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

"Well, in a fortnight of exciting days, today may have topped them all. It featured some unbelievable results, a string of medals, as well as one disqualification that earned us a medal and one that originally did, and then did not.  Amazing!

Like much of the country, we were glued to the bronze medal soccer game this morning between Canada and Brazil, with our women bringing home the medal after an inspiring 2-1 victory.  We have had the pleasure of working day-in, day-out with these amazing athletes over the last couple of years. 

Our partnership with Canada Soccer includes having CSI Pacific staff member Cesar Meylan work very closely with coach John Herdman and the athletes full-time over the past two years in both a strength & conditioning and physiology capacity. We have also provided nutrition service for this team over the past two years, including nutritionist Becca Hall creating the comprehensive meal plan for these women while they compete in Brazil.  She has worked with each hotel in Brazil to construct a menu that meets the team's specific requirements for recovery, training and game-day demands. As the team behind the team, we at CSI Pacific are proud of the contributions our staff provide, assisting Canada's women in succeeding at the highest level.

With two days left in the Rio Games, Team Canada has already exceeded medal expectations. Two more medals and Canada will have its most medals ever at a non-boycotted Games. We can't wait to see which ones they will be!"

Wendy Pattenden
CEO, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific

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Canada's Women Win Repeat Bronze in Soccer Thiller

Today, the Canadian Women's National Team did something no Canadian team has done since 1908: they won a medal in back-to-back Olympics.  They did it on the back of an impressive 2-1 win over host country Brazil.  With a huge partisan home crowd cheering on the Brazilians, it was Canada who used that energy to their advantage.  

Deanne Rose (Alliston, ON) scored in the first half, the 17-year old becoming the youngest goal scorer in Olympic soccer tournament history.  And then the legend and captain Christine Sinclair (Burnaby, BC) scored to double their advantage in the second half.  Brazil got one back but could not score the crucial equalizer, earning Canada a bronze medal, repeating their feat of London 2012.

• Canada defeats Brazil to win Olympic soccer bronze at Rio 2016

Canada's Men Win Bronze in 4x100 After USA Disqualified

Canada's Men's 4x100m Relay won Bronze late in the Rio evening after originally finishing fourth, but having the American team (who had been second) be disqualified due a baton handoff violation.  The team includes CSI Pacific-affiliated athlete Aaron Brown (Toronto, ON), as well as his teammates Andre De Grasse, Akeem Haynes and Brendon Rodney, and Bolade Ajomale, who had raced in earlier heats.  The men set a new Canadian Record with their time of 37.64.

Dunfee Gets Canadian Best-Ever Finish After Wild Day in 50km Race Walk

Day 14 of the Olympics actually got off to a wild start with another controversy and a newsworthy collision in the 50km Race Walk.  Evan Dunfee (Richmond, BC) was in 3rd place after 49km, when he and Japanese Race Walker Hirooki Arai bumped into each other, moving Arai to 3rd and knocking Dunfee back into 4th, where he eventually finished. After the race, Athletics Canada filed a protest, temporarily giving Dunfee the bronze medal. However, Arai's team filed an appeal, ulimately winning that appeal, giving Arai the bronze and giving Dunfee a fourth-place finish.  

Dunfee ultimately agreed with the result.  "Following my return to the village and my viewing of the incident I made the decision not to appeal," wrote Dunfee, "as I believe the right decision stood." Dunfee's 4th-place finish was the highest placing ever by a Canadian in this event.

• View Evan Dunfee's full statement here

Nyhaug Earns Best Ever Canadian Finish in BMX

Tory Nyhaug (Coquitlam, BC) competed in the Cycling-BMX semi-finals this morning, coming in 6th in his first race, then strong finished of 3rd and 3rd in the remaining two races, earning him 3rd overall in his semi-final and a spot in the finals, which occurred less than 30 minutes later. 

In the finals, Nyhaug passed three riders late and earned a 5th place finish, the highest ever for a Canadian at the Olympics.

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the age Canada Soccer's goal scorer Deanne Rose was when Canada's other goal scorer, Christine Sinclair, played her first international match. Rose is the youngest goal scorer in women's Olympics soccer tournament history (17 years, 170 days), while Sinclair earned her 250th international cap today.

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