Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Monday, July 29th

Sports by Hartley Monday, July 29th

(As of 12:05 a.m. All times listed are PDT)

Updated at 11:45 AM

Olympics:

17-year-old Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh of Toronto has her second Olympic medal in Paris.

She led wire-to-wire capturing gold today (Monday) in the women’s 400-metre individual medley.

McIntosh took silver in the 400-metre freestyle on Saturday.

Canada has five medals, two gold, a silver and two bronze.

Canada’s other gold came in women’s judo from Christa Deguchi (in 57-kg class).

She is Canada’s first Olympic champion in judo.

The 28-year-old Deguchi lives and trains in Japan, the country of her birth.

She has competed for Canada for seven years through her Canadian dad.

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Canadian divers Nathan Zsombor Murray of Pointe-Claire, Quebec and Rylan Wiens of Regina captured the bronze medal today (Monday) in the men’s synchronized 10-metre platform.

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Eleanor Harvey of Hamilton is the first Canadian ever to win an Olympic fencing medal when she captured bronze Sunday in women’s foil competition.

Women’s soccer:

Canada  2  France  1

Canada also won its opener 2-1 over New Zealand.

FIFA has deducted six points from the Canadian women’s soccer team after three coaches were suspended for their role in the drone spying scandal.

Canada is appealing the decision.

The next game for Canada will be on Wednesday against Colombia.

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More on the Olympics can be found here.

The Olympic medal count is here.

BCFC:

Westshore Rebels  45  Prince George Kodiaks  25  (Saturday)

The (1-1) Kodiaks play their next game Saturday in Langley against the (0-1) Rams.

Their next home game is August 10th at 6 PM against the Valley Huskers.

Final score from Starlight Stadium.

Kodiaks fall 45-25 to the Rebels.

Time to regroup and get ready for Week 3 in Langley. pic.twitter.com/ko9Pvj3qE6

— Prince George Kodiaks (@PGKodiaks) July 28, 2024

More on the league can be found here.

CFL:  (Final game of Week 8)

Hamilton  44  Edmonton  28

Bo Levi Mitchell passed for a career-high 5 touchdowns for the 2-5 Tiger-Cats.

The Elks fell to 0-7.

The (5-2) B.C. Lions had the weekend off.

They visit the (2-6) Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday to begin Week 9.

The Blue Bombers lost 16-14 in overtime Saturday in Toronto.

The CFL schedule and results are here.

The CFL standings are here.

Baseball:

Jared Young of Prince George has signed a pro baseball contract to play in Korea.

The 29-year-old Young started the season with the Memphis Red Birds, the AAA farm club of the St Louis Cardinals.

PG’s Jared Young signs pro baseball contract in Korea https://t.co/7XwcUV0s23 | #CityOfPG #PrinceGeorge

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) July 27, 2024

MLB: 

Toronto Blue Jays  7  Texas Rangers  3

The (49-56) Jays swept the three-game series against the Rangers to finish 6-3 on a 9-game homestand.

They start a 4-game series against the A.L. East-leading (62-43) Orioles this afternoon (12:05) in Baltimore.

The Blue Jays second half schedule and results are here.

The Blue Jays first half results are here.

The MLB schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.