Daily Edition – Day 4: Haters gonna hate
From The GIST (hi@thegistsports.com)
Leveling The Playing Field
Good morning!
Did you know pools could be slow? Neither did we. On that note, let’s dive into another day of enlightening Olympic coverage.
Country | 🥇 | 🥈 | 🥉 | Total |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 🇫🇷 France | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 🇨🇳 People’s Republic of China | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada (9th) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
🥇 Mere hours before swimmer Summer McIntosh touched the wall first (more on that below), judoka Christa Deguchi won the women’s under-57kg title yesterday, Canada’s first gold at this year’s Games and the country’s first Olympic win in judo.
🥉 In another Canadian first, Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray earned the bronze in men’s 10m platform synchronized diving yesterday, Canada’s first medal in the event.
🏉 Down go the hosts! Chloe Daniels and the Canadian women’s 7s rugby squad bid au revoir to France with yesterday’s relentless 19–14 quarter-final win, sending them through to today’s 10 a.m. ET semi against undefeated Australia. The medal hunt continues.
🎾 Novak Djokovic cruised to a straight-sets win over King of Clay Rafael Nadal yesterday in what was likely the final matchup between two of the greatest tennis players ever.
- As for the Canadians, Bianca Andreescu’s Paris campaign came to an end in the second round, but Leylah Annie Fernandez and Félix Auger-Aliassime live to fight another day as the action rolls on this morning.
🏀 Canada women’s basketball gave up a narrow first-quarter lead in yesterday’s group play opener vs. France, managing only two points in the second quarter and eventually losing 75–54. Onto the next.
🤸 The Canada men’s artistic gymnastics team made history by reaching their first team final over the weekend, but they missed out on the podium, finishing eighth overall. Still eh-mazing.
CanWNT drone spying scandal
🇨🇦⚽ Not done yet
The GIST: Yesterday, No. 8 CanWNT formally appealed the six-point deduction handed down by FIFA in the wake of their ongoing drone scandal. A resolution could be imminent as the case is fast-tracked before group stage games conclude…tomorrow. Buckle up.
Canada protests sanction for “unfairly punish[ing] athletes”: ICYMI, on Saturday CanWNT was docked six points from their group stage total amid shocking espionage allegations. The sanction currently leaves them with 0 points, erasing the six points earned from their two group stage wins (teams earn three for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
- While it’s not impossible for the red and white to advance out of Group A, it won’t be easy, even with the victories — and stars like Vanessa Gilles are sharing their frustration as the team feels they’re being punished for a crime they did not commit.
What’s next: An appeal hearing is expected today, with a possible verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport anticipated tomorrow, ideally before Canada’s final group stage game against No. 22 Colombia kicks off at 3 p.m. ET. It truly all comes down to this.
Women’s swimming
🏊 Sweet Summer time
The GIST: Still weeks out from her 18th birthday, Toronto’s own Summer McIntosh has already become the face of Team Canada in Paris. Talk about making a splash.
McIntosh grabs gold in 400m individual medley (IM): The 17-year-old dominated the field pool yesterday to earn her second medal of the Games, beating runner-up Katie Grimes of the U.S. by a whopping five and a half seconds.
- Expectations for McIntosh were sky-high after she narrowly missed the 800m freestyle podium in Tokyo and set a world record in the 400m IM at May’s Team Canada trials. Safe to say she’s more than lived up to the hype.
What’s next: McIntosh’s grueling schedule continues with tomorrow’s heats and semifinal in the 200m butterfly, where she’s widely expected to make Thursday’s final.
- She’ll then have a fourth shot at history in the 200m IM, with heats and semis scheduled for Friday and finals on Saturday. Our prediction? The summer of Summer is just getting started.
Event | ⏰ (ET) | 👀 |
| 🏀 Men’s basketball group play | Today at 7:30 a.m. | 🇨🇦 Canada vs. 🇦🇺 Australia |
| 🏀 Women’s 3x3 basketball pool play | Today at 12 p.m. | 🇨🇦 Canada vs. 🇦🇺 Australia |
| 🤸 Women’s gymnastics team final | Today at 12:15 p.m. | 🇨🇦 Ellie Black |
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🥈 Whose collection is complete
Superstar British diver Tom Daley, who captured his first career silver Olympic medal yesterday to go along with his gold and three bronzes accrued over five Olympics. A Summer Games legend, loving dad, queer icon, and knitting sensation — literally, what can’t he do?
📣 Who’s firing up the home crowd
Léon Marchand, the homegrown hero who broke French swimming’s 12-year gold medal drought on Saturday. Even French president Emmanuel Macron is taking notice — and Marchand could win two more in the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke tomorrow.
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