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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 29, 2024, Winnipeg, Manitoba C4 ● WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM P ARIS — Summer McIntosh laid the foundation for her ambitious Olympic swim program in Paris with a silver medal in the women’s 400-metre freestyle on Saturday’s opening day at the pool. The 17-year-old Toronto teenager claimed the first Olympic medal of her career and Canada’s first of the 2024 Olympic Games. The world-record holder in the 400 individual medley will compete in her specialty today followed by the 200-me- tre butterfly and 200-metre IM later in the week. McIntosh is also expected to join the 4x200 freestyle relay squad. “Going into tonight, I just wanted to put my best foot forward and race as hard as I could,” McIntosh said. “I’m pretty happy with the result. “I mean, the Olympics is always pret- ty nerve-racking. There’s a lot of antic- ipation going into each race, so kind of learning how to deal with that and also kind of feed off the crowd.” A 14-year-old McIntosh was fourth in the 400 free three years ago in Tokyo where Australia’s Ariarne Titmus de- nied Katie Ledecky of the United States a repeat. Titmus defended her crown Saturday by pushing the pace off the blocks and taking an early lead that the 23-year-old never relinquished. McIntosh, in the next lane, ran second the entire distance. Ledecky, 27, faded at the end to finish over a body length behind McIntosh for bronze and the 11th medal of the American’s career. Ledecky, McIntosh and Titmus took turns holding the world record recently with Titmus carrying the standard of 3:55.38 from the 2023 world champion- ship into Saturday’s final. McIntosh’s 3:56.08 at the 2023 national trials bested Ledecky’s mark set in 2022. McIntosh held the record for four months in 2023 until Titmus beat it. So the final was hyped as a three- way showdown between the seasoned Ledecky, Titmus in her prime and the upstart Canadian teenager. None of the three women came close to their personal best times in the tem- porary modular “Myrtha” pool at the La Defense Arena in the western suburbs of Paris. Titmus touched the wall in 3:57.49, McIntosh in 3:58.37 and Ledecky in 4:00.86. But the moment wasn’t too big for McIntosh, however, as she raced hard and smart to ascend the podium. “This is a big weight off her shoul- ders,” said McIntosh’s coach Brent Arckey. “A young one getting her first Olympic medal is a big deal. “That was a big step forward for her and I know she feels that way as well. Hope it’s just a jumping off point here for the rest of the week.” Ledecky, owner of seven Olympic gold medals, expects a lot from McIntosh, her junior by a decade. “She’s such an impressive athlete,” Ledecky said. “Somebody that can swim multiple distances, multiple strokes, is such a racer. So poised at this level. “She’s going to have a phenomenal week, a phenomenal career.” As recovery is key to a multi-medal performance over a long haul, McIn- tosh’s post-race interviews were cut short and she didn’t attend the medal- lists’ news conference. “Now it’s keeping her fresh, keeping her recovered and mentally sharp,” Arckey said. “It’s a long road, but we’ve trained for this.” McIntosh had barely 45 minutes, how- ever, between the 400 free and joining Canada’s 4x100 freestyle relay team in the final. After accepting her medal, McIntosh immediately returned to the deck wear- ing her podium garb, which contrasted with the national team gear worn by teammates Maggie Mac Neil, Penny Oleksiak and Taylor Ruck. “Definitely tried to appreciate the moment as much as I could because Olympic medals don’t come around too often, but at the same time I had to mentally and physically prepare myself going into the relay,” McIntosh