Several Saskatchewan athletes were in action during the final week of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
With 27 medals — nine gold, seven silver and 11 bronze — Canada’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has come to an end, making this the country’s most successful non-boycotted Olympic Summer Games to date.
Two of those medals are coming home to Saskatchewan, as Regina’s Carissa Norsten and the Canadian women’s rugby 7s team claimed silver and Pike Lake diver Rylan Wiens won bronze in the men’s 10-metre synchronized platform event early in the Games.
In the final days of the Olympics, Wiens also took part in the men’s 10-m individual event on Saturday, finishing seventh overall in the final with a score of 445.60 points. Earlier in the day, Wiens qualified for the final