Canada's Benfeito, McKay narrowly miss out on podium in diving

Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli Mckay of Canada compete during the women's synchronized 10m platform diving final at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

Divers Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay just missed the podium in the 10-metre synchronized event, finishing fourth.

Competing their first Olympics together, the duo finished with a score of 299.16 to finish fourth, 0.54 points off Mexico who claimed the bronze medal. China won gold with 363.78 points while the Americans snagged silver with a score of 310.80.

Catharine Pendrel finished with an 18th place finish in the women's mountain bike in her fourth and final Olympics. The 40-year-old -- and new mom -- from Fredericton, N.B., finished eight minutes and one second behind gold medallist Jolanda Neff of Switzerland.

Also on Tuesday, Toronto's Penny Oleksiak and Sydney Pickrem of Clearwater, Fla., qualified for the 200-metre freestyle and 200-metre individual medley finals, respectively.

Toronto's Summer McIntosh, the youngest athlete on Canada's Olympic team at 14, placed ninth in the 200-metre freestyle semifinal to finish just outside the top eight advancing.

Elsewhere, Canada's softball team defeated Mexico 3-2 to win the bronze medal. The win marked the country's first medal in the sport, which was dropped from the Games along with baseball in 2012 and 2016.

The Canadians bounced back after a disappointing 1-0 extra-inning loss to Japan on Sunday that dashed their hopes for gold.

Canadian chef de mission Marnie McBean, on the 25th anniversary of her own rowing triple gold, made up the country's cheering section, sitting directly behind home plate with two flags and a drum.

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