Cal Bears at Paris Olympics - Monday, July 29th Schedule

Golden Bears have medaled in two events so far: a Gold and a Silver from Team USA in swimming relays

In case you missed it, Cal’s 1st Olympic Gold in Paris came via an exciting relay on Day 1 on Saturday.

Cal rising senior Jack Alexy led off the relay for Team USA. Alexy did not swim the prelim earlier that day. Alexy was just behind China when he gave way to Chris Guiliano. USA had a slim lead when Hunter Armstrong took over. The Cal Pro Group member essentially clinched the win with a very strong 3rd leg to build up a sizable lead. Caeleb Dressel brought the win home for the Americans

The NBC Sports YouTube video can only be viewed on YouTube (and probably for those in the US).

https://x.com/NCAA/status/1817315514877694233

One event before that, Team USA touched the wall second behind Australia in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle relay. That swim earned Cal alum Abbey Weitzeil a silver medal after Weitzeil swam in the prelim earlier that day.

Cal Rowing Update:

With the number of Calympians spread across the various boats, Men’s Eight in rowing is an event where multiple Cal Bears can medal. Men’s Eight starts on Day 3 (July 29) with the Heats.

Women’s Eight also starts today. The Canadian Eight with two Cal Bears is looking to medal for a second consecutive Olympic Games.

The other boats with Cal rowers have mostly stayed on track to qualify for a final.

Kara Kohler (USA) went straight to the semifinal after winning her single sculls heat.

Inger Kavlie (Norway) had to go through the repechage on Sunday but will also advance to the double sculls semifinal.

Jack Robertson (Australia) and Ollie Maclean (New Zealand) have earned their spots in the Men’s Four Final. Tim Roth (Switzerland) has to race in the repechage.

Martin Mackovic (Serbia) is through to the double sculls semifinal after winning the repechage.

Team Sports Update

USA Women’s Field Hockey (Megan Rodgers Valzonis) is 0-1 after a 4-1 loss to Argentina.

USA Men’s Water Polo (Luca Cupido, Johnny Hooper, Adrian Weinberg) is 0-1 after 8-12 loss to Italy. Johnny Hooper registered a goal.

Greece Men’s Water Polo (Nikolaos Papanikolaou) is 1-0 after a 14-7 win over Romania. Papa scored 1 goal off the bench.

Dutch Women’s Water Polo (Kitty Lynn Joustra) is 1-0 after a thrilling win over Hungary. Kitty Lynn Joustra contributed a goal.

Canada Women’s Water Polo (Emma Wright, Kindred Paul) will play their first match today.

Nigeria Women’s Soccer (Ifeoma Onumonu went from being an alternate to the active roster as a reserve) is 0-2 after a pair of 0-1 losses to Brazil and Spain.

Canada Women’s Soccer (Sydney Collins broker her ankle just a week before the start of play) is 2-0 but is mired in the whole “dronegate” controversy.

Badminton Group Play Update

Annie Xu and Kerry Xu (USA Women’s Doubles) are 0-2 after a 0-2 loss to China (11-21, 14-21) and a 1-2 loss to Hong Kong (22-24, 21-17, 12-21). They have one more match to close out group play on July 30th against Bulgaria.

Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai (USA Mixed Doubles) are 0-2 after a 0-2 loss to China (11-21, 14-21) and a 0-2 loss to Malaysia (15-21, 22-24). They have one more match to close out group play today against Singapore.

Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan (USA Men’s Doubles) are 0-2 after a 0-2 loss to Denmark (13-21, 16-21) and a 0-2 loss to China (13-21, 14-21). They have two more matches in group play against Japan on July 29th and Taiwan on July 30th.

---

Monday, July 29 (All times PT)

2:00 AM

Jennie Gai

Vinson Chiu Mixed Doubles Badminton. United States USA vs. Singapore

2:28 AM

Lucas Henveaux Men's SwimmingBelgium Men's 800m Freestyle Heats

2:40 AM

Frederik Breuer Men's Rowing Germany Men's Eight Heats

Angus Dawson Men's Rowing Australia Men's Eight Heats

Gennaro di Mauro Men's Rowing Italy Men's Eight Heats

Olav Molenaar Men's Rowing The Netherlands Men's Eight Heats

Christian Tabash Men's Rowing United States Men's Eight Heats

3:00 AM

Caileigh Filmer

Sydney Payne Women's Rowing Canada Women's Eight Heats

Rowan McKellar Women's Rowing Great Britain Women's Eight Heats

4:15 AM

Megan Rodgers Valzonis Field Hockey United States (0-1) United States vs. Spain

9:30 AM

Kitty Lynn Joustra Women's Water Polo The Netherlands (1-0) The Netherlands vs. China

10:30 AM

Joshua Yuan

Vinson Chiu Men's Badminton United States United States vs. Japan

11:05 AM

Kindred Paul

Emma Wright Women's Water Polo Canada (0-0) Canada vs. Hungary

12:00 PM

Lily Zhang Women's Table Tennis United States Women's Singles Round of 32 vs. B. Takahashi (Brazil)

12:19 PM

Hugo González Men's Swimming Spain Men's 100m Backstroke Final

Ryan Murphy Men's Swimming United States Men's 100m Backstroke Final

12:41 PM

Claire Weinstein Women's Swimming United States Women's 200m Freestyle Final

---

Cal Medal Count:

GOLD — 1 (Jack Alexy, USA, Men’s Swimming, Men’s 4x100m Free Relay)

SILVER — 1 (Abbey Weitzeil, USA, Women’s Swimming, Women’s 4x100m Free Relay - swam the prelim)

BRONZE — 0

I am surprised that Cal Athletics is counting Hunter Armstrong in their medal count. This is probably why they did not get a retweet from Team USA College's Twitter account for Jack Alexy’s win. That account instead Tweeted Ohio State’s support for Hunter Armstrong’s medal in the same event.

With the Men’s 100m Backstroke Final coming up, Monday could be a day for the Cal Medal Count to go up.

To be consistent with before, I also would not count a Claire Weinstein medal in Cal’s tally. She is racing in the Women’s 200m Freestyle Final.

GO BEARS!