Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs While the watching experience and timing for the 2024 Paris Olympics isn’t quite as challenging for Canadian viewers as it was for Tokyo 2020 or Beijing 2022, a good chunk of action during these Games happens when plenty of Canadians are fast asleep.Whether you were crushing some zzz’s, busy at work, had family activities to partake in or just didn’t have a chance to tune in, we have you covered throughout these Olympics from start to finish, with Team Canada currently sitting at 18 medals, including 6 gold.What to watch today for Team Canada at the OlympicsAlysha Newman will compete in the women’s pole vault final at 12:15 p.m.Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney will race in the men’s 200m semifinal at 2:02 p.m.Here’s what you may have missed on Day 12, including a crushing result for Canadian distance legend and medal contender Moh Ahmed in 5,000-metre qualifying.Mohammed Ahmed to miss 5,000m final after brutal fall in qualifyingMedal favourite Moh Ahmed will not compete for a medal in the Olympic men’s 5,000 metres after a disastrous fall in qualifying.The 33-year-old was in the top seven with 400 metres left before he appeared to trip over the leg of a another runner and went hard to the ground with several other competitors also falling shortly after in what was a chaotic end to the semifinal race.The top eight (16 total) from each of Wednesday’s two qualifying heats advanced to Saturday’s final.The silver medalist in this event at the Tokyo Games in 2021, Ahmed popped up immediately after the fall and kept plugging away, but it was way too little, way too late as he finished 16th in the heat with a time of 14:15.76 seconds. The St. Catharines, Ont. product placed fourth in the men’s 10,000-metre final last Friday in a thrilling final.”Oh man, people were pushing quite a lot, but I thought I was holding my position and, ah, I just ate it hard,” Ahmed said following the race.”I mean, people clipping from the back, so I don’t know, I, don’t know whats going to happen but, we’re going to try and get in the final.”Ahmed was referring to an appeal his camp launched following the race — one that was unfortunately denied after a review.”Unfortunately, while running in the pack Moh stood on the ankle of an athlete in front of him, which caused him to fall. We have watched the video several times with the WA (World Athletics) Video Referee and it was clear that Moh was not impeded or jostled before this happened and so it is considered his responsibility to avoid the athlete in front,” the statement read.”In these circumstances he could not be reinstated.”More news from Team Canada on Day 12Repentigny, Que.’s Thomas Fafard advances to Saturday’s 5,000m final with a qualifying time of 14:09.37Edmonton’s Marco Arop, the reigning world champion in the men’s 800-metre, qualified for Friday’s semifinals, finishing second in Heat 1 with a time of 1:45.74Oshawa, Ont.’s Mariam Abdul-Rashid is into the women’s 100-metre hurdles semifinals after securing one of three non-automatic qualifying spots with a time of 12.80