said. Canada’s women won relay silver three years ago, but they were a distant fourth behind the United States, Aus- tralia and China respectively. Oleksiak swimming the anchor leg had too much ground to make up for a medal. “We’re a little disappointed,” Oleksiak said. “We wanted that medal and we were really fighting for it. “It’s all part of the experience. You’ve got to have some lows with the highs. We’re all just excited for this week. We have so many good races coming up and there’s just more to stay tuned in for.” The 4x100 men’s relay team of Finlay Knox, Yuri Kisil, Javier Acevedo and Josh Liendo finished sixth. — The Canadian Press SPORTS I OLYMPICS MONDAY, JULY 29, 2024 ARCHERY Sunday WOMEN’S TEAM 1/8 Elimination Round Taiwan (Chiu Yi-Ching; Lei Chien-Ying; Li Tsai-Chi), def. United States (Catalina Gno- riega; Casey Kaufhold; Jennifer Mucino), 5-1. Netherlands (Quinty Roeffen; Gaby Schloesser; Laura van der Winkel), def. France (Lisa Barbelin; Amelie Cordeau; Caroline Lopez), 6-0. Indonesia (Diananda Choirunisa; Syifa Nurafifah Kamal; Rezza Octavia), def. Malaysia (Syaqiera Mashayikh; Nurul Az- reena Mohamad Fazil; Ariana Nur Dania Mohamad Zairi), 5-3. Germany (Katharina Bauer; Michelle Kroppen; Charline Schwarz), def. Britain (Penny Healey; Megan Havers; Bryony Pitman), 6-0. Quarternals Netherlands (Quinty Roeffen; Gaby Schloesser; Laura van der Winkel), def. India (Ankita Bhakat; Bhajan Kaur; Deepika Kumari), 6-0. South Korea (Jeon Hunyoung; Lim Si- hyeon; Nam Suhyeon), def. Taiwan (Chiu Yi-Ching; Lei Chien-Ying; Li Tsai-Chi), 6-2. Mexico (Angela Ruiz; Alejandra Valen- cia; Ana Vazquez), def. Germany (Ka- tharina Bauer; Michelle Kroppen; Char- line Schwarz), 5-1. China (An Qixuan; Li Jiaman; Yang Xiao- lei), def. Indonesia (Diananda Choirunisa; Syifa Nurafifah Kamal; Rezza Octavia), 5-1. Seminals South Korea (Jeon Hunyoung; Lim Si- hyeon; Nam Suhyeon), def. Netherlands (Quinty Roeffen; Gaby Schloesser; Laura van der Winkel), 5-4. China (An Qixuan; Li Jiaman; Yang Xiao- lei), def. Mexico (Angela Ruiz; Alejandra Valencia; Ana Vazquez), 5-3. Finals Bronze Medal Match Mexico (Angela Ruiz; Alejandra Valen- cia; Ana Vazquez), def. Netherlands (Quinty Roeffen; Gaby Schloesser; Laura van der Winkel), 6-2. Gold Medal Match South Korea (Jeon Hunyoung; Lim Si- hyeon; Nam Suhyeon), def. China (An Qixuan; Li Jiaman; Yang Xiaolei), 5-4. BASKETBALL MEN GROUP A Country W L Pts Australia 1 0 2 Canada 1 0 2 Greece 0 1 0 Spain 0 1 0 GROUP B France 1 0 2 Germany 1 0 2 Brazil 0 1 0 Japan 0 1 0 GROUP C South Sudan 1 0 2 United States 1 0 2 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 Serbia 0 1 0 Sunday, July 28 South Sudan 90, Puerto Rico 79 United States 110, Serbia 84 Saturday, July 27 Australia 92, Spain 80 Germany 97, Japan 77 France 78, Brazil 66 Canada 86, Greece 79 WOMEN GROUP A Country W L Pts What Canada Did on Sunday at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris (distances in metres): BADMINTON Men’s doubles — Adam Dong, Rich- mond Hill, Ont., and Nyl Yakura, Picker- ing, Ont., lost their group-stage match against Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh of Malaysia, 2-0 (21-10, 21-15). BEACH VOLLEYBALL Men — Daniel Dearing, Toronto, and Samuel Schachter, Richmond Hill, Ont., lost their preliminary-round match against Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner of Czechia, 2-0 (21-17, 21-19). CANOE/KAYAK Women’s K1 — Lois Betteridge, Ot- tawa, placed 20 in the semifinal round with a time of two minutes, 7.67 seconds and did not qualify for the final. CYCLING Mountain Bike Women’s cross-country — Isabella Holmgren, Orillia, Ont., finished 17 in one hour, 33 minutes and 43 seconds. EQUESTRIAN Eventing (cross-country) Individual — Karl Slezak, Tottenham, Ont., and his horse, Hot Bobo, were 27 