A pair of North Shore athletes just missed the medals as the Rio Olympics get set to wrap up.
North Vancouver’s Tiffany Foster helped Canada to a fourth-place finish in equestrian team jumping Wednesday. The Canadians finished in a third-place tie with Germany following the final round of jumping, forcing a jump-off to determine the bronze winner. In the jumpoff Germany put together a perfect score of zero faults while the Canadian riders scored eight faults, falling to fourth place.
Foster, riding Tripple X III, also made the final in the individual jumping competition where she placed 26th. Her teammate Eric Lamaze landed in a six-way tie for first place following the final individual round Friday, eventually earning bronze after placing third in a massive jumpoff.
Earlier in the week North Vancouver’s Lauren Wilkinson and the women’s eights rowing team pulled their way to a fifth-place finish at Lagoa Stadium. The United States won the race followed by Great Britain and Romania.
Wilkinson was a member of the eights team that claimed silver at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
