Olympic Games: no hope for Canadian golfers

Canadians Brooke M. Henderson and Alena Sharp can logically forget any possibility of a medal at the Tokyo Olympics, as they are a long way from the top 3 midway through the women’s golf tournament.

American Nelly Korda is in a good position after handing in an excellent 62 card, nine strokes under par, in the second round of competition on Thursday.

The leader has a cumulative 129 (-13), which earned her a four-stroke priority over Danes Nanna Koerstz Madsen (64) and Emily Kristine Pedersen (63), as well as Indian Aditi Ashok (66).

In the lead after the initial 18 holes, Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom (68) is fifth, five strokes off the top.

Henderson (68) is tied at 34^e rank with the par of 142, while Sharp (71) occupies the 46^e place at 145 (+3).

The third round will be held on Friday.

Other sports

In the women’s 4×400-meter relay, the Canadian quartet narrowly secured their place in the final, even though they finished fifth in their semi-final heat.

The first three countries in each race, as well as the fastest two in total, have secured their tickets for the final stage scheduled for Saturday.

However, Alicia Brown, Sage Watson, Maddy Price and Kyra Constantine set their best time of the season, 3:04:05, to finish behind the Americans, Jamaicans, British and Dutch in their wave. However, they were better than all the nations that finished outside the top 3 of the other semi-final.

In women’s water polo, Canada lost a fierce battle to the Australians, who needed the shootout to win the standings match between the two countries. With a tie of 10 to 10 at the end of the regulation quarters, the winners dominated 4 to 2 during the shooting session to have the privilege of playing the meeting of the fifth place.

In the loss, Axelle Crevier hit the target on the second period. The Canadians will play against China with seventh at stake on Friday night, Quebec time.

In open water swimming, Canada’s Hau-Li Fan finished ninth in the men’s 10-kilometer race. Germany’s Florian Wellbrock took gold in a time of 1: 48: 33.07, with a lead of 25.3 over Hungarian Kristof Rasovszky and 27.4 over Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri. Fan was more than three minutes late.

In men’s wrestling, British Columbian Amarveer Dhesi lost to Turkish Taha Akgul in the round of 16 in the 125 kilogram category.

Finally, in the women’s pole vault, Canadian Anicka Newell missed her three tries at 4.50 meters and was unable to make it through the first round of the final.