2024 Olympics Day 6 Recap: Summer McIntosh sets Olympic record and wins Team Canada's 8th medal, as Felix Auger-Aliassime also makes history

While the watching experience and timing for the 2024 Paris Olympics isn't quite as challenging for Canadian viewers as it was for Tokyo 2020 or Beijing 2022, a good chunk of action during these Games happens when plenty of Canadians are fast asleep.

Whether you were crushing some zzz's, busy at work, had family activities to partake in or just didn't have a chance to tune in, we have you covered throughout these Olympics from start to finish, with Team Canada currently sitting at eight medals, soon to be nine thanks to Wyatt Sanford.

Here's what you may have missed on Day 6, including Summer McIntosh setting a new Olympic record en route to another gold medal, a record-setting performance from Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Canada setting itself up for a medal in boxing.

Summer McIntosh sets new Olympic record, wins gold in women's 200-metre butterfly

Make that two gold medals for Summer McIntosh in Paris.

The Canadian sensation continues to show the world just how dominant she can be in the 2024 Summer Games, winning her second gold medal (and third total medal) in the women's 200-metre butterfly on Thursday afternoon.

And she did it in style, breaking both Canadian and Olympic records in the event with a time of 2:03.03, as she beat American Regan Smith (2:03.84) and China's Zhang Yufei (2:05.09), who claimed silver and bronze, respectively.

McIntosh now becomes the first Canadian woman ever to win two gold medals in swimming, joining former Olympians George Hodgson (1912) and Alex Baumann (1984) as the only Canadians to do so. She's also the first double-gold medallist for Canada since sprinting legend Donovan Bailey won two back in 1996.

Summer had already collected two medals earlier in the Games, winning gold in the women's 400-metre individual medley and silver in the 400-metre freestyle. And she's not done yet, as Summer is set to swim in the 200-metre individual medley on Saturday.

It's fair to say the swimming world is beyond impressed with Canada's Olympic superstar.

Felix Auger-Aliassime makes Canadian history, advances to men's singles tennis semifinals

One day after beating Daniil Medvedev in the third round, Felix Auger-Aliassime kept his winning streak alive with a 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-3 win over Norway's Casper Ruud in the men's singles tennis quarterfinals.

With the historic win, Auger-Aliassime becomes the first Canadian tennis player to reach the Olympic singles semifinals, since the sport made its return to the Games in 1988. The 13th-seeded player in the men's Olympic field, Auger-Aliassime is collecting upset wins as he moves his way through the tournament, topping the four-seeded Medvedev in yesterday's third-round before upsetting the sixth-seeded Ruud today in the quarters.

t's been a dream Olympic run for Auger-Aliassime, who has now reached the semis in both men's singles and mixed doubles tennis. The Montreal native and his mixed doubles partner, Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski, unfortunately lost their semifinal matchup against Tomas Machac and Kateřina Siniaková 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday afternoon. The Canadian pair will have a chance to play for bronze on Friday.

For his singles quest, Auger-Aliassime will take on second-seeded Carlos Alcarez tomorrow.

Throughout its history, Canada has won only one medal in Olympic tennis, when Daniel Nestor and Sébastien Lareau secured gold in men's doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games.

Wyatt Sanford guaranteed to medal in men's 63.5-kilogram boxing

Boxer Wyatt Sanford defeated Uzbekistan's Ruslan Abdullaev in the quarterfinals on Thursday morning, setting himself up for a chance to fight for gold in men's 63.5-kilogram boxing.

Due to the rules of the Olympic boxing competition, however, Sanford is now guaranteed to earn Canada's eighth medal at the Paris Olympics, though we're not yet sure which medal it will be. Olympic boxing does not include a bronze-medal fight, making the eventual losers of the upcoming semifinal fights instant bronze medallists.

Sanford is making his Olympic debut after winning gold at last year's Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile. Canada has not won an Olympic medal in boxing since 1996, when David Defiagbon won a heavyweight silver medal at the Summer Games in Atlanta.

Wyatt will put on the gloves for his semifinal fight on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 6:30 a.m. ET.

