Rowing, Swimming, Trampoline, Beach V-Ball & More
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Rowing
After pressing pause due to bad weather Olympic rowing is BACK and Canada’s single and double scullers will get the chance to qualify for the medal race.
Carling Zeeman of Cambridge advanced to the semifinal of the women’s single sculls race tonight and will hopefully qualify for Thursday's finals - yet another opportunity for a powerful Canadian woman to bring home a medal at the Games.
Women’s pair, Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens also have a good shot at winning another medal for Canada. After finishing third in their semifinal race, Filmer and Jannsens will competing in the final tonight at 8:30pm ET!
Tune in today (Wednesday) and Thursday for live coverage starting at 7:30pm ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, the CBC Olympics app or online at CBC Sports!
Swimming
The Canadian women already have a silver medal in their pocket(s) from the 4x100m freestyle relay earlier this week. Can Team Canada’s medal rush at the pool continue TONIGHT with the 4x200m women’s freestyle relay? I’d like to believe so!
Keep your eye out for the one and only Penny Oleksiak who could be racing for another medal in the women’s 100m freestyle on Thursday evening! I’ll also be watching Sydney Pickrem as she competes in the 200m breaststroke. Pickrem is not yet confirmed for the final but I’m feeling optimistic.
ALSO, there’s a chance Oleksiak will be swimming as part of the 4x200m freestyle tonight. If she does compete and Canada wins a medal, she will become the most decorated Canadian Olympian of all time with SEVEN MEDALS!
Event schedule:
Women’s 200m Butterfly Final - Wednesday July 28 at 10:28pm ET
Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final - Wednesday July 28 at 11:31pm ET
Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final - Thursday July 29 at 9:41pm ET
Women’s 100m Freestyle Final - Thursday July 29 at 9:59pm ET
Tune in to the women’s swimming events Wednesday and Thursday night on CBC TV, CBC Gem, the CBC Olympics app or online at CBC Sports!
Women’s Trampoline
Get ready… Canada’s Rosie MacLennan will be competing in the women’s individual trampoline finals early Friday morning. And I must admit, I’ve really been looking forward to watching MacLennan soar to new heights in Tokyo as the defending Olympic Champion.
MacLennan is set to compete in her fourth Olympic Games as a two-time defending champion, having claimed gold medals at London 2012 and Rio 2016. She is the first trampolinist in history to win back-to-back Olympic golds and has the chance to defend her title again here in Tokyo.
Check out the women’s individual trampoline finals on Friday morning at 1:50am ET on CBC Sports!
Beach Volleyball
Canadian beach volleyball legends, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan, are hitting the sand again tonight to close out Pool A against Switzerland’s Joana Heirich and Anouk Verge-Depre.
Humana-Paredes and Pavan are coming off of two straight set victories in Tokyo so far and seem ready to leave it all on the court this evening. But the Swiss are looking pretty dangerous as well, sharing the lead with a 2-0 win-loss record.
Check out Canada vs. Switzerland beach volleyball TONIGHT at 9pm ET on CBC Sports!
Other Notable Events (all on CBC Sports)
Women’s Rugby Sevens, Canada vs. Brazil - Wednesday July 28 at 8:30pm ET
Women’s Basketball, Canada vs. South Korea - Wednesday July 28 at 9:30pm ET
Women’s Rugby Sevens, Canada vs. Fiji - Thursday July 29 at 3:30am ET
Women’s Judo, 78kg Finals - Thursday July 29 at 5:08am ET
Women’s Singles Table Tennis Finals - Thursday July 29 at 7am ET
Women’s Rowing, Single Sculls Finals - Thursday July 29 at 7:45pm ET
Women’s Rugby Sevens, Canada vs. France - Thursday July 29 at 8:30pm ET
Women’s Individual BMX Finals - Thursday July 29 at 10:50pm ET
Women’s 25m Pistol Final - Friday July 30 at 1am ET
Women’s Individual Archery Finals - Friday July 30 at 3:30am ET
Women’s Soccer, Canada vs. Brazil - Friday July 30 at 4am ET
Women’s Soccer, Great Britain vs. Australia - Friday July 30 at 5am ET
Women’s Judo, +78kg Finals - Friday July 30 at 5:08am ET
Women’s Soccer, Sweden vs. Japan - Friday July 30 at 6am ET
Women’s Soccer, Netherlands vs. U.S. - Friday July 30 at 7am ET
Women of Tokyo 2020
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Player’s Own Voice Podcast
Leylah Annie Fernandez, an 18-year-old from Montreal, is on today’s episode of Player’s Own Voice. As tennis players go, Fernandez is a physically small champion. The 2019 world number one junior tennis player’s Olympic debut just ended in a loss to this year’s French Open winner. But Fernandez says that focus on an athlete’s size and shape can blind a lot of experts to their raw talent. Catch the latest episode of Player’s Own Voice on the CBC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.
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