This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. Over the next few days, some of Canada's top summer athletes will be competing at the Pan American Games in Chile, while winter stars take part in global events in figure skating, speed skating and alpine skiing.
Here's what to follow in Olympics sports this weekend: Pan Am Games: Canadians go for gold On Friday, boxer Tammara Thibeault captured Canada's 30th gold medal of the Games by winning the women's 75-kg title bout against Panama's Atheyna Bylon.
Thibeault also beat Bylon for the middleweight gold at the 2022 world championships before winning the Commonwealth Games title last year.
The Canadian will try to add her first Olympic medal next year in Paris after qualifying with her semifinal victory yesterday.