Canada runs to bronze in 4×100 relay

Canada has a new Olympic hero in women’s soccer, and her name is Deanne Rose.

The favourable ruling also atoned for some disappointment De Grasse, Brown and Rodney experienced at the 2015 Pan American Games when they were part of Canada’s 4 x 100m men’s relay team that had won the race, but was disqualified. “I couldn’t really tell what happened”.

“I’m not sure if I used up too much energy yesterday and didn’t have anything left today …”

Four years ago Canada defeated France 1-0 to win bronze. The Canadians are targeting a top-12 finish when the 2016 Summer Games end Sunday. Ajomale took De Grasse’s spot as the relay’s anchor in the qualifying round so that the Markham runner could rest up for his other races.

The Guelph, Ont., resident will be in tough in his opening match, facing London 2012 bronze medallist Komeil Ghasemi from Iran at about 10:08 a.m. Through eight events, Warner was behind defending champion Ashton Eaton of the USA and France’s Kevin Mayer.

“I’m exhausted right now, but I’m very happy I was able to pull it out”, Warner said. Lochte would go on to make a rather more dubious mark for himself out of the pool later during the Rio Games.

The gold-medal match will be played late Friday afternoon at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and pit Sweden against Germany.

Wiebe, from Ottawa, was dominant in her match against Guzel Manyurova of Kazakhstan, winning 6-0, and bringing Canada its fourth gold in Rio.

Diver Meaghan Benfeito landed on the podium for the second time in Brazil as she claimed bronze in the women’s 10-metre platform.

The 27-year-old from Laval, Que., finished with an overall score of 389.20, behind Ren Qian and Si Yajie of China.

A team spokesman said the decision not to start Beckie was tactical rather than injury-related.

After a scorching second-round 64 that saw her move well within striking distance of the lead, 18-year-old Canadian phenom Brooke Henderson stumbled in the third round, shooting a 75 to knock her seven strokes off the pace of leader Inbee Park at 4-under.

In addition, Coquitlam, BC’s Tory Nyhaug is Canada’s lone representative in the cycling BMX semifinal round.

Men’s K2 200 – Ryan Cochrane, Lac Beauport, Que., and Hugues Fournel, Dorval, Que., finished eighth in the final (33.767).

Lamaze had ridden clear through all five rounds of the event to qualify for the six-rider jump-off.

Matthew Hughes of Oshawa, Ont., finished 11th in the men’s 3,000 metre steeplechase final with a time of 8:36.83.

Melissa Bishop crosses the finish line in the senior women 800m run during the Canadian Track and Field Championships and Selection Trials. By the time the ball got to Rose, all she had to do was tap it in.

Phylicia George of Markham, Ont., and Nikkita Holder of Pickering, Ont., were scheduled to race in the semis of the women’s 100 metre hurdles.

Before Friday, only two Canadian men’s relay teams had ever won Olympic medals – the 1984 squad in the boycotted L.A. Olympics, and the gold-medal team of Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey in Atlanta, 20 years ago.