Important morning for Team Canada in Tokyo
Posted August 6, 2021 6:09 am.
Last Updated August 6, 2021 9:07 am.
It’s shaping up to be a huge morning for Team Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
There were four solid shots at the podium in a span of under two hours today.
Canada hit on its first shot, Mo Ahmed of Ste Catherines, taking home the silver medal in the men’s 5000m.
The women’s soccer gold medal match in Yokohama kicked off at the same time as the 5000m. Canada is taking on Sweden after upsetting the United States in the semi-final.
Gabriela Debues-Stafford came up short in the women’s 1500m just before 9 a.m., finishing 5th.
Capping off the morning at 9:50 a.m. will be the final of the men’s 4x100m relay. Andre De Grasse will attempt to capture his third medal in Tokyo. Canada had one of the fastest times in the heats.
With 20 medals now, Team Canada is three medals shy of its record medal haul at a non-boycotted summer games.
Two more gold medals would match the record of seven Canada achieved in Barcelona in 1992.
