Follow local athletes as they compete at Tokyo 2020

Local athletes are making their mark at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.This story will be updated to help you keep track of who is competing when and how they did in their events. Dates for events are local times in Tokyo.

Find all your Tokyo 2020 news on the CBC Olympics page, including the daily "wake-up call" which provides highlights people may have missed overnight.

Carling Zeeman, rowing (single sculls)

Carling Zeemanof Cambridge advanced to the semifinal of the women's single sculls, coming in second place in the second quarter-final race on Monday. She finished fifth in the semi-finals and will compete in the final B on Friday.

Finishing with a time of 7:57.58 seconds, ZeemanfinishedbehindROC'sHanna Prakhatsen.

Zeeman came in second in Final B and eighth overall with a time of 7:29:59.

Read more:

• Canadian rowers Smith, Sevick advance to final of women's double sculls in Tokyo
• Canada's rowers looking to get back on track, return to podium
• Laurentian rowing coach reflects on early days of Olympian Carling Zeeman's career

Jakub Buczek, rowing

Jakub Buczek of Kitchener is part of the four-man rowing team. The team finished eighth on July 28.

Read more:

• Canada's rowers looking to get back on track, return to podium

Canadian men's fours row to a spot at Tokyo Olympics

3 years ago

Duration 8:31

Canada's men's fours rowed to a second-place finish Sunday in Lucerne, Switzerland as Jakub Buczek, Luke Gadsdon, Gavin Stone, and Will Crothers officially qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo.

Brooklyn Moors, artistic gymnastics

Brooklyn Moors, of Cambridge,finished 16th in the final individual all-around event.

Read more:

• Simone Biles' Americans off to shaky start in gymnastics, Canadians miss team final
• Canadian Olympic artistic gymnastics team announced for Tokyo Games

Sarah Pavan, beach volleyball

Sarah Pavan of Kitchener and her partnerMelissa Humana-Parades, who are the currentworld champions, have four wins so far in Tokyo.

Pavan and Humana-Parades lost in the quarterfinals to finish fifth.

Read more:

• Watch Canadian women's beach volleyball teams compete in Olympic quarter-finals
• Beach volleyballer Sarah Pavan finds new fans through love of anime series 'Haikyuu'
• Pavan, Humana-Paredes remain perfect at Tokyo Olympics with 3rd straight-sets win
• Canadians Pavan, Humana-Paredes earn 2nd straight-sets victory in Tokyo
• Canadian medal hopefuls Humana-Paredes, Pavan start beach volleyball with easy win
• Pavan, Humana-Paredes poised to vault Canada into Olympic beach volleyball contention

Waterloo karate couple gearing up for the Olympics

3 years ago

Duration 1:09

Hamoon Derafshipour will be competing with his life partner and coach Samira Malekipour by his side, a dream they longed for.

Mandy Bujold, boxing

After a legal battle to get to the Olympics, Mandy Bujoldof Kitchener lost to 29-year-old Serbian Nina Radovanovic inthe preliminaries of the women's 48-51 kilogramdivision July 25 in Tokyo.

"It's been a tough battle, I wanted to give it a last shot at these Olympics," Bujold said through tears after the fight. "I didn't have my coach in the corner. There werea lot of elements outside of what everyone saw. I did what I could in the given circumstances."

Read more:

• Boxer Mandy Bujold's Olympic fight comes to quick end after legal battle to reach Tokyo
• Canada's Mandy Bujold wins battle to box in Tokyo Olympics
• Canada's Mandy Bujold officially named to Olympic boxing team

Hamoon Derafshipour, karate

Originally from Iran, Hamoon Derafshipour of Waterloo is competing under the IOC banner as part of the Refugee Team.He told CBC Kitchener-Waterloo earlier this year he's waiting to receive Canadian citizenship and hopes to represent Team Canada in the future.

Derafshipour did not qualify to move on from the preliminary rounds in his event, men's kumite 67 kilogram.

Read more:

• Canadian-based karate athlete Derafshipour named to Refugee Team for Tokyo Games
• 'A dream for both of us': Waterloo karate power couple going to Olympics

Kaleigh Rafter andErika Polidori, softball

Kaleigh Rafter of Guelph andErika Polidori of Brantford are part of the first Team Canada softball team since 2008.

The team won thebronze-medalon July 27, beating Mexico 3-2.

In an interview the day before the bronze medal game, Rafter told CBC K-W's The Morning Edition she and her teammates felt "really honoured" to represent the country at the Olympics.

Read more:

• Canada defeats Mexico to win bronze in women's softball
• Guelph's Kaleigh Rafter to play for bronze with Canada's Olympic softball team
• Canada heads into softball bronze-medal game on high note after mercy-rule win
• Canada's softball gold-medal hopes dashed in extra-inning loss to Japan
• Canada routs Australia to earn pivotal Olympic softball win
• Softball is back in the Olympics (for now) and Canada is eyeing a medal

Corey Conners, golf

Corey Conners of Listowelrecently tied for 15th at the British Open. He finished 13th.

Read more:

• Canadian golfers are having a big (Olympic) year

Natalie Achonwa, basketball

Natalie Achonwa of Guelph and her teammates werenarrowly defeated by Serbia in their opening matchat the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Canada beat Korea on Thursday 74-53 but lost to Spain 76-66 on Sunday. The team did not advance to the quarter finals.

Read more:

• Early Olympic exit marks end of disappointing Canadian basketball summer
• Canadian women's basketball team drops Olympic opener to Serbia
• Canadian women's basketball team looks to take next step at Tokyo Olympics

Andrea Seccafien, running

Andrea Seccafien of Guelph will take part in the women's 5,000 metres and 10,000-meter races at the games. She qualified for the 5,000 meters on Friday. She finished 15th in the final.

She finished 14th in the 10,000 meters.

In May of this year, shesmashed the Canadian record and ran well under the Olympic standard to win the 10,000 metersat the Sound Running Track Meet in Los Angeles.

Read more:

• Friendship forged, Olympic track hopefuls inspiring each other on Tokyo journey
• Andrea Seccafien smashes Canadian record, Olympic standard in L.A.