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Kaitlyn Lawes, John Morris – Curling, Mixed doubles Ted-Jan Bloemen – Speed skating, Men's 10,000 metres Samuel Girard – Short track speed skating, Men's 1000 metres
At the 19th edition of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, Canada was drawn in Group B. They ended group play with a 4–1 record, with their only loss being to group leaders Australia . In the knockout stage, Canada advanced all the way to the semifinals where they would eventually lose 43–83 to the United States .
When sex is a major factor in a competitor's performance, sports will typically split men and women into separate divisions, but there may be mixed-sex team variants, such as mixed doubles. In artistic judged sports, these physical differences play a key role in performances, as demonstrated in pair figure skating and acrobatic gymnastics.
Despite this, their finish gave them enough points to qualify for the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials, becoming the first mixed doubles team with both players from New Brunswick to do so. [23] There, they finished seventh in their pool with a 2–5 record. [24]
Canada competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott.
The Canadian team consisted of 215 athletes (109 men and 106 women) competing in 14 sports. [5] Canada did not have any representation in the sport of Nordic combined . This was the third-largest Canadian Winter Olympic team after 2014 (222 athletes) and 2018 (225 athletes). [ 6 ]
Canada's women's basketball team of 12 athletes was announced on June 30, 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Canada women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
On July 13, 2021, the Canadian Olympic Committee officially announced the full team of 370 athletes (145 men and 225 women) competing in 30 sports, the largest team the country has sent to the games since Los Angeles 1984 and an increase of 56 from Rio 2016. [5] 131 coaches will also accompany the team. [5]