with 40.60 penalties; Michael Winter, To- ronto, and El Mundo, placed 38 (49.60); and Jessica Phoenix, Cannington, Ont. (Freedom GS), 49 (67.80). Team — Canada is 11 overall following the stage (158.00). FENCING Women’s individual foil — Eleanor Harvey, Hamilton, won the bronze — the first-ever medal in this sport by a Cana- dian — with a 13-10 decision over Alice Volpe of Italy; Yunjia Zhang, Toronto, lost in the second round to Flora Pasztor, Hun- gary, 15-5; Jessica Guo, Toronto, lost her second-round match to eventual silver- medallist Lauren Scruggs, U.S, 15-11. Men’s Epee individual — Nicholas Zhang, Richmond, B.C., lost his opening- round match to Grabiel Lugo of Vene- zuela, 15-11. GYMNASTICS Women’s Artistic (individual) — Ellie Black, Halifax, ranked eighth in qualifying with 54.766 points; Ava Stewart of Bow- manville, Ont., was 21 (52.332); and Aure- lie Tran, Repentigny, Que., 24 (51.798) — all qualified for the all-around final, but due to Games restrictions, only a maximum of two can compete in a single discipline. Women’s Artistic (team) — Canada has qualified for the final after placing fifth overall in qualifying with 161.563 points. JUDO Women’s 52-kg — Kelly Deguchi, Shio- jiri, Japan, lost in the round-of-32 to Uta Abe, Japan, by Ippon, O-soto-gari. ROWING Women’s Lightweight double sculls — Jenny Casson, Kingston, Ont., and Jill Mof- fatt, Bethany, Ont., placed third in their qual- ifying heat (7:09.45) and will race in the repe- chage to try and earn a berth in the final. RUGBY SEVENS Women — Canada (1-1) won their pre- liminary-round match over Fiji, 17-14, and lost later in the day to top-seeded New Zealand, 33-7. SAILING 49erFX — Antonia Lewin-LaFrance and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance, both Chester, N.S., finished second, 13 and 15th in the day’s races and stand 12 overall after the first day of the event. 49er — Justin Barnes, Pickering, Ont.; and Will Jones, Aldershot, Ont., were 18, 11 and 18— they are ranked 20 overall. SHOOTING Men’s 10-metre air rie — Tye Ikeda, Cal- gary, placed 48 in qualification with 617.4 points — did not advance to the final round. SOCCER Women — Vanessa Giles, Ottawa, scored late in injury time as Canada (2-0) kept their hopes alive with a 2-1 win over France. Cap- tain Jesse Fleming of London, Ont., had the tying goal in the 58 minute. They will play Co- lombia on Wednesday to finish the group stage, a “must-win” as the two victories have erased the six-point penalty imposed by FIFA, leaving them currently with zero. SURFING Women’s shortboard — Sanoa Demp- fle-Olin, Tofino, B.C., lost in the second round to Taina Hinckel of Brazil, 7.1-6.3. SWIMMING Women’s 100 breastroke — Sophie Angus, Weston, U.S., was 18 in qualifying (1:06.93) and did not advance to the semifinals. Women’s 100 buttery — Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ont., finished fifth in the final (56.44). Women’s 200 freestyle — Mary-So- phie Harvey, Trois-Rivieres, Que., was third in her semifinal (1:56.37) and eighth overall to earn a berth in the final. Men’s 100 backstroke — Blake Tier- ney, Saskatoon, was 16 in the semifinals (53.71) and did not move on to the medal race; Javier Acevedo, Toronto, was 20 in qualifying (54.19) — did not advance. Men’s 400 individual medley — Tris- tan Jankovics, Puslinch, Ont., was 16 in qualifying (4:18.23) and failed to earn a berth in the final. TABLE TENNIS Women’s singles — Mo Zhang, Van- couver, won her round-of-64 match 4-0 over Paulina Vega of Chile, and will con- tinue to the next phase. Men’s singles — Eugene Wang, Au- rora, Ont., lost in the round-of-64 to Shun- suke Togami of Japan, 4-0; and Edward Ly, Lachine, Que., fell 4-0 to Panagiotis Gionis of Greece — both are eliminated. TENNIS Women’s singles — Bianca An- dreescu, Mississauga, Ont., won