Canada at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Another two lost golds in gymnastics....this is becoming annoying.

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Canada Day 4 Review

 

Day 4 saw Canada win 15 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze) for a great day. Here's how we did for each sport.

 

3x3 Basketball

Almost a perfect day for us as the women and both wheelchair teams booked their spot to the finals. The women will face against England while the wheelchair teams will have a double header against Australia. The men's team lost to England in the semis and will play for bronze against Scotland.

 

Beach Volleyball

Pavan/Melissa won their match against Kenya without any trouble. They will play their final group stage match against New Zealand on Wednesday in hopes of finishing in top spot.

 

Boxing

Canada had two boxers competing today with both of them winning their respective bouts. Beausejour won his round of 16 match against Barbados in the men's light heavyweight and will face a boxer from Scotland. Al-Ahmadieh won his round of 16 match against Australia in the men's featherweight and will face a boxer from Guyana in the quarterfinals. All of our boxers are now in the quarterfinals and are one win away from winning at least bronze.

 

Cycling

Kelsey Mitchell finished her games with a fourth medal, a bronze in the women's keirin. We also won a second bronze medal in the women's scratch via Maggie Coles-Lyster. Overall, I was expecting a little bit more from our track cycling team, but New Zealand really did a number in denying us gold medals.

 

Field Hockey

In an embarrassing fashion, we were seconds away from losing to Ghana, but we scored a late goal to tie things up 1-1. Our next opponent will be India on Wednesday.

 

Gymnastics

Canada won two silver and two bronze across the five apparatus finals held today. We were quite close at grabbing a gold medal, but it was not to be. Despite a relatively weaker team in artistic gymnastics we may not end up too far from the medal total from 2018. Of course, the lack of gold medals will be a bit glaring.

 

Judo

I was hoping for two golds, but we managed a gold and silver thanks to the Deguchi sisters. I have high expectations of our judo team so hopefully everyone can pull through.

 

Squash

Holly Naughton pulled off the upset and will now compete in the semifinals of the women's singles. The downside is the other three players are the top 3 seeds of the tournament so my expectation for a shock medal is being kept in check. Still I wish her good luck in her next two matches.

 

Swimming

We won four medals today with McIntosh winning gold in the women's 200m IM, Masse winning silver in the women's 200m back, Acevedo picking up a bronze in the 50m back and Berube winning bronze in the women's 100m SB6 breaststroke. Additionally, Smith and Savard have qualified to the women's 100m free finals and Liendo and Knox have qualified to the men's 100m butterfly finals.

 

Weightlifting

A perfect day for Canada as all three of our competing athletes won a medal, including a gold via Charron in the women's -64kg. We have now won more medals relative to 2018 and we still have six more athletes remaining to compete.

[seb851 31]

Is so sad Klimkait decline her selection TBH ... because the level of competition is very low (is worse then Panam imo ...). Still, I'm not impressed by Deguchi Sister ...

[james89 847]

Camille Berube won a medal in her last race before retiring. Ending her career on a high note. 

[intoronto 5,629]

Boady santavy is not on the 96 kg start list anymore... unreal.

 

The Canadian men have 1 gold medal

[intoronto 5,629]

Our national airline continues to be a disgrace

 

 

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Canada Day 5 Review

 

Day 5 saw Canada win 13 medals (5 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze) for another great day. Here's how we did for each sport.

 

3x3 Basketball

Finals day saw us medal in all four events, winning two golds in the women's 3x3 and women's wheelchair. The men's wheelchair won silver while the men's 3x3 won bronze. Overall this was a great showing by the Canadian team.

 

Athletics

The first day of athletics was relatively quiet. I was hoping for a medal in women's pole vault, but that did not materialize. We qualified to various finals, which include men's 400m hurdles, women's 800m and women's shot put.

 

Beach Volleyball

Our men's team pulled off a win against St. Kitts and Nevis. The final group stage match will be up against Gambia on Thursday for top spot of the group.

 

Field Hockey

The women's team defeated Ghana 8-1. Our final group stage match will be against India where a win or a draw would send us to the semifinals. We are the underdog, but our team has been playing well so the upset chance is there.

