Victoria’s Ryan Cochrane finished his Olympic career with a sixth-place finish in the men’s 1,500 metre freestyle, while the women’s 4×100 medley relay finished fifth, denying 16-year-old sensation Penny Oleksiak her fifth medal at the Games.īut there is potential for more Canadian medals in athletics. She raced for Canada in alpine skiing at the Vancouver Games six years ago before taking up ski cross ahead of Sochi in 2014.Ĭanada sat 11th in the overall medal table after Saturday, on pace to reach its goal of a top-12 finish.Ĭanada was unable to build on its impressive showing in the pool in Rio, missing the podium in two finals as swimming competition drew to a close. Simmerling is the first Canadian athlete to compete in three different sports at three separate Olympics. “I’m so thankful to be here with these four amazing riders,” Simmerling said. “I’m just so speechless.” New Zealand settled for fourth place after finishing nearly four seconds behind in 4:18.459. Montreal’s Kirsti Lay, Calgary’s Allison Beveridge, Georgia Simmerling of West Vancouver, B.C., and Jasmin Glaesser of Vancouver finished in four minutes 14.627 seconds. And so I’m really proud of myself and happy with myself, even if it wasn’t gold.”īelgium’s Nafissatou Thiam won gold and 2012 champion Jessica Ennis-Hill took silver.Įarlier, the track cycling team defeated New Zealand to win the pursuit bronze. “Going into this I wouldn’t have said, ‘Yay, I won a bronze medal,’ but I’m really really happy with it,” she said. “The Olympics is tough, if it wasn’t just tough to get here, there would be a lot more people competing at this meet. Theisen-Eaton finished third in the final 800 heat to finish with 6,653 points. Theisen-Eaton, a two-time world silver medallist from Humboldt, Sask., was in sixth place after a rocky Day 1.īut solid long jump and javelin events allowed her to climb up to third spot going into the final event - the 800 metres. The Canadian track cycling pursuit team also earned a bronze to give Canada 12 total medals (two gold, two silver, eight bronze). That equalled the bronze that high jumper Derek Drouin won in London, and highlighted another impressive showing from Canada’s Olympic women. RIO DE JANEIRO - It didn’t take long for Canada to match its track and field medal total from the London Olympics.īrianne Theisen-Eaton put a tough first day of the heptathlon behind her and fought back for a bronze medal Saturday on Day 8 of the 2016 Rio Games.
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