10 Canadian athletes to watch for 2028 Olympics

The Paris Games are over and the Summer Olympics torch is moving on to Los Angeles in 2028.

The Paris Games are over and the Summer Olympics torch is moving on to Los Angeles in 2028.

After Summer McIntosh and Andre De Grasse headlined Canada’s team in Paris, who might be some athletes to watch in four years?

Here are 10 Canadians to look out for over the next quadrennial:

SUMMER MCINTOSH — SWIMMING

Yes, the Paris Games were coined as the “summer of Summer” in Canada, and that could very well be the case again in Los Angeles with the Toronto swimmer only 17 years old.

McIntosh won a Canadian record three gold medals (400-metre medley, 200 butterfly, 200 IM), added one silver (400 freestyle) and set two Olympic records in Paris. She’ll be 21 and poised to bring home more hardware from Los Angeles.

ILYA KHARUN — SWIMMING

Kharun also broke out in Paris by earning bronze medals in the 100 and 200 fly, becoming the first Canadian male swimmer to reach the Olympic podium since London 2012. The 19-year-old from Montreal was raised in Las Vegas as the son of Cirque du Soleil performers. He and 21-year-old Josh Liendo of Toronto, who claimed silver in the 100 fly, should still be in their primes in 2028.