RIO DE JANEIRO — What Canada Did on Sunday, the final day of competition at the Rio Summer Olympic Games:
ATHLETICS
Men’s marathon — Eric Gillis of Antigonish, N.S., completed the course in two hours, 12 minutes and 29 seconds to claim 10th place; Reid Coolsaet, Hamilton, finished 23rd (2:14:58).
CYCLING (MOUNTAIN)
Men’s cross-country — Leandre Bouchard, Alma, Que., placed 27th in 1:42:43; Raphael Gagne of Quebec City, was two laps behind the leaders and did not record a time.
WRESTLING
Men’s 65 kilogram freestyle — Haislan Antonio Veranes Garcia, Coquitlam, B.C., lost his qualification match to Russian Soslan Ramonov, 7-1; won the first repechage over Alejandro Valdes Tobier of Cuba, 3-3 on points; but was eliminated with a 3-0 loss in the second repechage to Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia.
CLOSING CEREMONIES
Toronto’s Penny Oleksiak, who won four medals in swimming (one gold, one silver and two bronze from relays) — and the first-ever Canadian to capture four medals in a single summer Games — was chosen by her teammates to carry the flag into the ceremonies.
NOTABLES
Canada finished in 10th place overall with 22 medals (four gold, three silver and 15 bronze) — surpassing the target of 19 set prior to the event and tying Atlanta (1996; 3-11-8) for the highest total in a non-boycotted summer Games.
For the first time in 40 years, women won more medals (16) than the men (six).
Rosie MacLennan (trampoline), King City, Ont., was the first Canadian athlete to successfully defend a Summer gold medal. Erica Wiebe of Stittsville, Ont., won the country’s third-ever gold in wrestling; while the women’s soccer team returned to the podium for a second-straight Games.
Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., became the first Canadian to win medals (100, bronze; 200, silver; and 4×100 relay, bronze) in the three sprint events at one Games. High jumper Derek Drouin, Corunna, Ont., ended an 84-year drought after winning gold in a field event.
