Daily Edition – Au revoir: That’s all she wrote

The GIST: Closing Ceremony flag bearers swimmer Summer McIntosh and hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg carried the red and white out of Paris, capping off a record-breaking and unforgettable performance for Team Canada. Here are the highlights from the past two weeks, by the numbers:

9: That’s how many gold medals Team Canada snagged at these Games, breaking their record for a single Olympiad (not including the asterisked 1984 LA Games). All that glitters.

• The athlete that pushed them into record-breaking territory? Torontonian B-Boy Phil Wizard, who spun his way to the sport’s first-ever (and possibly only) gold medal on Saturday. Way to Step Up.

3: How many of those gold medals belong to the aforementioned 17-year-old swimming sensation McIntosh. That’s the most golds a Canadian has ever won at a single Olympics, summer or winter — and her additional silver ties her for the most medals (of any color) in a Summer Games.

2: The number of years Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes have played together on the international beach volleyball stage — which makes their surge to silver, Canada’s first Olympic medal in the sport, even more impressive.

37.50: How many seconds it took the men’s 4x100m relay team — Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, and Brendon Rodney — to race to gold and post the upset of the Games, a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing week on the track.

The GIST: Six days after the competition, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it intends to strip American gymnast Jordan Chiles of her floor exercise bronze medal, but the fight isn’t over just yet. Here’s the latest.

The timeline: Back on August 5th, Chiles initially scored 13.666 in the individual floor final, which landed her in fifth place behind two Romanian gymnasts. While Romania celebrated, Chiles’ coach, Cecile Canqueteau-Landi, asked the judges to review her difficulty marks — a common practice to ensure athletes are judged fairly on all elements of a routine.

• After the review, the judges increased Chiles’ score by 0.1, which bumped her up to third place and secured the bronze.

• Chiles stood on the sport’s first-ever all-Black podium and bowed with her bestie, Simone Biles, in one of the most iconic moments of the Games.

• But yesterday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) voided Canqueteau-Landi’s appeal. Their reasoning? The coach’s inquiry came four seconds after the one-minute limit.

What’s next: In response, USA Gymnastics submitted a formal letter, as well as video evidence, establishing that Canqueteau-Landi submitted her inquiry 47 seconds after Chiles’ score was posted, well within the one-minute limit.

• Furthermore, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has Chiles’ back, reiterating that she “rightfully earned the bronze” and redirecting attention to the judges’ initial scoring error.

• It’s not clear what the formal appeal process will be, but this situation could make its way to the highest court in Switzerland, where the IOC operates, and might take months or even years to be resolved.

Zooming out: All three gymnasts involved — Chiles and the two Romanians, Ana Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea — have unfairly experienced emotional whiplash throughout this fallout. Unacceptable and unconscionable.

Kondeh Mansaray always dreamed of running his own soccer club — that’s why he founded the Edmonton-based BTB Soccer Academy to support amazing kids who just happen to be excellent soccer players. No surprise that his program caught BMO’s attention.

• The Bank of Soccer has backed over 1M young athletes since 2005, including the 700 players who have suited up for BTB. And with BMO’s support, BTB evolved into an even more inclusive and diverse environment by sponsoring kids through their hardship case program.

• When soccer is for everyone, everyone wins. Grow the game, one goal at a time, with BMO.

The way women golfers experience the game is fundamentally different compared to their male counterparts. That’s why Golf Canada built the She Plays Golf Festival specifically for the gals as part of their ongoing effort to make the game more inclusive.

• Centered around community building, growth, and above all, fun, She Plays Golf celebrates the women’s game with events for beginners and vets alike — and the adults’ tournament even offered an exemption to the CPKC Women’s Open, the only Canadian LPGA Tour stop.

• Want to make the game your own? Follow Golf Canada on social media to stay in the know about the next festival and to start your golf journey. This is one par-tee you don’t want to miss.

Hello, history! Female athletes made major gains for Team Canada at this year’s Olympic Summer Games. Here are some top moments from the last two weeks en France:

• Of the record-breaking 27 medals Team Canada won at the Paris Olympics, 19 of them were won by women (!!!). This marks Canada’s best-ever performance at a non-boycotted Summer Games. Eh-mazing.

As a long-time partner of Team Canada for over a decade, Canadian Tire is a proud champion of advancing gender equity and inclusivity in sport, which is why they teamed up with us to highlight Team Canada’s barrier-breaking women athletes.

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