 

Gymnastics

A relatively quite day for Canada on the second day of apparatus finals. We only won a single bronze medal thanks to Spence on the balance beam. Canada wraps up artistic swimming with 8 medals, but no gold. Next in the coming days is rhythmic gymnastics.

 

Judo

The second day of judo saw Canada win three medals; gold in the women's -63kg (Beauchemin-Pinard) and a silver and bronze in the men's -81kg (Gauthier-Drapeau and El Nahas respectively). Overall a good a day. Will Canada maintain its 100% medal record on the final day?

 

Lawn Bowls

Overall a decent day to start off the second set of tournaments. Between our four teams we had a combined record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. It's still a bit early to say where we are, but here's hoping for at least one quarterfinal appearance.

 

Squash

Naughton pulled off a huge upset by defeating top seed King of New Zealand to qualify to the finals. Canada will win a medal in squash. Her opponent tomorrow will be England's Georgina Kennedy.

 

Swimming

Canada picked up another three medals, Liendo won a gold in the men's 100m butterfly, Rivard won a silver in the women's 200m IM SM10 and we won silver in the mixed 4x100m medley relay. Additionally, Liendo and Masse will compete in the men's 50m freestyle and women's 50m backstroke finals tomorrow.

 

Weightlifting

Canada won two medals today. It could have been three, but Santavy had to withdraw in the men's -96kg. He would have been favoured to win gold today. The gold medal we did win was courtesy of Laylor in the women's -76kg and the silver medal was won by Ngarlem in the women's -87kg.

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Canada Day 6 Review

 

Day 6 saw Canada win 11 medals (5 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze) for another good day. Here's how we did for each sport.

 

Athletics

Canada won its first medals in athletics; a gold medal in women's shot put and a bronze in men's 100m T38. A mostly quiet day as the sport is a bit of a slow start for us as most of our athletes are set to compete in the later half of the schedule.

 

Beach Volleyball

Pavan/Melissa won their group after defeating New Zealand. Their quarterfinal opponent will be revealed tomorrow and they will play on Friday.

 

Boxing

Five of our boxers had quarterfinal bouts today with four of them winning and thus guaranteeing a medal. Our one blemish was in the light heavyweight where Beausejour lost to a strong Scottish opponent.

 

Field Hockey

Both the men and women faced India today. The men suffered a crushing 8-0 loss while the women, with a semifinal berth on the line came back from being down 2-0 to tie things up. Sadly, they were unable to score and conceded a goal, allowing India to advance to the semis and for us to compete in the 5th place match.

 

Judo

The final day of judo saw us win the Men's -100kg and +100kg events and an additional silver in the men's -100kg. Our judo team had a great tournament with 8/9 athletes winning medals, including four golds.

 

Lawn Bowls

Our four teams went a combined win-loss record of 3-3 today. Our men's fours have won their group and advanced to the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Ryan Bester is currently first in his group though he still needs to face the two tougher opponents. The women's pairs and triples however, have been eliminated.

 

Squash

Hollie Naughton was unable to complete the dream run, but has finished with a silver medal. This is the first medal for Canada in squash since 2002 so I am quite happy for her.

 

Swimming

The final day of swimming added five more medals to our tally with gold medals being won by Kylie Masse in the women's 50m backstroke and Nicholas Bennett in the men's S14 200m freestyle. Our men's 4x100m medley team getting disqualified during the heats was a bit embarrassing, especially since only 8 teams competed so there was no pressure to make a mistake. Despite missing a few key swimmers Canada finished with 20 medals, the same as 2018, but with four more gold medals.

 

Table Tennis

Today was the group stage for the singles events. Hongtao Chen was able to win his group to join his teammates on the men's side as did Katherine Morin and Ching Nam Fu on the women's side. Our men's para-players are currently with a 1-1 record and will play their final match tomorrow.

 

Weightlifting

The final day for weightlifting ended on a bit of a whimper as none of our athletes won a medal, though they did nabbed a pair of fourth place finishes. Overall Canada won 8 medals in the sport for an improvement of three medals relative to 2018.

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Canada Day 7 Review

 

Day 7 saw Canada win 2 medals (1 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze). Overall the schedule was very light and for the most part the events that did finish weren't Canada's strongest. Still not a good day. Here's how we did for each sport.

