Rio Replay? Canada following similar medal path over first half of Tokyo Olympics

With the swim team again setting the early tone, Canada entered Sunday’s competition with 12 medals in Tokyo , all won by women.

“We’ve had a really lovely, steady stream of medals,” Canadian chef de mission Marnie McBean said Saturday.

Hopefully it’s an inspiration to younger kids in sport, not even just in sport, but in all aspects of their life.

In the pool, Oleksiak finished fourth in the 100 free, Summer McIntosh was fourth in the 400 free and two relay teams were fourth.

Andre De Grasse and Damian Warner are names to watch at the track, Erica Wiebe is a medal threat again in wrestling and the women’s soccer team has reached the semifinals.

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