the mad sports man

 Ilya Kharun has a bronze in the 200m butterfly. He also got a Canadian record and also a first ever medal in this event. That is now 2g, 2s, 3b for 7 total.

 Canada women's rugby 7s team has a silver. New Zealand beat Canada 19-12 in the gold medal game to win the tournament. The silver is Canada's best result (bronze in 2016). That is now 2g, 2s, 2b for 6 total.

 Summer McIntosh just won gold in the 400m individual medley. Her first ever Olympic gold. Last medal for Canada in this event was a bronze in 1976. Event was introduced in 1964 and Canada had 2 silvers and the bronze. And now a gold. I smell more for Summer. That is now 2g, 1s, 2b for 5 total.

 First was in diving. Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Ryan Wiens won bronze in the 10m synchro event. That gets followed up by Christa Deguchi winning gold  - yes GOLD - in judo 57kg class. Yes!!!! That is now 1g, 1s, 2b for 4 total. Stay tuned.

 A first ever medal in fencing, and it comes from Eleanor Harvey in foil. Woohoo!! Actually watched this duel. Congratulations Eleanor. That is 1s 1b for 2 total.

 A silver from Summer McIntosh in the 400m freestyle. Also her first Olympic medal.  Her time was 3:58.37.  Ariana Titmus of Australia won gold and Katie Ledecky with the bronze. Good start.

 Fares Arfa of Canada knocked off the 3 time defending gold medalist Aaron Szilagyi in men's sabre. Big. Arfa moved to the round of 16.

 ....air rifle mixed team gold goes to Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao of China, the silver to Keum Ju-Hyeon and Park Ha-Jun of South Korea and the bronze to Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan. Oh were on folks.

 The flame has been lit. Speeches have been made. The games officially open. And Celine Dion capped it off. What an opening ceremony. 205 nations made their way down the Seine River. Performances were outstanding. Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec lit the cauldron that resembled a hot air balloon. 16 days of insanity lays ahead. Let's go get it.

 We've made it to the preview. The 2024 Paris Olympics begin tomorrow and end on August 11. 206 nations and 10714 athletes scheduled to participate. Paris is second city to host 3 times. (1900 and 1924), with London being first (1908, 1948 and 2012). Breakdance debuting here. Final games under Thomas Bach. 2nd time an opening ceremony would be held outside a stadium (2018 summer youth Olympics the first). The ceremony, along with parade of nations, will be held on the river Seine. Refugee Olympic Athletes makes a return and Russian and Belarus athletes under individual neutral athletes banner. Canada will be sending 315 athletes to the games and will be led out by Andre De Grasse and Maude Charon. Here is the emblem for today.

 These games were held in Tokyo Japan from July 23 to August 8, 2021. The games were delayed a year due to COVID. 206 nations (refugee Olympic Athletes and Russian Olympic athletes included) 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, baseball (returns), softball (returns), Madison cycling returns (men) or debuts (women) karate, sports climbing, surfing, and skateboarding debuts or returns. Bermuda, Philippines, and Qatar win first gold. Burkina Faso, San Marino, and Turkmenistan win first medals. United States won most gold (39) and most overall (113). Japan won 27g, 14s, 17b for 58 total. Canada won 7g, 7s, 10b for 24 total. Tomorrow - the 2024 preview. Here is the emblem for today.

 ... Andre De Grasse and Maude Charon. Both champions. Charon a gold medalist in weight lifting and De Grasse a multi medalist in track. Great choices. They'll do Canada proud.

 These games were held in Rio de Janeiro Brazil from August 5 - 21. 207 nations and 11180 athletes participated. Refugee Olympic Athletes team debut, as well as Kosovo and South Sudan. United States wins gold 1000. Bahrain, Fiji, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kosovo, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Tajikistan and Vietnam, as well as a member of the independent Olympic Athlete team (Kuwait) won first gold. Karate, squash, golf, roller sports and rugby debuted here. United States won most gold (46) and most overall (121). Brazil won 7g, 6s, 6b for 19 total. Canada won 4g, 3s, 15b for 22 total. Tomorrow - the 2020 games in Tokyo Japan. Here is the emblem for today.

 These games were held in London Great Britain from July 27 to August 12. 204 nations plus 2 independent Olympic athlete nations and 10518 athletes participated. Women's boxing added, making these games the first time every sport had female competitors. 85 nations won at least one medal. Netherlands Antilles (dissolved before the games) and South Sudan (recognized in 2015) were the two nations that had independent athletes. Tennis mixed doubles return for the first time since 1924. 32 world records fell. 7 nations won first medal: Bahrain, Botswana, Cyprus, Gabon, Grenada, Guatemala and Montenegro. United States won most gold (48) and most overall (104). Great Britain had 29g, 18s, 18b for 65 total. Canada won 2g, 6s, 10b for 18 total. Tomorrow - Rio de Janeiro. Here is the emblem for today.

