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SYDNEY (CP) -- What Canada Did at the Olympics on Thursday:

 

 BASKETBALL

 Men: Canada lost 68-63 to France in quarter-final game; advances to playoff for seventh or eighth place.

 

 CANOE-KAYAK

 Men's C-2, 1000m: Attila Buday and Tamas Buday, Mississauga, Ont., finished in a tie for second in semifinal heat, advanced to final.

 Women's K-4 500m: Carrie Lightbound, Mississauga; Julie Rivard, North Bay, Ont.; Kamini Jain, Calgary, and Marie-Josee Gibeau-Ouimet, Lachine, Que., were third in semifinal heat, advanced to final.

 

 DIVING

 Women's 10m synchronized platform: Emile Heymans and Anne Montminy, Montreal, won silver medal.

 Women's 3m springboard: Blythe Hartley, Vancouver, finished 10th in final.

 

 EQUESTRIAN

 Team jumping: Ian Millar, Perth, Ont.; Jay Hayes, Cheltenham, Ont.; John Pearce, Stouffville, Ont., and Jonathan Asselin, Calgary, finished ninth in final.

 Individual jumping: Millar, on Dorincord, was fourth after final qualifying round, advanced to final; Asselin, on Spirit, was 44th in qualifying, advanced to final; Pearce, riding Vagabond, was 62nd in qualifying, eliminated; Hayes, on Diva, was 63rd in qualifying, eliminated.

 

 FIELD HOCKEY

 Men: Canada def. Poland 3-2 in classification game, advancing to ninth-place playoff against Spain.

 

 RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

 Individual all-round: Emilie Livingston, Toronto, was 19th after first two of four events.

 

 SAILING

 Women's Europe: Beth Calkin, West Vancouver, B.C., was 12th after nine races.

 Open Laser: Marty Essig, Carlisle, Ont., was 26th after nine races.

 Men's Finn: Richard Clarke, Toronto, was 15th after seven races.

 Open Star: Ross Macdonald, Vancouver, and Kai Bjorn, Montreal, were seventh after seven races.

 

 SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

 Team: Catherine Garceau, Toronto; Claire-Carver-Dias, Mississauga, Ont.; Erin Chan, Calgary; Fanny Letourneau, Deux-Montagnes, Que.; Jacinthe Taillon, St-Eustache, Que.; Jessica Chase, Montreal; Kirstin Normand, Edmonton; Lyne Beaumont, Pont-Rough, Que., and Reidun Tatham, Calgary, were third after technical routine, advanced to final.

 

 TRACK AND FIELD

 Women's 20-km walk: Janice McCaffrey, Calgary, disqualified.

 

 WHEELCHAIR

 Demonstration

 Women's 1,500m: Chantal Petitclerc, Montreal, finished sixth in final.

 Men's 1,500m: Jeff Adams, Toronto, placed fifth in final.

 

 WRESTLING

 Freestyle

 97-kg: Dean Schmeichel, Prince Albert, Sask., lost three successive bouts.