FOG BLOG COMMONWEALTH GAMES LOG: CANADA ADDING MORE GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS!
CANADA HAS 10 GOLD, 24 SILVER AND 24 BRONZE FOR A TOTAL OF 67 MEDALS......FOLLOWING IS A RECAP OF THE LAST 24 HRS.....Canadians to watch Friday at the Commonwealth Games Medal contenders in track and field, diving, wrestling highlight Day 8 After three consecutive days of double-digit podium appearances, Canadian athletes added just two medals.
Day 8 should be more productive for Canada, with solid medal contenders in a variety of sports. Here's who to look for, and which of the six streaming channels available on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem you can watch them on:
Diving: Mia Vallée in the women's 1m springboard, and Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray in the men's synchronized 10 platform
Vallée, 21, took bronze in the women's 1m event a few weeks ago at the world championships in Hungary, where she added a silver in the 3m. Also competing for Canada in the 1m is Margo Erlam, who placed ninth at worlds. Assuming they get through the morning preliminary round, Vallée and Erlam will try for a medal in the final at 1:05 p.m. ET on channel 2.
Wiens, 20, and Zsombor-Murray, 19, are coming off a bronze in the 10m synchro at worlds, where they were competing together for just the second time. They're one of six tandems in the final at 2:23 p.m. ET on channel 2.
Track and field: Alex Dupont and Josh Cassidy in the men's wheelchair 1,500m final
Dupont, 36, is the defending champion in this event. The 37-year-old Cassidy was one of Canada's flag-bearers for the opening ceremony before finishing fourth in the marathon last weekend. The former Boston, Chicago, London and Los Angeles marathon champion took bronze in the 1,500m at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The race goes at 2:55 p.m. ET on channel 1.
Wrestling: Linda Morais, Ana Godinez Gonzalez, Amar Dhesi and Lachlan McNeil
Friday is the first of two days of wrestling competition. Canada is looking to follow up its strong showing on the mats in 2018, when it finished second in total medals with 10. Former world champion Linda Morais (women's 68kg division), Ana Godinez Gonzalez (women's 62kg), Amar Dhesi (men's 125kg) and Lachlan McNeil (men's 65kg) are among the Canadians who could contend for medals on Friday.
Preliminary-round matches in the various weight classes can be seen from 7:30-8:20 a.m. ET on channel 2, and medal bouts from noon-2:30 p.m. ET on channel 4.
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