 

Athletics

No medals won today. Another quite day on the track with the biggest highlight being Camryn Rogers winning the women's hammer throw qualification round.

 

Badminton

Our mixed doubles pair was eliminated and Brian Yang withdrew in the men's singles. On the other side, Michelle Li and our men's doubles advanced thanks to a walkover.

 

Beach Volleyball

The men's team defeated Gambia to finish first in the group. Our quarterfinal opponent will be against Cyprus tomorrow.

 

Boxing

Feujio lost his super heavyweight quarterfinal match to Nigeria. This leaves four boxers remaining, all of which are guaranteed a medal.

 

Cycling

We were mostly a non-factor in the time trial events with our best performers in the men's and women's events being Pier Andre Cote (13th) and Alison Jackson (11th) respectively.

 

Diving

First day of diving saw Canada finish with one bronze in the women's 10m platform. I was hoping for at least a silver medal, but the English women will be tough to beat. I expect a bunch of medals in diving, but the first day events is probably our weakest day.

 

Field Hockey

The men suffered another devastating loss, this time to England where they lost 12-1. Luckily our goal differential prevented us from finishing last in the group and we will play Pakistan for 7th place.

 

Gymnastics

Canada's second medal came in the rhythmic team all-around event where we won gold. We are also in a great position for the individual events as we qualified in all of them in at least third place.

 

Lawn Bowls

Ryan Bester split his two remaining group matches to finish second in the group and advance to the quarterfinals. He will face Scotland's McLean tomorrow.

 

Squash

The doubles tournaments continue. Our men's doubles defeated Uganda in the round of 32 and will face Wales next. After receiving a bye in the round of 32, our women's doubles lost in the round of 16 to Malaysia. Our final mixed doubles pair had to play two matches where they won against Trinidad and Tobago, but lost to Scotland in the round of 16.

 

Table Tennis

A lot happened today. Our two para-players lost their final group stage matches and will not advance to the semis. All three of our mixed doubles team won their round of 32 matches. Additionally, both of our men's doubles team won their round of 32 matches. In the women's singles Morin and Fu lost their round of 32 matches while Zhang won hers.

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Canada Day 8 Review

 

Day 8 saw Canada win 8 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze). The number of medaling events was relatively low again in anticipation for the weekend. Overall, Canada had an okay day. Here's how we did for each sport.

 

Athletics

No medals on the track for the second day in a row, but to be fair there weren't a lot of events concluding. The good news is we made it to the finals in almost all of the events we were competing in today. I'm hoping for a bit of a medal rush over the next two days as 29 events will be decided.

 

Badminton

Michelle Li and our women's doubles team won their round of 16 matches while the men's doubles team lost their match. This was to be expected.

 

Beach Volleyball

Both of our teams won their quarterfinal matches with the men defeating Cyprus and the women winning against Sri Lanka. The semifinals are tomorrow where the men and women face off against England and New Zealand respectively.

 

Diving

Canada won two medals, a gold in the women's 1m springboard and a silver in the men's 3m synchronized springboard. Overall it was an expected day.

 

Gymnastics

The rhythmic individual all-around final was today. We had a chance for a medal, but sadly our two competitors finished 6th and 8th. The apparatus finals are tomorrow and I am hopeful we can win some medals.

 

Lawn Bowls

Ryan Bester and our men's triple team lost their quarterfinal matches and are eliminated. This concludes lawn bowls for Canada where we finish with no medals.

 

Squash

Our men's doubles have kept our hopes alive as they defeated Wales to advance to the quarterfinals where they will face England.

 

Table Tennis

Today was a bit of a bloodbath for our table tennis team. All three of our mixed doubles teams lost their round of 16 match as did our two men's doubles teams. Only one of our women's doubles won their round of 32 match while our remaining singles players have all been eliminated with Mo Zhang losing in the quarterfinals and Eugene Wang and Jeremy Hazin losing in the round of 16.

 

Wrestling

Six events were in contention today and Canada won a medal in all of the events. The breakdown was 1 gold, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes. I was hoping for at least two gold medals today, but I can't complain with winning six overall medals.