Several Saskatchewan athletes were in action during the final week of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
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With 27 medals — nine gold, seven silver and 11 bronze — Canada’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has come to an end, making this the country’s most successful non-boycotted Olympic Summer Games to date.
Two of those medals are coming home to Saskatchewan, as Regina’s Carissa Norsten and the Canadian women’s rugby 7s team claimed silver and Pike Lake diver Rylan Wiens won bronze in the men’s 10-metre synchronized platform event early in the Games.
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In the final days of the Olympics, Wiens also took part in the men’s 10-m individual event on Saturday, finishing seventh overall in the final with a score of 445.60 points. Earlier in the day, Wiens qualified for the final with a semifinal score of 468.40 points after earning a score of 485.25 in the preliminary round on Friday to advance.
Several other Saskatchewan individuals competed at the Olympics this week with varying results.
Margo Erlam, who is from Calgary but trains in Saskatoon, finished 22nd in the preliminary round of the women’s 3-metre diving event with 258.30 points, not enough to move onto the semifinals.
Both Wiens and Erlam were accompanied to Paris by Saskatoon’s Mary Carroll as their coach.
Regina’s Kenzie Priddell co-captained the Canadian women’s artistic swimming team to a sixth-place finish with a three-round total of 859.2229 points. Saskatoon’s Sydney Carroll was also in Paris as an alternate for the team.
Also in the pool, Regina’s Blaire McDowell and the women’s water polo team finished eighth after losing 19-10 to Greece in their final match on Saturday.
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On the track, Borden’s Savannah Sutherland raced in the women’s 400-m hurdles, qualifying for the semifinals and eventually the finals where she finished seventh with a time of 53.88 seconds.
Meanwhile, in the women’s 100-m hurdles, Saskatoon’s Michelle Harrison recorded a time of 13.40 seconds in Round 1, forcing her to race in the Repechage Round where she finished with a time of 13.30 seconds.
Two of the Canadian basketball teams at the Olympics also received Saskatchewan assistance, as Humboldt’s Paige Crozon and the women’s 3×3 team finished fourth after losing to the United States 16-13 in the bronze medal final, while Saskatoon-born Trey Lyles and the Canadian men’s team lost 82-73 to France in the quarterfinals.
Also in action at the Games, but not for Canada, Saskatoon coaches Lisa Thomaidis and Connor Jay worked with the German women’s basketball team, which lost to France 84-71 in the quarterfinals.
Closing ceremonies for the Games will take place Sunday at 1 p.m. Canada’s flag bearers will be swimmer Summer McIntosh, who earned three gold medals and one silver medal, and Ethan Katzberg, who claimed gold in men’s hammer throw.
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Paris will have a short three-week turnaround before hosting the Paralympic Summer Games from August 28 to September 8. The Canadian team for those Games will feature 10 Saskatchewan athletes.
Sask. teams at Canadian softball championships
Closer to home, two Canadian Fast Pitch Championships were held from July 31 to August 4, with multiple Saskatchewan teams in taking part in both.
Calgary hosted the U17 Girls’ Championship, with the Warman-Martensville Twin City Angels finishing sixth and the Saskatoon Selects Blue and Saskatoon Selects Red finishing 22nd and 23rd, respectively.
Angels pitcher Emma Frisky was named to the all-star team.
Over in Kitchener, Ont., the Delisle Pride finished second after falling 6-2 to the Munro Mariners in the final of the U23 Men’s Championship.
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