The Canadian beach volleyball duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson have advanced to the womenB次元官网网址檚 gold-medal match at the Pan American Games.
CanadaB次元官网网址檚 flag-bearers at the opening ceremonies in Santiago, Chile, swept ArgentinaB次元官网网址檚 Ana Maria Gallay and Gabriela Fernanda Pereyra 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) in ThursdayB次元官网网址檚 semifinal.
The Toronto athletes will next play BrazilB次元官网网址檚 Ana Patricia Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa, who posted a 2-0 (21-11, 21-18) win over the American duo of Nicole Quiggle and Sarah Schermerhorn Murphy.
Medal games were set for Friday.
In the ring, Tammara Thibeault earned a berth at next yearB次元官网网址檚 Paris Olympics with a semifinal win over Citlalli Vanessa Ortiz of Mexico by unanimous decision.
The top two boxers in each weight class qualified for the 2024 Games.
The 26-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., meets PanamaB次元官网网址檚 Atheyna Bylon for Pan Am Games middleweight gold Friday in a rematch of their 2022 world championship final.
B次元官网网址淚 still have a fight tomorrow. Enjoy this for a little bit. Recover, rest and then get back on it tomorrow,B次元官网网址� Thibeault said.
VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Bryan Colwell (menB次元官网网址檚 92 kg), MontrealB次元官网网址檚 Junior Petanqui (menB次元官网网址檚 71 kg), Charlie Cavanagh of Saint John, N.B. (womenB次元官网网址檚 66 kg) and McKenzie Wright of Oakville, Ont., (womenB次元官网网址檚 50 kg) just missed out on an Olympic berth. They each earned a bronze medal for a semifinal loss.
Bronze-medal bouts arenB次元官网网址檛 fought at the Pan Am Games.
In track cycling, Canada earned a berth in FridayB次元官网网址檚 gold-medal final in menB次元官网网址檚 team pursuit.
Chris Ernst of Kitchener, Ont., Michael Foley of Milton, Ont., Carson Mattern of Ancaster, Ont., and VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Sean Richardson set a new Pan Am record with a qualifying time of three minutes 55.981 seconds.
In shooting, TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Tugrul Ozer won gold in the menB次元官网网址檚 10-metre air pistol with a Pan Am Games record score of 240.5 points. His result secured a berth for Canada at the 2024 Olympics.
Ozer battled American James Hall throughout the event before taking the lead for good in the fifth of nine series.
Hall finished second with 239.3 points, followed by BrazilB次元官网网址檚 Felipe Wu with 215.3.
In other results, Samuel Murray of Baie-Comeau, Que., and Coby Iwaasa of Lethbridge, Alta., took silver in menB次元官网网址檚 team racquetball after falling 2-0 to Bolivia, and CalgaryB次元官网网址檚 Kelly Fitzsimmons and VancouverB次元官网网址檚 Devan Wiebe earned bronze in the modern pentathlon relay.
Canada has won 83 medals (29 gold, 24 silver, 30 bronze) after six days of competition.
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