her first- round match against Clara Tauson of Denmark, 6-2, 6-3; Leylah Annie Fernan- dez, Laval, Que., defeated Karolina Mu- chova of Czechia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 — both advanced to the round-of-32. Men’s singles — Felix Auger-Aliassime, Montreal, def. Marcus Giron, U.S., 6-1, 6- 4, and will continue on to the round-of-32; Milos Raonic, Thornhill, Ont., has been eliminated after losing to Dominuk Koep- fer, Germany, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5) and 7-6 (1). Women’s doubles — Gabriela Dabrowski, Ottawa, and Fernandez, were scheduled to play Clara Burel and Varvara Gracheva, France. but the match was postponed. VOLLEYBALL Men — Canada lost their preliminary- round opener against Slovenia, 3-1 (25- 21, 25-20, 20-25, 25-21). Serbia 1 0 2 Spain 1 0 2 China 0 1 0 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 GROUP B Australia 0 0 0 Canada 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 Nigeria 0 0 0 GROUP C Belgium 0 0 0 Germany 0 0 0 Japan 0 0 0 United States 0 0 0 Sunday, July 28 Spain 90, China 89 2OT Serbia 58, Puerto Rico 55 Monday, July 29 Nigeria vs Australia 5 a.m. Germany vs Belgium 7:30 a.m. Canada vs France 11:15 a.m. United States vs Japan 3 p.m. BEACH VOLLEYBALL MEN Sunday, July 28 France 3, Serbia 2 (25-23, 17-25, 17-25, 25-21, 6-15) Slovenia 3, Canada 1 (25-21, 25-20, 20- 25, 25-21) Saturday, July 27 Germany 3, Japan 2 (25-17, 23-25, 20- 25, 30-28, 15-12) Italy 3, Brazil 1 (25-23, 27-25, 18-25, 25-21) Poland 3, Egypt 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-13) United States 3, Argentina 0 (25-20, 25- 19, 25-16) WOMEN Sunday, July 28 Spain 2, Italy 1 (22-24, 21-9, 14-16) Brazil 2, Japan 0 (21-12, 21-19) Germany 2, France 0 (21-14, 21-12) Netherlands 2, Lithuania 0 (21-19, 21-17) Brazil 2, Egypt 0 (21-14, 21-19) United States 2, Czech Republic 0 (21- 16, 21-11) Saturday, July 27 Australia 2, China 1 (20-22, 21-14, 14-16) United States 2, Canada 0 (21-17, 21-14) Monday, July 29 China vs Canada 5 a.m. Switzerland vs Spain 6 a.m. Canada vs Paraguay 9 a.m. Latvia vs Switzerland 11 a.m. France vs Germany 3 p.m. United States vs Australia 4 p.m. FENCING WOMEN Sunday, July 28 FOIL INDIVIDUAL Finals Bronze Medal Bout Eleanor Harvey, Canada, def. Alice Volpi, Italy, 15-12, 23:16. Gold Medal Bout Lee Kiefer, United States, def. Lauren Scruggs, United States, 15-6, 9:36. RUGBY MEN Saturday, July 27 PLACING Men’s Placing 5-8 New Zealand 17, Argentina 12 OT Ireland 17, United States 14 Men’s Placing 11-12 Uruguay 21, Japan 10 Men’s Placing 9-10 Kenya 10, Samoa 5 Men’s Placing 7-8 Argentina 19, United States 0 Men’s Placing 5-6 New Zealand 17, Ireland 7 SEMIFINALS France 19, South Africa 5 Fiji 31, Australia 7 BRONZE MEDAL South Africa 26, Australia 19 GOLD MEDAL France 28, Fiji 7 WOMEN Sunday, July 28 Britain 21, Ireland 12 Australia 34, South Africa 5 United States 36, Japan 7 France 26, Brazil 0 Canada 17, Fiji 14 New Zealand 43, China 5 Ireland 38, South Africa 0 Australia 36, Britain 5 United States 24, Brazil 5 France 49, Japan 0 China 40, Fiji 12 New Zealand 33, Canada 7 Monday, July 29 QUARTERFINALS Britain vs South Africa 8 a.m. Australia vs Ireland 8:30 a.m. Japan vs Brazil 9 a.m. France vs United States 9:30 a.m. Canada vs China 10 a.m. New Zealand vs Fiji 10:30 a.m. 9 vs 12 2 p.m. 10 vs 11 2:30 p.m. A1 vs 8 3 p.m. B2 vs C2 3:30 p.m. C1 vs A2 4 p.m. B1 vs 7 4:30 p.m. SOCCER MEN GROUP A Country GP W D L GF GA Pts France 2 2 0 0 4 0 6 New Zealand 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 United States 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 Guinea 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 GROUP B Argentina 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 Iraq 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 Morocco 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Ukraine 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 GROUP C Spain 2 2 0 0 5 2 6 Egypt 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Dominican Rep. 