9 Rio 2016 Olympic events to watch today: Saturday, August 20

Mark Blinch / Canadian Olympic Committee

We’re nearing the end of the Rio 2016 Olympics and it has been a successful one for Canada. With 21 medals to date, Canada is just one behind the national record for most medals in a non-boycotted Summer Games.

Can they tie or even beat the record? There are no clear-cut favourites, but they’ve got a few possibilities.

Top events of the day:

800 m final: Melissa Bishop
K1 200 m kayak: Mark De Jonge
Golf: Brooke Henderson
Women’s 4 x 400 m final

Here are the top events to watch today, in chronological order.

1. Golf

4 am PT (7 am ET): Women’s individual stroke play – Round 4

Brooke Henderson is in a tie for 8th place heading into the final round. She’s 7 shots off the leader, Inbee Park of South Korea, and 5 shots off Lydia Ko (New Zealand) and Gerina Piller (USA) for a shot at the podium.

Henderson tees off at 4 am PT (7 am ET).

2. Canoe/Kayak

5 am PT (8 am ET): Men’s kayak (K1) 200 m final
5:14 am PT (8:14 am ET): Men’s canoe (C2) 1000 m final
5:40 am PT (8:40 am ET): Women’s kayak (K4) 500 m final
6:04 am PT (9:04 am ET): Men’s kayak (K4) 1000 m final

Mark De Jonge didn’t have a great K1 200-metre semi-final, finishing with the slowest time of all qualifiers for the final. Still, you have to think that De Jonge has a chance at a medal, given that he won gold at the World Championships last year.

Canada had the fourth fastest qualifying time in the semi-finals in the women’s K4 500-metre race.

3. Women’s Basketball

7:30 am PT (10:30 am ET): Bronze medal game – France vs Serbia
11:30 am PT (2:30 pm ET): Gold medal game – USA vs Spain

The closest anyone has come to beating USA was France, who lost by 19 points. If Spain – who lost to USA by 40 points in the round robin – is to win gold, it’ll be one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history.

4. Mountain Biking

8:30 am PT (11:30 am ET): Women’s mountain biking cross-country final

Canadians Emily Batty and Catharine Pendrel are both top-10 in the world and could make some noise in this competition.

5. Men’s Soccer

9 am PT (12 pm ET): Bronze medal match – Honduras vs Nigeria
1:30 pm PT (4:30 pm ET): Gold medal match – Brazil vs Germany

Brazil is looking for gold medal glory at home in their national sport.

6. Men’s Water Polo

9 am PT (12 pm ET): Bronze medal match – Montenegro vs Italy
1:50 pm PT (4:50 pm ET): Gold medal match – Croatia vs Serbia

There’s potential for a former Yugoslavia country sweep of the medals in men’s water polo.

7. Women’s Volleyball

9 am PT (12 pm ET): Bronze medal match – Netherlands vs USA
6:15 pm PT (9:15 pm ET): Gold medal match – China vs Serbia

Medals are on the line in the last day of the women’s volleyball tournament.

8. Diving

12:30 pm PT (3:30 pm ET): Men’s 10 m platform final

Unlike the women’s competition, Canadians aren’t expected to medal in this event but it’s worth watching nonetheless.

9. Track and Field

4:30 pm PT (7:30 pm ET): Women’s high jump final
4:55 pm PT (7:55 pm ET): Men’s javelin throw final
5 pm PT (8 pm ET): Men’s 1500 m final
5:15 pm PT (8:15 pm ET): Women’s 800 m final
5:30 pm PT (8:30 pm ET): Men’s 5000 m final
6 pm PT (9 pm ET): Women’s 4 x 400 m relay final
6:35 pm PT (9:35 pm ET): Men’s 4 x 400 m relay final

Melissa Bishop presents Canada’s best chance at a medal on the track on Saturday. She won the silver medal at the World Championships last year.

Also with a shot at a medal is the Canadian women’s 4 x 400 m relay team. They qualified with the fifth-fastest time on Friday.

Other Canadians that have qualified for finals, but not expected to medal include Alyxandria Treasure (high jump), Nathan Brannen (1500 m), and Mohammed Ahmed (5000 m).