Day 5: History in the making
For the first time since 1928, Canada will have two men in the 200-metre final. On that day, Percy Williams took gold and teammate John Fitzpatrick finished fifth.
More than 90 years later, Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown will join them in the history books. De Grasse will go for his second medal of these Games, finishing first in his 200-metre heat in a new Canadian record time of 19.73 seconds.
“I’m really happy about it. I broke my national record and it’s been five years since I’ve done that,” said De Grasse. “It feels good that I still have my 200-metre legs in me. I’m feeling good and ready for tomorrow.
DAY 5 CANADIAN RESULTS
| ATHLETE | SEX | EVENT | ROUND | RESULT |
| Liz Gleadle | W | Javelin throw | Qualification | 58.19m |
| Kyra Constantine | W | 400m | Heats | 51.69 Advanced to semi-finals |
| Natassha McDonald | W | 400m | Heats | 53.54 |
| Andre De Grasse | M | 200m | Heats | 20.56 Advanced to semi-finals |
| M | 200m | Semi-Final | 19.73 CR Advanced to final | |
| Aaron Brown | M | 200m | Heats | 20.38 Advanced to semi-finals |
| M | 200m | Semi-Final | 19.99 SB Advanced to final | |
| Brendon Rodney | M | 200m | Heats | 20.60 |
| Tim Nedow | M | Shot put | Qualification | 19.42m |
| Mohammed Ahmed | M | 5000m | Heats | 13:38.96 Advanced to final |
| Lucas Bruchet | M | 5000m | Heats | 13:44.08 |
| Justyn Knight | M | 5000m | Heats | 13:30.22 Advanced to final |
| Camryn Rogers | W | Hammer throw | Final | 74.35m 5th |
(Photo by Roger Sedres/Athletics Canada)
(Photo by Roger Sedres/Athletics Canada)
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Video content: It’s the Olympic Games, which means it’s nearly impossible to look away from your TV or the livestream. But in case you had to step away, CBC Sports and Radio-Canada have you covered with highlights, replays, features and more. Check out the highlights here.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“First Olympic Games, and being among such incredible, talented and experienced women, I think there’s always more you wish you could do but, if anything, my results show me that there’s a lot more left in the tank. I’m all the more excited to build off it next year and to start planning for three years from now.” – Camryn Rogers
A LOOK AHEAD……
Every race, jump or throw at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games just might turn out to be ‘the highlight of the Games’. Don’t miss a moment of the action.
Here’s a look at Team Canada’s schedule for Day – 6 (Aug. 4)
| MORNING SESSION | ||||
| LOCAL TIME | SEX | EVENT | ROUND | ATHLETE |
| 9:00 (JST) 20:00 (Aug. 3 – EDT) | M | 100m | Decathlon | Pierce LePage (Heat 3) Damian Warner (Heat 3) |
| 9:35 (JST) 20:35 (Aug. 3 – EDT) | W | 100mH | Heptathlon | Georgia Ellenwood (Heat 2) |
| 9:55 (JST) 20:55 (Aug. 3 – EDT) | M | Long jump | Decathlon | Pierce LePage (Group A) Damian Warner (Group B) |
| 10:35 (JST) 21:35 (Aug. 3 – EDT) | W | High jump | Heptathlon | Georgia Ellenwood (Group A) |
| 11:40 (JST) 22:40 (Aug. 3 – EDT) | M | Shot put | Decathlon | Pierce LePage (Group A) Damian Warner (Group B) |
| EVENING SESSION | ||||
| LOCAL TIME | SEX | EVENT | ROUND | ATHLETE |
| 18:30 (JST) 5:30 (EDT) | M | High jump | Decathlon | Pierce LePage (Group B) Damian Warner (Group A) |
| 19:00 (JST) 6:00 (EDT) | W | 1500m | Semi-Final | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (Heat 1) Lucia Stafford (Heat 2) |
| 19:05 (JST) 6:05 (EDT) | W | Shot put | Heptathlon | Georgia Ellenwood (Group A) |
| 19:30 (JST) 6:30 (EDT) | W | 400m | Semi-Final | Kyra Constantine (Heat 3) |
| 20:00 (JST) 7:00 (EDT) | W | 3000mSC | Final | Geneviève Lalonde |
| 20:30 (JST) 7:30 (EDT) | W | 200m | Heptathlon | Georgia Ellenwood (Heat 2) |
| 21:30 (JST) 8:30 (EDT) | M | 400m | Decathlon | Pierce LePage (Heat 3) Damian Warner (Heat 3) |
| 21:55 (JST) 8:55 (EDT) | M | 200m | Final | Aaron Brown Andre De Grasse |
FOLLOW ALONG
With so many ways to follow the Games at your fingertips, we created a list of our favourites:
Athletics Canada
- Website
- Daily Canadian schedule
- Meet the team (bios)
- Historical stats (medallists, individual placing by event, placing table)
Team Canada
World Athletics
CBC Sports
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
MEDIA INFO
Throughout the Games, Caroline Sharp will serve as the Canadian athletics media attaché, while Gilles LeBlanc will assist with race walking and marathon events in Sapporo.
Should you wish to arrange an interview, or need more information, please do not hesitate to reach out to Caroline or Gilles. Once a member of the Canadian team returns home, please contact a member of Athletics Canada’s communications team (Amanda or Riley).
Caroline Sharp (Athletics media attaché)
Email: csharp@olympic.ca
Number (Japan): 81-7043-287-480
WhatsApp: 613-323-5605
Gilles LeBlanc (race walking and marathon media attaché)
Email: gleblanc@softball.ca
Number (Japan): 81-7043-902-316
WhatsApp: 613-795-1996
Amanda Nigh (Athletics Canada – post-Games requests)
Email: amanda.nigh@athletics.ca
Riley Denver (Athletics Canada – post-Games requests)
Email: Riley.Denver@athletics.ca
Looking for a list of all-time Canadian Olympic medallists? The best Canadian placing at the Games by event? Or even the team’s overall placing from 1900 to 2016? You’re in luck. It’s all in one place: www.athletics.ca/events/tokyo-2020-olympic-games.
Updated bios of each Tokyo Olympian can also be found here.