Canada Wraps up Paris Olympics With Record 27 Medals

Team Canada ended the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 11 with a record medal haul, setting a new national record for a non-boycotted Games. Canada secured a total of 27 medals—9 gold, 7 silver, and 11 bronze—surpassing the previous high of 24 medals won at Tokyo 2020. Most of the 27 medals were earned in swimming, with 17-year-old Summer McIntosh winning three golds and one silver and setting multiple Olympic records.  These include a record time of 2:03.03 in the women’s 200-metre butterfly and a record time of 2:06.56 in the women’s 200-metre individual medley. The swimmer from Toronto also triumphed in the women’s 400-metre individual medley, winning in 4:27.71, and won silver in the women’s 400-metre freestyle....