6 local Olympians in Rio action today and tomorrow
Posted Aug 12, 2016 09:35:07 AM.
Last Updated Aug 12, 2016 10:55:39 AM.
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Six athletes from Waterloo Region and Guelph will be in competition today and tomorrow.
Carling Zeeman from Cambridge finished fourth in women’s single sculls semifinal.
In track, University of Guelph alumni Anthony Romaniw will run in the 800-meter heats starting at 9:30 a.m.
Kitchener’s Mandy Bujold made her Olympic debut at 10 a.m., winning her first bout by a unanimous decision taking down Yodgoroy Mirzaeva of Uzbekistan. She now has three days to rest before her next match.
Guelph native Natalie Achonwa will hit the court today at 2:30 p.m. to try and top the US in Group B Preliminary tournament action. Canada is undefeated at 3-0.
Kitchener’s Shelina Zadorsky and Canada’s women soccer team will battle France in quarter-final action at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Kitchener’s Sarah Pavan along with her partner Heather Bansley will face the other Canadian duo of Jamie Broder and Kristina Valjas in Match 3 of the Round of 16.
Game time is set for 11:00 a.m.
