On Tuesday, Derek Drouin of Corunna won gold in the men’s high jump.
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Day 12 is set up to provide just as much action – here’s who to keep a close eye on.
The U.S. men’s volleyball team will face Poland in the quarterfinals this afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
But neither of the leaders were dominant in the shot put, with France’s Kevin Mayer posting the best result, a 15.76m throw that was enough to put him in third place overall with three of the 10 events done. De Grasse already won a bronze medal at Rio 2016 in the 100-metre competition and is hoping to land in Thursday’s final.
Canadian Damian Warner set the tone early in the men’s decathlon, establishing an Olympic best time of 10.30 seconds in the 100-metre event on Wednesday morning in Rio de Janeiro. Before making the trip to Rio, Warner caught up with Sportsnet’s Donnovan Bennett.
The Canadian men’s volleyball team takes on Russian Federation in quarter-final action.
Brooke Henderson and Alena Sharp are the two Canadian women teeing off at the Olympic golf tournament.
In the other final on Wednesday evening, the US women have three medal hopefuls in the 100-meter hurdles.
Canada will start the day Wednesday with 14 medals – 3 gold, 2 silver and 9 bronze.
Canada has several wrestlers participating in various events on Wednesday. Jasmine Mian is in 48kg 1/8 final against Yanan Sun. Canada is one of eight teams scheduled to participate in the event.
Mo Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., qualified sixth for Saturday’s final at 8:30 p.m. ET with a time of 13 minutes 21.00 seconds.
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The Canadian squad will be participating in the team jumping final.
