Canada's Christopher Morales-Williams, left, runs in a men's 400-meters heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Morales Williams falls short of qualifying for 400m final
Christopher Morales Williams fell short of qualifying for the Olympic men’s 400-metre final. The Vaughan, Ont., athlete crossed the finish line in 45.25 seconds to finish eighth in the third semi-final heat on Tuesday night at Stade de France. Morales Williams, who turned 20 on Monday, made it into the semi-finals after finishing second in Heat 5 on Sunday with a time of 44.96 seconds. Entering the Olympics, Morales Williams had the third-leading time in the world, which at one point was the world-leading time, at 44.05 seconds from the Southeastern Conference outdoor championships in May. Morales Williams turned pro after finishing his sophomore year at the University of Georgia having won the indoor and outdoor NCAA national championships this season.
Brendon Rodney of Canada crosses the line to win heat 2 of the 200m ahead of Bryan Levell of Jamaica on Aug. 6, 2024.Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
Rodney, Brown advance to 200m semi-finals
Brendon Rodney and Aaron Brown have qualified for the Olympic men’s 200-metre semi-finals. Rodney, from Toronto, ran a time of 20.42 seconds to earn the top spot in Heat 2 of the repechage round on Tuesday at Stade de France. Rodney had finished fourth in Heat 3 in Monday’s opening heats with a time of 20.30 seconds. He failed to qualify from there, with the newly implemented repechage giving him a second chance that he capitalized on. The winner from each of the four heats in the repechage round along with the fastest two times among non-automatic qualifiers advance into Wednesday night’s semi-final. The final is set for Thursday night. Brown, also from Toronto, finished second in Heat 3 at 20.42 on Tuesday but qualified with one of two fastest non-automatic qualifier spots.
Canada's Caeli McKay competes in the women's 10m platform diving final during the Paris Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France on Aug. 6, 2024.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Caeli McKay comes in fourth in 10-metre platform
Canadian diver Caeli McKay has fallen just short of the podium again, finishing fourth in women’s 10-metre platform at the Paris Games roughly a week after she and partner Kate Miller landed in the same spot in the synchronized event. McKay, of Calgary, jumped from eighth to fourth place in her third dive but couldn’t crack the top three over her next two dives Tuesday at the Aquatics Centre. She earned a total of 364.50 points, with her third and last dives tied for her highest scores. China’s Quan Hongchan won her second consecutive Olympic gold in the event, with a score of 425.60. The teen won in Tokyo with a record-setting performance at age 14. Her teammate Chen Yuxi scored a total of 420.70 to take home the silver, also reprising her Tokyo ranking. North Korea’s Kim Mi Rae secured the bronze with 372.10 points. McKay also finished fourth in synchronized diving in Tokyo with former partner Meaghan Benfeito.
Canada's Sloan MacKenzie (front) and Katie Vincent compete in the women's canoe double 500-meter heats at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 6, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France.Ebrahim Noroozi/The Associated Press
Sprint canoeists set Olympic record to advance to semis
Sprint canoeists Sloan Mackenzie and Katie Vincent started their quest for a medal at the Paris Games in commanding fashion, paddling to an Olympic best time as they secured a berth in the women’s double 500-metre semi-finals. The Canadians put on a burst of speed in the last few metres to win in a time of 1 minute 54:16 seconds. All five Canadian boats who were on the water on Tuesday advanced to their respective 500-metre semi-finals during canoe-kayak sprint events at Vaires-sur-Marne nautical stadium. The two-person sprint kayak team of Courtney Stott and Natalie Davison went through the quarter-finals to advance, as did both the men’s and women’s kayak four crews. Pierre-Luc Poulin and Simon McTavish were the final Canadian boat of the day and secured their own semi-final spot with a third-place result in the men’s kayak doubles quarter-finals.
Fay De Fazio Ebert of Canada competes during the women's skateboarding park preliminaries at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 6, 2024, in Paris, France.Vadim Ghirda/The Associated Press
Canada’s youngest athlete finishes 20th
Fay De Fazio Ebert squeezed her mom’s hand, and then went for it. The 14-year-old skateboarder and youngest athlete on Canada’s Olympic team in Paris had briefly considered playing it safe and leaving the kickflip indy out of her third and final pass through the skate park Tuesday. De Fazio Ebert opted for the higher degree of difficulty of flipping the board over in the air and grabbing it before landing on it again. Canada’s lone female skateboarder in Paris missed the move and didn’t produce a score on her third and final run to get into the top eight finalists. She finished 20th in her Olympic debut. De Fazio Ebert, who will start Grade 10 in the fall, was too young to live in the athletes’ village in Paris and stayed with her mom in a hotel instead.