Masse qualifies for women's 200-metre backstroke final, as 4x200-metre women's freestyle relay team finishes 4th

Kylie Masse moves on to the women's 200-metre backstroke final after finishing second in her semifinal race with a time of 2:07.92, fifth among those who advanced to the final. She also posted the second-fastest time in her preliminary heat on Thursday morning.

Masse, a veteran swimmer from LaSalle, Ont., won a silver medal in this event three years ago in Tokyo, and she's set herself up for another shot at the podium again in Paris.

Also in the pool, Canada's 4x200-metre women's freestyle relay team — led by McIntosh — came up short of a podium finish Thursday afternoon with a fourth-place finish in the final.

Meanwhile, reigning world champion Findlay Knox qualified for the men's 200-metre individual medley semifinals, finishing 13th in this morning's heats.

Josh Liendo of Toronto, however, didn't fare as well this afternoon, placing 6th the men's 50-metre freestyle final.

Canada loses bronze-medal match vs. Japan in women's team foil fencing

After losing to the American team 45-31 in the semifinal, Canada's women's fencing team had a shot at the bronze medal, but fell short after a 33-32 loss to Japan on Thursday afternoon.

Despite the tough loss, the team's performance in Paris marks the best finish in women's team foil fencing in Canadian history.

Canada qualifies for women's eight rowing final

Team Canada's women's eight rowing team, the defending gold medallists, qualified for Saturday's final after finishing second in Thursday morning's repechage with a time of six minutes and 4.81 seconds.

The Canadians finished less than a second behind the American team, with Australia and Italy finishing the repechage in third and fourth place, respectively. These four teams will join Great Britain and Romania, who won their heats on Monday.

The defending champions return to the Olympics with several veterans from the 2021 Tokyo Games, including Toronto's Sydney Payne, Calgary's Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Avalon Wasteneys of Campbell River, B.C., and Coxswain Kristen Kit of St. Catharines, Ont.

Evan Dunfee finishes fifth in men's speedwalk

Richmond, B.C., speedwalker Evan Dunfee fell short of medalling in the 20-kilometre men's race walk on Thursday morning, finishing in fifth place with a time of 1:19:16, roughly 21 seconds behind Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador, who won gold. Caio Bonfim of Brazil and Alvaro Martin of Spain won silver and bronze, respectively.

Dunfee was in pursuit of his second Olympic medal after winning bronze in the 50-kilometre event at the Tokyo 2020 games, a third-place finish that marked Canada’s first-ever Olympic medal in the longest athletics event, which is no longer a part of the Olympic athletics competition.

"I'm really proud of the effort," he shared with The Canadian Press. "I missed just that little tiny bit to go with it when the pace changed, and yeah, four guys were better than me today."

Canada falls to Germany for its first loss in 3x3 women's basketball tournament

Team Canada fell to 2-1 on Thursday morning, losing its third game of the 3x3 women's basketball tournament 19-15 against Germany.

The Canadians were chasing the Germans from behind from the get go, trailing 6-0 and then 7-1 in the game's opening minutes. Though Canada managed to tie the game 10-10 with 3:44 remaining, Germany once again pulled ahead to seal the four-point victory.

The Canadian side, led by twin sisters Katherine and Michelle Plouffe of Edmonton, will next take on Spain on Friday.

Canada falls to 0-2 in women's basketball after loss to Australia

Team Canada's chances of making it through to the knockout round of the women's basketball tournament took a hit on Thursday morning after losing to Australia 70-65.

The Aussies took a 38-32 lead into the half. While Canada was able to trim the deficit down to two points, Australia dug deep to secure the win. Bridgette Carlton led the red and white with 19 points and eight rebounds, while Kia Nurse chipped in with 12 points.

Canada now falls to 0-2 in group play, with a slim chance at advancing into the quarters. The Canadians will suit up next against Nigeria on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7:30 a.m. ET.

Shady Elnahas eliminated in men’s judo under-100-kilogram

Shady Elnahas of Toronto was eliminated from the men’s judo under-100-kilogram event on Thursday morning after losing to Daniel Eich of Switzerland in the round of 16.

Elnahas, who won gold at the 2023 Pan Am Games and finished second at the world championships this year, made his Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, finishing this event in a tie for fifth place.