By Nick Murray, CBC SportsThe Rio Games have yet to come to a close, but Canada has already matched its medal total from London 2012, and quadrupled its number of gold medals. Andre De Grasse's silver medal in Thursday's 200-metre final brings Canada's tally to 18 medals, one shy of the goal set out by Own The Podium (OTP) coming into Rio. The big change since London 2012 was OTP moved toward funding programs that had the best shot at winning a medal. Closing in on a Canadian Olympic recordSharing the headlines with the swim and athletics team has been Canada's women themselves, who've not only owned the podium, they've dominated it. That benchmark was set at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, where Canada's female athletes reached the podium 16 times, including four gold medals.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2016 11:15 UTC