Canada wins 5th gold medal at Paris 2024

Hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg was just short of an Olympic record with his first throw of 84.12 metres on Sunday, but his throw was still good enough to earn the B.C. athlete Canada’s fifth gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games.

Swimmer Summer McIntosh won Canada’s fourth gold medal, and set an Olympic record of 2:06.56 s, in the 200m Individual Medley on Saturday.

McIntosh also earlier won the country’s second and third gold medal for the women’s 400-metre individual medley, and 200-metre butterfly, where she set an Olympic record time of two minutes and 3.03 seconds.

Canada’s first gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris was won by Christa Deguchi in the women’s 57-kilogram judo event.