Canadian Olympic team update

Canadian Olympians continued to up the medal count in London.

On Wednesday, the men's eight-row team won silver. The former Olympic gold medallists lost to Germany, while hosts Great Britain came in third. But medal hopeful Alexandre Despatie was shut out of the men's synchronized diving. 

On Tuesday, diving team Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion grabbed bronze in the women's synchronized 10 metre dive. Quebecer Antoine Valois-Fortier won a bronze in judo, and weightlifter Christine Girard also finished with a bronze. 

And American swimmer Michael Phelps broke the record for total number of Olympic medals. He is now the most-decorated Olympian, with 19 medals to his name.

And when it comes to Olympics coverage, CTV is trumping NBC. A media monitor in Ottawa looked at Twitter to contrast viewer appreciation of the Canadian and American Olympic broadcasters. About half of the CTV tweets were positive, while over eighty per cent of NBC tweets were negative. Critics have complained that NBC lacks live coverage, and has poorly-timed commercial breaks, bad commentary and spoilers.