orangeman 1,314 Posted October 6, 2016 #681 Share Posted October 6, 2016 This is totally random, but I was having a conversation tonight about how fast guys can swim the 100m free. Long story short, when looking at the times I realized that Yuri Kisil's time in the 4x100m free relay (both the heats and the final) would have been good enough for silver in the individual 100m free. Unfortunately he went half a second slower in the semis and missed the final. I just found that interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted October 9, 2016 #682 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Some positive track cycling news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted October 24, 2016 #683 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Brit MacLean retires https://swimming.ca/en/news/2016/10/24/olympic-medallist-multiple-record-holder-maclean-retiring/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted October 28, 2016 #684 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Canada will invest 40% more in sports funding for the next four years Source Hopefully that means 25-30 medals for Tokyo? Here's hoping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted March 23, 2017 #685 Share Posted March 23, 2017 More funding increases: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/canada-athletes-raise-funding-1.4037050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted July 1, 2017 #686 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Happy 150th Birthday to Canada!! hckošice and dcro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted August 9, 2017 #687 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Interesting read: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/aquatics/inspired-oleksiak-chaput-leads-next-wave-canadian-swimmers-1.4240390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,314 Posted December 28, 2017 #688 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hey there Canada (esp. intoronto)! I've been in China which basically blocks everything. Long story, but I should finally have access to this place, just in time for the lead up to the Olympics. I used to live in South Korea, so disappointed that I will miss this one. Tried to make it work, but the tickets and accommodations were just way too expensive. I could have stayed in Seoul, but that's missing the point. I was going to drop by the final weekend, but it didn't work out. Instead I'll be on a beach in Thailand watching instead. Tough life, I know. Just excited I can finally come here and elsewhere (CBC was also blocked). intoronto and NearPup 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,200 Posted January 10, 2018 #689 Share Posted January 10, 2018 And to the other big Multi-sports event of 2018, the Commonwealth Games. This appears to be Canada's athletics team: http://athletics.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2018-Commonwealth-Games-Ranking-List.pdf Sadly they can only send a max of 36 athletes, meaning the women's 4x400 relay has to sit at home. This is ridiculous considering Australia got 111... Also its sad to Bishop, Drouin and George (understandably, as she will compete in bobsleigh in Pyeongchang) withdraw. Tat is possibly 3 medals opportunities gone down the drain. Canada won 17 medals in Glasgow, but only 11 are currently ranked in the top 3 atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,314 Posted January 13, 2018 #690 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Yay! Was able to get to Korea for the Olympics after all! Going to be there at the end, got tickets for the women's gold medal hockey game, which should be even more fun because I'm going with an American. Also got tickets to the men's curling semis the same day. If Canada's men get to the hockey semis the next day I'll try to get tickets for that, too. Leaving before the gold medal game, though (stupid work!). Tried to get short track tickets, but only the super expensive ones are left ($400). I did finally get to see some short track here in China a couple of months ago, so that'll have to hold me. So stoked! Always wanted to go to the Olympics! NearPup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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