Men's eight rowing: Gabriel Bergen, Douglas Csima, Rob Gibson, Conlin McCabe, Malcolm Howard, Andrew Byrnes, Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers and Brian Price won the silver medal with a time of 5:49.98 and then threw one of their teammates into the water REUTERS/Jim Young

Men's boxing super heavy division: Simon Kean (left) beat Tony Yoka of France in a countback after the two tied 16-16 on points in the round of 16 and will fight Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan on Aug. 6. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Tobias Oriwol placed fourth in his heat and advanced to semifinal, placed seventh in his semifinal heat and failed to qualify for the final REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

Men's beach volleyball pool play: Joshua Binstock and Martin Reader lost 2-0 to Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha of Brazil and now have a 1-2 record REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo

Brent Hayden won a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle posting a time of 47.80 seconds. Dave Abel/QMI AGENCY

Men's cycling individual time trial: Ryder Hesjedal placed 28th with a time 56:06.18 AL CHAREST/QMI AGENCY

Women's badminton doubles quarter-finals: Alex Bruce and Michele Li beat Leanne Choo and Renuga Veeran of Australia 2-1 to advance to the semifinal REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad

Women's sailing RS:X Windsurfer: Nikola Girke placed 10th in Race 3, sixth in Race 4 ... In other sailing events: Men's RS:X Windsurfer: Zac Plavsic placed 12th in Race 3 and sixth in Race 4 ... Women's Laser Radial one person dinghy: Danielle Dube placed 31st in Race 5, 32nd in Race 6 ... 49er skiff: Gordon Cook and Hunter Lowden placed ninth in Race 5, 17th in Race 6 ... Men's laser one person dinghy: David Wright placed 14th in Race 5, 24th in Race 6 REUTERS/Pascal Lauener.

Women's fencing sabre individual round of 32: Sandra Sassine lost 15-7 to Aleksandra Socha of Poland and was eliminated REUTERS/Fabrizo Bensch

Men's diving synchronized three-metre springboard: Alexandre Despatie and Reuben Ross placed sixth. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Women's archery individual eliminations: Marie-Pier Beaudet lost 7-3 to Louise Larsen of Denmark in the round of 32 and was eliminated DIDIER DEBUSSCHERE/QMI Agency

Men's rowing pairs semifinals: David Calder and Scott Frandsen placed third in the semifinal and qualified for the final on Friday REUTERS/Jim Young

Women's 200-metre breaststroke: Martha McCabe placed third in her heat and advanced to the semifinal, placed fourth in her semifinal heat to qualify for the final; Tera van Beilen placed seventh in her heat and failed to advance REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Men's 200-IM: Andrew Ford placed first in his heat and advanced to the semifinal, placed seventh in his semifinal heat and failed to qualify for the final REUTERS/David Gray

Women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay: Barbara Jardin, Samantha Cheverton, Amanda Reason and Brittany Maclean qualified for the final and finished in fourth place REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Men's judo 90 KG elimination round of 32: Alexandre Emond lost to Winston Gordon of Great Britain and was eliminated REUTERS/Darren Staples

Women's 100-metre freestyle: Julia Wilkinson placed third in her heat and advanced to semifinal, placed seventh in her semifinal heat and failed to qualify for the final. REUTERS/David Gray

Women's cycling individual time trial: Clara Hughes (pictured) placed fifth with a time of 38:28.96; Denise Ramsden placed 19th with a time of 41:44.81 REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Women's weightlifting 69 kg — Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau finished eighth with a snatch of 104 kg and a clean and jerk of 135 kg for a total of 239 kg REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Women's basketball group play: Canada lost 64-60 to France Dave Abel/QMI Agency