Day 13 Olympic lookahead

Posted By: Abe Hefter · 8/8/2012 8:19:00 PM

·   Soccer: Women’s Bronze Medal Match – Christine Sinclair and Melissa Tancredi lead Canada in a battle for bronze against France 

 

·   Canoe/Kayak: Mixed – Eton Dorney hosts four medal events including men's canoe double 1000m final, men's kayak four 1000m final, women's kayak single 500m final and women's kayak double 500m final 

 

·   Athletics – The morning includes the first round of the men’s 4x400m relay, women’s high jump qualification and three events from men’s decathlon: 110m hurdles, discus throw and pole vault

 

·   Cycling BMX: Men’s Quarterfinals – Canada’s Tory Nyhaug competes in his first Olympic Games 

 

·   Wrestling: Women’s Freestyle Wrestling – Canada’s Tonya Verbeek (55kg) – the Beijing 2008 bronze medallist and Athens 2004 silver medallist – and Leah Callahan (72kg) look to advance to the afternoon’s gold medal finals 

 

·         Athletics – In addition to the women’s 800m semifinals featuring Canada’s Jessica Smith, five medal events take place including:

 

o   Men’s 200m Final – Canada’s Jared Connaughton* and Aaron Brown* look to hit the track alongside Jamaica’s Usain Bolt* and Yohan Blake* 

 

o   Women’s Javelin Final – Vancouver’s Elizabeth Gleadle will be the first Canadian woman to compete in the javelin at an Olympic Games since 1988 

 

o   Men’s Decathlon 1500m Final – Canada’s Damian Warner competes 

 

o   Men’s 800m Final 

 

o   Men’s Triple Jump Final 

 

·   Soccer: Women’s Gold Medal Match  The United States is up against the Japanese squad that beat them in last year's World Cup final (TSN, OMNI.1, CTVOlympics.ca, RDSolympiques.ca)

 

·  Diving: Women’s 10m Platform – Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito* and Roseline Filion*, who captured bronze in the women's 10m synchronized diving last week, fly solo against the best divers in the world including the defending Olympic champion Chen Ruolin* of China 

 (Derek Drouin COC Photo)

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