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 Uzbekistan 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 GROUP D Japan 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 4 7 3 Israel 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 Mali 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Saturday, July 27 Argentina 3, Iraq 1 Spain 3, Dominican Republic 1 Ukraine 2, Morocco 1 Egypt 1, Uzbekistan 0 United States 4, New Zealand 1 Paraguay 4, Israel 2 France 1, Guinea 0 Japan 1, Mali 0 WOMEN GROUP A Country GP W D L GF GA Pts Colombia 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 France 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 Canada 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 GROUP B United States 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 Australia 2 1 0 1 6 8 3 Germany 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 Zambia 2 0 0 2 5 9 0 GROUP C Spain 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 Japan 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Nigeria 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 Sunday, July 28 Colombia 2, New Zealand 0 Japan 2, Brazil 1 Australia 6, Zambia 5 Spain 1, Nigeria 0 Canada 2, France 1 United States 4, Germany 1 SUNDAY CANADA 2, FRANCE 1 Canada 0 2 —2 France 1 0 —1 First Half—1, France, Katoto, (Dali), 42nd minute. Second Half—2, Canada, Fleming, 58th; 3, Canada, Gilles, 90th+14. Yellow Cards—Lawrence, Canada, 45th+2; Toletti, France, 76th. VOLLEYBALL MEN Sunday, July 28 France 3, Serbia 2 (25-23, 17-25, 17-25, 25-21, 6-15) Slovenia 3, Canada 1 (25-21, 25-20, 20- 25, 25-21) Saturday, July 27 Germany 3, Japan 2 (25-17, 23-25, 20- 25, 30-28, 15-12) Italy 3, Brazil 1 (25-23, 27-25, 18-25, 25-21) Poland 3, Egypt 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-13) United States 3, Argentina 0 (25-20, 25- 19, 25-16) SUNDAY SLOVENIA 3, CANADA 1 (25-21, 25-20, 20-25, 25-21) Slovenia—Spiker-K. Cebulj (11-30), T. Urnaut (12-23), T. Stern (20-37) (won- total attempts); Blocker-A. Pajenk (3- 16), J. Kozamernik (1-11), T. Urnaut (1- 3), T. Stern (2-7); Server-A. Pajenk (2- 13), G. Ropret (0-10), J. Kozamernik (0- 17), K. Cebulj (4-21), T. Urnaut (0-16), T. Stern (2-16); Scorer-T. Stern (24-60). Canada—Spiker-E. Loeppky (15-28), S. Maar (10-33), F. McCarthy (6-11) (won-total attempts); Blocker-L. van Berkel (2-13), A. Szwarc (1-11), F. McCarthy (1-10); Server- L. van Berkel (0-9), B. Hofer (0-3), A. Szwarc (0-15), N. Hoag (1-3), L. Herr (0-8), E. Loeppky (2-21), S. Maar (2-11), F. McCarthy (0-17); Scorer-E. Loeppky (17-58). WOMEN Sunday, July 28 Italy 3, Dominican Republic 1 (25-19, 24- 26, 25-21, 25-18) Poland 3, Japan 1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 28-26) Monday, July 29 Turkey vs Netherlands 3 a.m. Brazil vs Kenya 7 a.m. United States vs China 11 a.m. France vs Serbia 3 p.m. 13 of 91 events Nation G S B Tot United States 3 6 3 12 France 3 3 2 8 Japan 4 2 1 7 Australia 4 2 0 6 South Korea 3 2 1 6 China 3 1 2 6 Italy 1 2 3 6 Britain 0 2 2 4 Kazakhstan 1 0 2 3 Brazil 0 1 2 3 Belgium 1 0 1 2 Canada 0 1 1 2 Sweden 0 0 2 2 MEDAL TABLE WHAT CANADA DID DAILY RESULTS ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS Summer McIntosh won silver in the women’s 400-meter freestyle swimming Saturday. McIntosh claims Canada’s first medal in Paris DONNA SPENCER Mac Neil falls short of butterfly gold repeat PARIS — No woman has repeated as Olympic butterfly champion in the wom- en’s 100 metres and try as she might, Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil couldn’t