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London and area guide to the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, France – London
Canada won seven gold medals in the last Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
London featured prominently in some of this country’s top performances at the Games, as athletes from the Forest City were a part of or outright won four of those medals:
- Maggie Mac Neil won Olympic gold in the 100 metre butterfly in the pool
- Damian Warner reached 9,000 points and the top of the podium in the decathlon
- Susanne Grainger was part of the women’s eight that captured gold in rowing
- Jessie Fleming and Shelina Zadorsky took Canada to the top of the world in women’s soccer.
Heading into Paris, area athletes are ready for more. Here are the athletes from London and the surrounding area who are taking part and the day-by-day schedule of their events.
- Maggie Mac Neil – Swimming
- Jessie Fleming – Soccer
- Damian Warner – Decathlon
- Nick Wammes (Bothwell, Ont.) – Track cycling
- Cordano Russell – Skateboarding
- Alysha Newman (Delaware, Ont.) – Pole Vault
- Lucia Stafford – 1,500 metres
July 25
Women’s soccer (Jessie Fleming)
11 a.m. – Canada vs New Zealand
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July 27
Women’s 100m Butterfly (Maggie Mac Neil)
morning – heats
2:30 p.m.- semis
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July 28
Women’s 100m Butterfly (Maggie Mac Neil)
2:40 p.m. – final
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Women’s soccer (Jessie Fleming)
3 p.m. – Canada vs. France
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July 30
Women’s 100m Freestyle (Maggie Mac Neil)
morning – heats
3:25 p.m. – semis
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July 31
Women’s 100m Butterfly (Maggie Mac Neil)
2:30 p.m. – final
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Women’s soccer (Jessie Fleming)
3 p.m. – Canada vs. Colombia
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Aug. 2
Men’s Decathlon (Damian Warner)
4:05 a.m. – 100m
4:55 a.m. – Long Jump
6:15 a.m. – Shot put
12 p.m. – High Jump
2:50 p.m. – 400m
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Aug. 3
Men’s Decathlon (Damian Warner)
4:05 a.m. – 110m Hurdles
4:55 a.m. or 6 a.m. – Discuss (depending on group)
7:40 a.m. – Pole Vault
1:10 p.m. or 2:10 p.m. – Javelin (depending on group)
3:45 p.m. – 1,500m
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Aug. 5
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Men’s Cycling – Team Sprint (Nick Wammes)
1:09 p.m. – qualifying
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Women’s Pole Vault (Alysha Newman)
4:40 a.m.- qualification
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Aug. 6
Women’s 1,500m (Lucia Stafford)
4:05 a.m.- round 1
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Men’s Cycling – Team Sprint (Nick Wammes)
12:59 p.m. – semis
1:55 p.m. – final
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Aug. 7
Skateboarding (Cordano Russell)
6:30 a.m.- prelims
11:30 a.m.- final
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Men’s Cycling – Men’s Sprint (Nick Wammes)
6:45 a.m.- Men’s Sprint – qualifying
8:30 a.m.- Men’s Sprint – 1/32s
11:30 a.m. – Men’s Sprint – 1/16s
1:38 p.m. – Men’s Sprint – 1/8s
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Women’s Pole Vault (Alysha Newman)
1 p.m. – final
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Aug. 8
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Sprint (Nick Wammes)
6:45 a.m. – Men’s Sprint – quarterfinals
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Women’s 1,500m (Lucia Stafford)
1:35 p.m. – semi-final
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Aug. 9
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Sprint (Nick Wammes)
8:41 a.m.- semis
noon – final
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Aug. 10
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Keirin (Nick Wammes)
11:19 a.m. – first round
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Women’s 1,500m (Lucia Stafford)
2:25 p.m. – final
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Aug. 11
Men’s Cycling – Men’s Keirin (Nick Wammes)
5:29 a.m.- quarterfinals
6:29 a.m.- semis
7:23 a.m. – final
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