Canada won seven gold medals at the last Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in 2021.
London featured prominently in some of the country’s best performances at the Olympics, with Forest City athletes either part of or directly winning four of those medals:
- Maggie McNeil wins Olympic gold in 100m butterfly in pool
- Damien Warner reaches 9,000 points and steps onto the decathlon podium
- Suzanne Grainger is one of eight women to win a gold medal in rowing
- Jessie Fleming and Shelina Zadorsky lead Canada to the top of the women’s soccer world.
Heading to Paris, the region’s athletes are gearing up to do more. Here’s a daily schedule for athletes from London and the surrounding area taking part in the event.
- Maggie McNeil – Swimming
- Jesse Fleming – Football
- Damian Warner – Decathlon
- Nick Weems (Bothwell, Ontario) – Track Cycling
- Cordano Russell – Skateboarding
- Elisha Newman (Delaware, Ontario) – pole vault
- Lucia Stafford – 1,500 meters
July 25
Women’s Football (Jessie Fleming)
11:00 – Canada vs New Zealand
July 27
Women’s 100m Butterfly (Maggie McNeil)
summer morning
2:30 p.m. – Semi-finals
July 28
Women’s 100m Butterfly (Maggie McNeil)
2:40 p.m. – last
Women’s Football (Jessie Fleming)
3:00 p.m. – Canada vs. France
July 30
Women’s 100m Freestyle (Maggie McNeil)
summer morning
3:25 p.m. – Semi-finals
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July 31
Women’s 100m Butterfly (Maggie McNeil)
2:30 p.m. – last
Women’s Football (Jessie Fleming)
3:00 p.m. – Canada vs. Colombia
August 2nd
Decathlon Men (Damian Warner)
04:05 – 100 minutes
04:55 – Long jump
06:15 – Shot put
12:00 – high jump
2:50 p.m. – 400m
August 3
Decathlon Men (Damian Warner)
04:05 – 110 meters hurdles
04:55 or 06:00 – Discussion (depending on the group)
07:40 – Pole vault
1:10 p.m. or 2:10 p.m. – Javelin (depending on the group)
3:45 p.m. – 1,500 m
5 August
Men’s Cycling – Team Sprint (Nick Weems)
1:09 p.m. – Qualifications
Women’s Pole Vault (Elisha Newman)
04:40 – Qualifications
August 6
Women’s 1,500 meters (Lucia Stafford)
04:05 – Round 1
Men’s Cycling – Team Sprint (Nick Weems)
12:59 – Semi-finals
1:55 p.m. – last
August 7th
Skateboard (Cordano Russell)
06:30 – Preliminary
11:30 a.m. – Last
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Sprint (Nick Weems)
06:45 – Men’s Sprint – Qualifying
08:30 – Men’s sprint – 1/32 sec
11:30 a.m. – Men’s sprint – 1/16th of a second
1:38 p.m. – Men’s sprint – 1/8 sec
Women’s Pole Vault (Elisha Newman)
1 p.m. – last
August 8
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Sprint (Nick Weems)
06:45 – Men’s sprint – Quarter-finals
Women’s 1,500 meters (Lucia Stafford)
1:35 p.m. – Semi-finals
August 9
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Sprint (Nick Weems)
08:41 – Semi-finals
afternoon – last
August 10
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Keirin (Nick Weems)
11:19 – Round 1
Women’s 1,500 meters (Lucia Stafford)
2:25 p.m. – last
August 11
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Keirin (Nick Weems)
05:29 – Quarter-finals
06:29-cm
07:23 – last
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