crack that nut. The 24-year-old from London, Ont., was in the medal hunt after one of the fastest opening 50 metres of her career Sunday, but that drained her tank in a furious rush for the wall. Tokyo’s champion was fifth in Paris. “It’s hard enough to do once and to do it again is even harder,” Mac Neil said. “The last couple of months, I’ve been really telling myself that I have nothing to prove to anyone — myself or anyone else.” Americans Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh went one-two ahead of bronze medallist Zhang Yufei of China. “Torri’s been a great competitor and she’s had some really fast in-season swims this year,” Mac Neil said. “This race was anyone’s to win and it’s great she got her hand on the wall.” Huske’s winning time was 55.59, ahead of teammate and world-record holder Walsh in 55.63 and bronze medal- list Zhang’s 56.21. McNeil, who was fourth at the turn, came in at 56.44. “In Tokyo, I think I was seventh after 50 and then kind of came back in the second 50,” she explained. “I’ve been working a lot in training over the last year and a half, two years, on my front-end speed knowing that it’s not as great as everyone else. Maybe we put a little bit too much emphasis on that opening easy speed and not enough on the second 50.” Mary-Sophie Harvey of Trois-Riv- ieres, Que., qualified eighth for the 200-metre freestyle final today on the same night that teammate Summer McIntosh and world-record holder will chase a medal in the 400-metre individ- ual medley. McIntosh, 17, earned 400-metre free- style silver on opening day. Harvey raced a world championship final in the 200 medley in 2022, but an Olympic 200 free final is new territory for the 24-year-old. She and McIntosh were members of the women’s 4 x 200 relay team that placed an agonizing fourth in Tokyo, so Harvey made speed in the 200 free her mission since then. “Every time I was swimming it I was doing best times this year,” she said. “Last year at worlds, I didn’t make it through the prelims so that’s already an improvement making the semi and the final. “I remember in Tokyo when we came fourth, Summer and me were ‘OK, we’re going to get on the podium in Paris.’ That was always the goal for us and I wanted to be in the best possible shape to get that job done.” Saskatoon’s Blake Tierney reached the semifinal of the men’s 100-metre backstroke Sunday. The 22-year-old placed 16th. Mac Neil stated her training was more than sufficient for Sunday’s final, but she felt her first season out of col- lege lacked sufficient race reps. She didn’t have the usual NCAA dual meets to get sharp and May’s trials ran up against European races she might have attended. “The timing of things didn’t really work out great for me as far as finding those competitions and places where I could practice racing the people that would be in this field,” Mac Neil said. Mac Neil returned from her Olympic debut in Tokyo with a complete set of medals, including freestyle relay silver and medley relay bronze. In what she’s said is her final Olympic Games, Mac Neil still has the 100-metre freestyle and the women’s medley relay. Mac Neil completed her master’s de- gree in sport management at Louisiana State University and has law school aspirations. She had no friends or family in Tokyo to celebrate her medals because of COVID-19 restrictions. Her relatives and friends have made up for that in Paris with as many as 17 in La Defense Arena seats shouting her name. “It’s great to have their support, but that comes a little bit of pressure with that as well,” MacNeil said. “I’m excited to share this experience with them. I know they’re having a blast and I can’t wait to join them soon.” — The Canadian Press DONNA SPENCER ADRIAN WYLD / THE CANADIAN PRESS Maggie Mac Neil: fifth in 100m butterfly ;