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POWERING PERFORMANCE. INSPIRING EXCELLENCE. 
– A MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

"What a great day for Canadian athletes again today. Another medal for our fantastic partners at Swimming Canada, with 16-year old Penny Oleksiak taking home the Silver in 100m Butterfly. And the Women's Sevens Rugby team continue to enthrall Canadian audiences, winning two more matches and heading into the semi-finals tomorrow against Australia. The Rugby Sevens medals will be decided tomorrow afternoon and we will stand proud as we cheer the women onto the podium!

These are just two of the great national sport organizations with whom we're proud to collaborate. Team Canada is getting outstanding results in a wide number of sports - including three CSI Pacific-affiliated athletes being part of that incredible Men's Indoor Volleyball win over the USA today. You can see more about that in the Daily News section below.

We can't wait to see what Day 3 brings. Go Canada!"

Wendy Pattenden
CEO, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific

TODAY'S NEWS // NOTICIAS DE HOJE

Find out how CSI Pacific-affiliated athletes are faring at the Rio Olympics

Canada's Rugby Sevens Big Win Paves Their Way to the Semi-Finals

The Canadian Women's Rugby Sevens team continued their scintillating Olympic run today and are capturing the nation's imagination as they head to play for a medal tomorrow.

They began the day with a tough 22-0 loss to Great Britain before recouping for a thrilling 15-5 comeback win in the quarter-finals against France. They now play Australia in the semi-finals at 1:30pm PST on Monday. You won't want to miss it!

• Canada advances to Olympic rugby semis with win over France

The Men's Indoor Volleyball Team Defeats USA in Stunning Fashion

It's hard to believe that it's been 24 years since the Men's Indoor Volleyball team played at the Olympics after watching today's incredible display against the favoured American side. Canada won its Rio 2016 Olympic opener over the USA in straight sets 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23).

The team features CSI Pacific-affiliated athletes Blair Bann (Edmonton, AB), Daniel Jansen VanDoorn (Langley, BC) and Rudy Verhoeff (Calgary, AB). They next take on home nation Brazil Aug 9 at 6:35pm PST.

• Canada beats USA to open Olympic volleyball tournament

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Gymnastics - Artistic

This year's youngest Canadian Olympian, Shallon Olsen (Vancouver, BC), who was born July 10, 2000, had a great showing and qualified for the Finals in the Vault, finishing 6th in Qualifications. The Finals are set to go Sunday, August 14th at 10:47am PST.  She also finished 26th in the Floor Exercise.

Swimming

Markus Thormeyer (Tsawwassen, BC) and Yuri Kisil (Calgary, AB) and the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay time qualified for the Finals after finishing 2nd in their heat. The team finished 7th overall in the Finals.

Emily Overholt (West Vancouver, BC) finished 7th in her heat in the 400m Freestyle and Kierra Smith (Kelowna, BC) also finished 7th in her heat for the 100m Breaststroke.

Beach Volleyball

Men's Team and CSI Pacific-affiliated athletes Chaim Schalk (Red Deer, AB) and Ben Saxton (Calgary, AB) were still to play this evening on Copacabana Beach vs Latvia.

Rowing

All Rowing events were postponed due to weather conditions and will now take place on Monday morning.

TODAY'S FEATURED ATHLETE PROFILE

BY THE NUMBERS

50%

The percentage of Canadian medals won at London 2012 (18, including one gold, five silver and 12 bronze) by athletes with a connection to British Columbia (either born, resident or training here).

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