FOG BLOG TOKYO OLYMPICS LOG: 1ST TIME IN CANADIAN OLYMPIC HISTORY CANADA PLAYS FOR GOLD IN SOCCER~

CANADA MEDAL COUNT: G-3, S-4, B-7...TOTAL: 14....Tokyo Olympics: Canada women’s soccer team to play Sweden for gold after upsetting United States 1-0 in semifinal.......Canadians advance to women’s soccer final after defeating the United States: Canada’s women’s soccer team has upset the United States, current world champions, 1-0 in the semifinal today. They will play for gold in the final against Sweden on August 5 (10 p.m. ET) and are now guaranteed at least a silver medal — an improvement after winning bronze in the last two Olympics. Today’s faceoff was a rematch of the epic yet controversial 2012 Olympic semifinal where the United States edged Canada 4-3 in extra time — it’s considered to be the greatest game of women’s soccer ever played.

• Andre De Grasse, Penny Oleksiak reach greater heights with latest bronze: Over the weekend, Canada bagged two more bronze medals. Andre De Grasse secured one in the 100-m, becoming the first Canadian man to reach the Tokyo podium against a backdrop of unsettling false starts and a lacklustre atmosphere. With his fourth overall Olympic medal, and with yet still another medal shot to come in the 200-m this week, De Grasse arguably joins the greats in Canada’s rich sprinting history. Meanwhile, Canada’s swim team leaves Tokyo with a sixth medal in the 4x100-m medley relay. This made Penny Oleksiak, with her seventh medal, Canada’s most decorated Olympian ever.