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Here's how Canada's athletes fared Tuesday in Rio

Canadians had a busy day in Rio on Tuesday, capped off by a bronze-medal win in synchronized diving.

Canada added to its medal collection, earning a bronze in diving

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Meaghan Benfeito (left) and Roseline Filion were Canada's big winners of Tuesday, earning a bronze medal in the women's synchronized 10-metre platform diving final. (Wong Maye-E/Associated Press)

Another day, another medal for Canada at the Rio Olympics.

This time, it was the synchronized diving performance of Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion that gave Canada its fifth medal so far.

Here's how Canadians performed throughout Brazil on Tuesday.

Fourth bronze of the Games

Women's 10-metre synchronized platform — Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion, both of Laval, Que., won the bronze medal with 336.18 points.

Beach volleyball

Men — Ben Saxton, Calgary, and Chaim Schalk, Red Deer, Alta., downed Brazil's Evandro Goncalves Oliviera, Jr., and Pedro Solberg, 2-1 (17-21, 21-18, 16-14) to improve their preliminary-round record to 1-2.

Women — Jamie Broder, Victoria, and Kristina Valjas (1-1), Toronto, lost to Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst, Germany, 2-0 (21-17, 21-11); Heather Bansley, Waterdown, Ont., and Sarah Pavan (2-0), Kitchener, Ont., def. Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich of Switzerland, 2-0 (21-18, 21-18).

Equestrian (eventing)

Individual jumping — Rebecca Howard, Marlborough, U.K. (Riddle Master), placed 10th in qualifying with 61.80, and was 10th in the final with the same score; Jessica Phoenix, Cannington, Ont. (A Little Romance) was 38th in qualifying (131.60); Colleen Loach, Dunham, Que. (Qorry Blue d'Argouges), was 42nd (145.70) — neither advanced to the final round.

Team jumping — Canada placed 10th overall with a score of 339.10.

Fencing

Men's Epee — Maxime Brinck-Croteau, Gatineau, Que., lost 15-14 in the round-of-32 to Vadim Anokhin of Russia.

Field hockey

Men — Canada fell to 0-3 in the preliminary-round with a 7-0 loss to Netherlands.

Judo

Men's 81-kilogram class — Antoine Valois-Fortier, Quebec City, won his opening match 1-0s1 over Loic Pietri of France; defeated Emmanuel Luceniti of Argentina, 10-10s3; lost his quarter-final 10s1-0s1 to Russian Khasan Khalmurzaev; and was eliminated following a 100-0s1 repechage loss to Takanori Nagase of Japan.

Rowing

Women's single sculls — Carling Zeeman, Cambridge, Ont., placed 10th overall in the quarter-finals in a time of eight minutes, 41.12 seconds, to advance to Wednesday's semifinal.

Women's pairs — Nicole Hare, Calgary, and Jennifer Martins, Toronto, placed fourth overall in the repechage (8:01.09), did not advance.

Sailing

Finn class — Tom Ramshaw, Toronto, placed 10th and 12th in today's races, and after two runs is ranked 16th with 31 points.

Men's laser — Lee Parkhill, Oakville, Ont., was 33rd and ninth (33rd after four races with 122).

Women's laser radial — Brenda Bowskill, Toronto, finished 16th and 20th (19th after four races, 75).

Shooting

Women's 25m precision — Lynda Kiejko, Calgary, placed 40th in precision qualifying with a score of 269, and was 38th (552) in the rapid round — did not advance to the semifinals.

Soccer

Women — Melissa Tancredi of Ancaster, Ont., scored both goals as Canada (3-0) won 2-1 over Germany.

Swimming

Men's 100 freestyle — Santo Condorelli, Kenora, Ont., posted a time of 48.22 to place fifth in qualifying, and earned a berth in the medal race with the third-fastest time in the semifinals (47.93); Yuri Kisil, Calgary, was 11th (48.490) in qualifying, but did not advance after placing 10th in the semis (48.28).

Men's 200 breaststroke — Ashton Baumann, Ottawa, was 24th overall in qualifying (2:12.61), did not advance.

Women's 200 butterfly — Audrey Lacroix, Pont-Rouge, Que., was 16th in qualifying (2:09.21), and failed to advance to the final after placing 16th in the semifinal round (2:09.95).

Women's 200 individual medley — Sydney Pickrem, Halifax, finished sixth in the final (2:11.22).

Tennis

Women's doubles — Eugenie Bouchard, Westmount, Que., and Gabriela Dabrowski, Ottawa, were eliminated following a second-round loss to Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4.

Men's doubles — Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., won in their quarter-final over Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-1.

Volleyball

Men — Canada lost their preliminary-round match to Brazil, 3-1 (24-26, 25-18, 25-22, 25-17)

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