Follow local athletes as they compete at Tokyo 2020
Local athletes are making their mark at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This story will be updated to help you keep track of who is competing when and how they did in their events. Dates for events are local times in Tokyo.
Find all your Tokyo 2020 news on the CBC Olympics page, including the daily "wake-up call" which provides highlights people may have missed overnight.
Carling Zeeman, rowing (single sculls)
Carling Zeeman of Cambridge advanced to the semifinal of the women's single sculls, coming in second place in the second quarter-final race on Monday. She finished fifth in the semi-finals and will compete in the final B on Friday.
Finishing with a time of 7:57.58 seconds, Zeeman finished behind ROC's Hanna Prakhatsen.
Zeeman came in second in Final B and eighth overall with a time of 7:29:59.
Read more:
- Canadian rowers Smith, Sevick advance to final of women's double sculls in Tokyo
- Canada's rowers looking to get back on track, return to podium
- Laurentian rowing coach reflects on early days of Olympian Carling Zeeman's career
Jakub Buczek, rowing
Jakub Buczek of Kitchener is part of the four-man rowing team. The team finished eighth on July 28.
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Brooklyn Moors, artistic gymnastics
Brooklyn Moors, of Cambridge, finished 16th in the final individual all-around event.
Read more:
- Simone Biles' Americans off to shaky start in gymnastics, Canadians miss team final
- Canadian Olympic artistic gymnastics team announced for Tokyo Games
Sarah Pavan, beach volleyball
Sarah Pavan of Kitchener and her partner Melissa Humana-Parades, who are the current world champions, have four wins so far in Tokyo.
Pavan and Humana-Parades lost in the quarterfinals to finish fifth.
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- Watch Canadian women's beach volleyball teams compete in Olympic quarter-finals
- Beach volleyballer Sarah Pavan finds new fans through love of anime series 'Haikyuu'
- Pavan, Humana-Paredes remain perfect at Tokyo Olympics with 3rd straight-sets win
- Canadians Pavan, Humana-Paredes earn 2nd straight-sets victory in Tokyo
- Canadian medal hopefuls Humana-Paredes, Pavan start beach volleyball with easy win
- Pavan, Humana-Paredes poised to vault Canada into Olympic beach volleyball contention
Mandy Bujold, boxing
After a legal battle to get to the Olympics, Mandy Bujold of Kitchener lost to 29-year-old Serbian Nina Radovanovic in the preliminaries of the women's 48-51 kilogram division July 25 in Tokyo.
"It's been a tough battle, I wanted to give it a last shot at these Olympics," Bujold said through tears after the fight. "I didn't have my coach in the corner. There were a lot of elements outside of what everyone saw. I did what I could in the given circumstances."
Read more:
- Boxer Mandy Bujold's Olympic fight comes to quick end after legal battle to reach Tokyo
- Canada's Mandy Bujold wins battle to box in Tokyo Olympics
- Canada's Mandy Bujold officially named to Olympic boxing team
Hamoon Derafshipour, karate
Originally from Iran, Hamoon Derafshipour of Waterloo is competing under the IOC banner as part of the Refugee Team. He told CBC Kitchener-Waterloo earlier this year he's waiting to receive Canadian citizenship and hopes to represent Team Canada in the future.
Derafshipour did not qualify to move on from the preliminary rounds in his event, men's kumite 67 kilogram.
Read more:
- Canadian-based karate athlete Derafshipour named to Refugee Team for Tokyo Games
- 'A dream for both of us': Waterloo karate power couple going to Olympics
Kaleigh Rafter and Erika Polidori, softball
Kaleigh Rafter of Guelph and Erika Polidori of Brantford are part of the first Team Canada softball team since 2008.
The team won the bronze-medal on July 27, beating Mexico 3-2.
In an interview the day before the bronze medal game, Rafter told CBC K-W's The Morning Edition she and her teammates felt "really honoured" to represent the country at the Olympics.
Read more:
- Canada defeats Mexico to win bronze in women's softball
- Guelph's Kaleigh Rafter to play for bronze with Canada's Olympic softball team
- Canada heads into softball bronze-medal game on high note after mercy-rule win
- Canada's softball gold-medal hopes dashed in extra-inning loss to Japan
- Canada routs Australia to earn pivotal Olympic softball win
- Softball is back in the Olympics (for now) — and Canada is eyeing a medal
Corey Conners, golf
Corey Conners of Listowel recently tied for 15th at the British Open. He finished 13th.
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Natalie Achonwa, basketball
Natalie Achonwa of Guelph and her teammates were narrowly defeated by Serbia in their opening match at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Canada beat Korea on Thursday 74-53 but lost to Spain 76-66 on Sunday. The team did not advance to the quarter finals.
Read more:
- Early Olympic exit marks end of disappointing Canadian basketball summer
- Canadian women's basketball team drops Olympic opener to Serbia
- Canadian women's basketball team looks to take next step at Tokyo Olympics
Andrea Seccafien, running
Andrea Seccafien of Guelph will take part in the women's 5,000 metres and 10,000-meter races at the games. She qualified for the 5,000 meters on Friday. She finished 15th in the final.
She finished 14th in the 10,000 meters.
In May of this year, she smashed the Canadian record and ran well under the Olympic standard to win the 10,000 meters at the Sound Running Track Meet in Los Angeles.
Read more:
- Friendship forged, Olympic track hopefuls inspiring each other on Tokyo journey
- Andrea Seccafien smashes Canadian record, Olympic standard in L.A.
