intoronto 4,073 Posted April 13, 2018 #361 Share Posted April 13, 2018 14 minutes ago, juddy96 said: Weather affects everyone. Warner's loss was his own fault, that isn't unlucky. He's been around long enough, it was his mistake to not come in earlier. Qualification doesn't mean anything if you can't perform in the final, again that's not bad luck, nerves and tiredness are totally different. PNG lifter was the defending champion, it wasn't out of nowhere. The only true bad luck was Batty if she did have bike issues, because she can't control that and nobody else had to deal with it. It was out of nowhere, he had not lifted that wait in "years" according to the announcers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy96 171 Posted April 13, 2018 #362 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, intoronto said: It was out of nowhere, he had not lifted that wait in "years" according to the announcers. Regardless, the majority of the Canadians that have won medals here have been the up and comers PB'ing, such as Lovett in the HJ and Ruck in the swimming. Many of our top track (and other) athletes either didn't get into shape to prepare for this or just didn't bother entering. Schultz in the Heptathlon another up and comer looking to PB and get a medal too. Hopefully she will stay as Canadian as she has mentioned looking to switch allegiances before Edited April 13, 2018 by juddy96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy96 171 Posted April 13, 2018 #363 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Well clearly Canada has declined in Rhythmic Gymnastics, I think it's silly to have medals for all the individual disciplines, for me it's not like Artistic where there are clear specialists on some apparatus that would warrant that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitinsanker 179 Posted April 13, 2018 #364 Share Posted April 13, 2018 1 hour ago, intoronto said: I agree but there has been a lot of unluck as well -Damian Warner -Emily Batty (her bike had problems apparently yesterday) -Benefito yday was leading and overtaken by an Australian on the last day (who imo was overscored) -Women's 3m springboard synchronized had problems with the weather, they were gold medal faves -Darsigny/Santavy were unlucky to win gold, they were both faves. PNG lifter in the men's event came out of no where. -Rhythmic gymnasts should have won gold in the team event had they performed the same as in the all-around. -The women's artistic team should have swept the golds (judging by qualification), but I guess ran out of stamina by the time individual finals came around. =9 golds that should have tilted too Canada. -32!!! Fourth place finishes so far as a bonus yes the PNG lifter did an amazing lift ...... santavy was not there in the range .... he did have some bad luck in the snatch though where he missed one lift due to time out but Still he came out with an amazing lift in his final attempt ... even with three that might have been it .... and if gymnasts did not perform in the final that is their poor performance not luck ..... India did top most of the rifle qualifications - almost all but came up short in the finals ... that was not bad luck but lack of focus ....... Batty yes I give you that ...... India - Canada both won a gold today so the margin is still 2 .................... strength does not come from physical capacity but from an indomitable will. - Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,073 Posted April 13, 2018 #365 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Wow that Indian boxer (Solanki) escaped. Very lucky the bout was not stopped, and thus he won the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,130 Posted April 13, 2018 #366 Share Posted April 13, 2018 After five 4th place finishes in lawn bowls it looks like Canada will win a medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitinsanker 179 Posted April 13, 2018 #367 Share Posted April 13, 2018 what happened in 4*400 m for men ... nigeria disqualified and ENG did not finish ...... ????? Opens a small window for India to medal on the positive side strength does not come from physical capacity but from an indomitable will. - Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juddy96 171 Posted April 13, 2018 #368 Share Posted April 13, 2018 2 hours ago, nitinsanker said: what happened in 4*400 m for men ... nigeria disqualified and ENG did not finish ...... ????? Opens a small window for India to medal on the positive side Nigeria stepped on the line, Australia had their runner in the wrong position during the changeover, and England had a hamstring injury 50m into the race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,537 Posted April 13, 2018 #369 Share Posted April 13, 2018 A Singapore athlete has been banned from competing at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Australia after a positive doping test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,729 Posted April 13, 2018 #370 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Oooohhh Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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