 These games were held in Beijing China from August 8 to 24. 204 nations and 10899 athletes participated. 87 nations won at least one medal.  Serbia and Montenegro debuted as separate nations. Nepal, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu debuted. 125 Olympic records fell, including 37 world records. Mongolia and Panama won first ever golds. Afghanistan, Mauritius, Serbia, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won first medals. China won most golds at 48, along with 22s and 30b for 100 total. United States won most overall with 112 (36g, 39s, 37b). Canada won 3g, 9s, 8b for 20 total. Tomorrow - 2012 in London. Here is the emblem for today.

 These games were held in Athens Greece from August 13-29. 201 nations and 10557 athletes participated. Athens is 4th city to host a summer games twice (Paris 1900, 1924 and 2024, London 1908 and 1948 and Los Angeles 1932, 1984 and 2028). A new obverse design introduced. Several world records fall. Chile, Chinese Taipei, Dominican Republic, Georgia and Israel won first golds, while Eritrea and Paraguay won first medals. United Arab Emirates won first medal AND first gold. Kiribati and Timor Leste debuted. Women's wrestling and women's sabre added. Marathon ran on same route as 1896. Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco won 1500m and 5000m . Michael Phelps won 6g and 2b to win most swimming medals in one games.  United States won most gold (36) and most overall (101). Greece won 6g, 6s, 4b for 16 total. Canada won 3g, 6s, 3b for 12 total. Tomorrow - 2008 in Beijing. Here is the emblem for today. 

 These games were held in Sydney Australia from September 15 to October 1. 199 nations and 10647 athletes participated. First games to have 300 events. Last games under Juan Antonio Samaranch. Triathlon began. Brigitte McMahon of Switzerland won on women's side, Simon Whitfield won on men's side. Ian Thorpe of Australia debuts. Cathy Freeman of Australia lights cauldron, then wins 400m on home soil. Cameroon wins historic soccer gold. Democratic Republic of Congo reappears for first time since 1980. From 1984 to 1996 they competed as Zaire. United States won most gold (37) and most overall (93). Australia won 16g, 25s, 17b for 58 total. Canada won 3g, 3s, 8b for 14 total. Tomorrow - the games return to Greece. Here is the emblem for today.

 The 2025 MLB season sked is out. Here are 5 things to know. 1. March 18-19 is the Tokyo series. The Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs open the season. Dodgers first trip to Japan.  2. March 27 is opening day for the rest of the league. 3. May 16-18 is rivalry weekend. Includes Yankees v Mets, White Sox vs Cubs and Angels vs Dodgers. 4. All star game is July 15 in Atlanta. 5. September 28 is closing day of the season. Cheers.

 These games were held in Atlanta Georgia from July 19 to August 4. 197 nations and 10320 athletes participated. Beach volleyball, mountain biking, softball, lightweight rowing, women's swimming, women's fencing team rhythmic gymnastics and women's soccer debuted here.24 nations made their debuts here. Andre Agassi wins "golden slam" ( Olympic gold, Australian open, French open, U.S open Wimbledon). In men's 100m, Donovan Bailey sets then world record of 9.84 in winning gold. Him, Robert Esmie, Bruny Surin and Glenroy Gilbert win 4x100m gold.  Deon Hemmings first woman to win gold for Jamaica. Lee Lai Shan wins Hong Kong's only gold as a British colony. Following nations won first ever summer games medal; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burundi, Ecuador, Georgia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mozambique, Slovakia, Tonga, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. First time no nation swept the medal podium. United States led most gold and overall with 44g, 32 s, 25b for 101 ...

 These games were held in Barcelona Spain from July 25 to August 9. 169 nations and 9386 athletes participated. First games not to have a boycott. South Africa makes return to games. Olympic cauldron lit by flaming arrow. Deratu Tulu of Ethiopia wins 10000m. Her and South African Elana Meyer made a hand in hand victory lap. Germany sends unified team. Following Soviet Union break up, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania debuted here. Russia and 15 other former Soviet Union republics send unified team. Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina also debut after Yugoslavia break up. Kyoko Iwasaki wins gold at 14. Susi Susanti wins Indonesia first gold in badminton.  Unified team won most gold (45) and most overall (112). Spain won 13g, 7s, 2b for 22 total. Canada won 7g, 4s, 7b for 18 total. Tomorrow - 1996 in Atlanta. Here is the emblem for today.