old Illya Kharoun won Bronze medals in the 100 and 200 m Men’s Butterfly. Josh Liendo won Silver in the Men’s 100 Butterfly and Kylie Masse a Bronze in the 200 m Backstroke

My favourite team this year was

Canada’s Women’s Rugby 7’s team who were brilliant in the semifinal, upsetting Australia, but dropped to perennial winner New Zealand to earn Silver in a game they had led at halftime. Also successful in the field events was 30-year-old Alysha Newman who won Bronze in Women’s Pole Vault with a vault of 4.85m or just under 16 feet. She was so happy with her result that she celebrated by doing a little twerk dance for the crowd.

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