Long time lurker who decided to jump into the convo here to say that I think Charles Hamelin deserves serious consideration for flag bearer... it's his 5th olympics, he's won 5 medals (including three gold) and he has a shot at becoming one of Canada's most decorated Olympians at these games!
Also thanks so much to all the posters in this thread, you guys made the Tokyo Olympics 6 months ago super enjoyable!!
Overall, how is the Games for Canada? Did you complain much about Week 1? Since Italy and Poland have had a tremendous run of form in Week 2 (by our own standards) I wonder if Canada had a better first or second week? You didn't win any golds in swimming?
I am pretty satisfied. The first week was great for us. We had great results in swimming. The second week was a mixed reactions from me, but it got better obviously lol
I looked more into this - the men's and the women's race have the same rules - "The remaining six teams will be ranked by their times in the First Round and will be paired as follows: The two fastest teams ride the final for the bronze medal. The next two fastest teams ride the final for 5th and 6th places. The last two teams ride the final for 7th and 8th places."
Which means both the mens and womens team could win bronze - it will be a tough ask but its possible so I'm going with that.
I don't know if it would surpass 2010 hockey (womens and mens) because that was on home soil and our sport. But this win is already top-5 Canadian Olympic moment.
Young 'uns here will forget that for years CBC used to play Grey Joy's 1976 silver medal in the high jump to close their daily broadcast (that used to be a thing) for years and years. It wasn't until the 90s that gold medals got more common, Bailey's 100m gold in 1996 is also top-5 for sure along with the 4x100 gold that same year. I remember watching in disbelief.
I will always remember this moment. Before the game, I was at the grocery store, and I went earlier so I could watch the game, and there were nobody on the road. Everyone were glued to their tv. lol Great moment.
“Six weeks ago I was told I was lucky to be alive, and when they made the team announcements I was literally limping out of the hospital with a broken collarbone,” she said. “I just can’t believe I’m here.”
What an amazing race by the women's eight. Canada was having a terrible regatta. The eight wasn't even looking that good in the heats and rep. Just incredible.
Canada somewhat miraculously made the quarterfinals in the men's rugby 7s tournament, thanks to Ireland accidentally putting the ball in touch too early. Canada will face New Zealand in the quarterfinals.
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