Daily Edition – Day 6: Salt air, and the rust on your door
From The GIST (hi@thegistsports.com)
Leveling The Playing Field
Say cheese!
Can’t stop, won’t stop thinking about Italian gymnast (and Paris Team All-Around silver medalist) Giorgia Villa’s endorsement deal with parmesan cheese…yes, way. Feeling, ahem, grate heading into today’s newsletter.
Country | 🥇 | 🥈 | 🥉 | Total |
| 🇨🇳 People’s Republic of China | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 🇫🇷 France | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada (9th) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
🏊 American swimming superstar Katie Ledecky once again dominated the women’s 1500m freestyle, winning her eighth (!!!) Olympic gold and 12th career Olympic medal yesterday, which ties her for most swimming medals by an American woman. Legendary.
🥉 Montreal’s Ilya Kharun raced to bronze in the men’s 200m butterfly, finishing behind France’s three-time (and counting) gold medalist Léon Marchand and Hungary’s Kristóf Milák. The 19-year-old gave Canada its first men’s swimming medal since the 2012 London Games.
- As for the women, Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh cruised through the 200m butterfly semis, earning a spot in today’s 2:30 p.m. ET final as she seeks her third medal in Paris. Allez!
🤿 Diver Caeli McKay just missed the podium for the second straight Games, posting a fourth-place finish in the women’s 10m synchronized diving event with partner Kate Miller. Both McKay and Miller will compete in the individual 10m platform event beginning next week.
🏊🚴🏃 The women’s and men’s triathlon finals finally went ahead after concerns surrounding the polluted Seine River, with France’s Cassandre Beaugrand taking the gold and making the home crowd proud. Great Britain’s Alex Yee came out on top in the men’s race.
🎾 Félix Auger-Aliassime is Canada’s King of Clay. The 23-year-old upset Daniil Medvedev, making him the first Canadian man to advance to the men’s singles quarter-finals. Plus, he’s competing in today’s mixed doubles championship alongside Gabriela Dabrowski.
- Elsewhere, the Spanish duo of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz fell in the quarter-finals, while Great Britain’s Andy Murray and his partner Dan Evans will look to extend Murray’s farewell tour when they play their quarter-final this morning.
3️⃣🏀 Two games, two wins for the Canadian women’s 3x3 squad. The red and white upset top-ranked People’s Republic of China 21–11, with the Plouffe sisters (Katherine and Michelle) and Paige Crozon leading the way. Hoop yeah.
Women’s soccer
⚽ On to the next one
The GIST: The Olympic women’s soccer quarter-finals (QF) are set — and you can get in on the action by joining our 100% free bracket. Sign up and scroll on, the fun has just begun.
Who’s through: The No. 5 USWNT and No. 8 CanWNT are both through to the knockouts, with the Americans winning Group B after taking down No. 12 Australia 2–1 yesterday and the defending gold medalist Canadians overcoming FIFA’s six-point deduction, topping No. 22 Colombia 1–0 to finish second in Group A.
- Joining them in the knockouts are No. 1 Spain, No. 2 France, No. 4 Germany, No. 7 Japan, No. 9 Brazil, and Colombia.
- Unfortunately for Brazil, they’ll be without their fearless leader Marta for Saturday’s QF match against France after the soon-to-be-retiring captain was issued a red card yesterday, rendering her ineligible for the next game.
CanWNT showcase grit after damning FIFA report: For the second time in program history, Canada won all three of their Olympic group stage matches, an even more impressive feat considering the six-point deduction the team pushed through following Dronegate.
- Led by clutch goal scorer Vanessa Gilles, the resilient squad will face Germany in a 1 p.m. ET QF match on Saturday.
- Meanwhile, a shocking FIFA report into Canada’s culture of spying revealed damning evidence that CanWNT head coach Bev Priestman was not only aware of the team’s drone usage, but wrote that the practice of spying on opponents “can be the difference between winning and losing.” Terrible.
Together With adidas
🛍️ Get in pals, we’re going shopping
Ready to level up your shopping game? We recently hit the adidas Flagship store in Paris with PWHL hockey stars Natalie Spooner and Sarah Nurse for the ultimate girls' day.
- From picking out the latest adidas gear to sharing style tips, these athletes showed us how they stay at the top of their game on and off the ice. Look good, feel good, play good, after all.
Check out our behind-the-scenes video for a sneak peek at their favorite adidas pieces, then head to adidas.ca to cop your own closet necessities.
Event | ⏰ (ET) | 👀 |
| 🎾 Tennis men’s singles quarter-finals | Today starting at 6 a.m. | 🇨🇦 Félix Auger-Aliassime |
| 🏅🤸 Women’s gymnastics all-around final | 12:15 p.m. | 🇨🇦 Ellie Black |
| 🏅🏊 Women’s 200m butterfly final | 2:30 p.m. | 🇨🇦 Summer McIntosh |
| 3️⃣🏀 3x3 women’s basketball group play | 4 p.m. | 🇨🇦 Canada vs. 🇫🇷 France |
Together With Peoples Jewellers
Have “Bejeweled” taste, but an “I Bet You Think About Me” budget? Our pals at Peoples Jewellery have styles ranging from bank account–friendly to straight-up bougie to keep your wallet smiling — and your fingers, ears, and neckline even happier.
- Plus, their diamonds are exclusively conflict-free, so you can feel good about your purchase, whether it’s a little treat, or…you know, the big one. What’s a girl to do? A diamond’s gotta shine.
Giveaway Alert
⚽ Get ready for kick off with The GIST's Women’s Summer Soccer Bracket Challenge!
This year, we're bringing you an epic women's soccer tournament experience. Join fellow GISTers and show off your soccer smarts for a chance to win major prizes and bragging rights.
Prizes: The winner will receive an iPhone 15, second place will win an iPad, and third place will win an Apple Watch SE.
How to play: Sign up for free and we’ll remind you to lock in your picks before the women's soccer quarter-finals start. It’s that easy!
Peep our squad’s MVPs (Most Valuable Picks):
🏆 Who to champion
As a long-time partner of Team Canada, Canadian Tire is a proud champion of advancing gender equity and inclusivity in sports, which is why they teamed up with us to highlight the barrier-breaking Team Canada women athletes.*
🧁 Where the muffin man lives
Drury Lane Norway, apparently. Norway swimmer and TikTok star Henrik Christiansen’s obsession with the Olympic Village chocolate muffins is our new obsession.
👀 Why you shouldn't throw shade
Because it could come back to bite you, like it did for former U.S. gymnast Mykayla Skinner. She found out, no doubt about it.
*P.S. This is a sponsored post. Red, white, and proud.Today’s email was brought to you by Lauren Tuiskula, Alessandra Puccio, Marga Sison, and Katie Kehoe Foster. Fact-checking by Parul Kanwar. Ops by Briana Ekanem and Marga Sison. Ads by Katie Kehoe Foster and Alessandra Puccio. Managing edits by Lauren Tuiskula. Head of content Ellen Hyslop.