Canada National Thread

[intoronto 5,622]

For a team struggling to score goals:

 

[intoronto 5,622]

Overholt has scratched the 400im, meaning she won;t be going to Tokyo, unless someone else doesn't hit the standard tonight.

[james89 847]

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

Overholt has scratched the 400im, meaning she won;t be going to Tokyo, unless someone else doesn't hit the standard tonight.

I kinda think she realized she wasn't going to be on the top of her form this meet and decided to go out with the win with the 200m Fly. It sounds like she may retire soon.

[NearPup 3,031]

Sydney Pickrem’s mom is fantastic.

[james89 847]

11 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Sydney Pickrem’s mom is fantastic.

She was just out done by Colin Gagné's family patio party.

[intoronto 5,622]

The men will likely just have 8 Swimmers in Tokyo: Hayden, Gaziev, Kisil, Liendo, Knox, Mastrematteo, Pratt and Thormeyer

 

The women will likely have 12 swimmers: Sanchez, Cieplucha, Masse, Macneil, Savard, McIntosh, Oleksiak, Wog, Pickrem, Ruck, Bellio, R. Smith (likely for the 4x200).

 

For the women, all of those swimmers have an individual race, except Smith, so someone like Nicol for the breaststroke might be named to lighten the load on Wog.

[NearPup 3,031]

40 minutes ago, intoronto said:

The men will likely just have 8 Swimmers in Tokyo: Hayden, Gaziev, Kisil, Liendo, Knox, Mastrematteo, Pratt and Thormeyer

 

The women will likely have 12 swimmers: Sanchez, Cieplucha, Masse, Macneil, Savard, McIntosh, Oleksiak, Wog, Pickrem, Ruck, Bellio, R. Smith (likely for the 4x200).

 

For the women, all of those swimmers have an individual race, except Smith, so someone like Nicol for the breaststroke might be named to lighten the load on Wog.

Talk about a tiny team. It was 30 (10 men, 20 women) in Rio.

[james89 847]

They must be bringing more than 20. It seems like a bit of a missed opportunity to not bring some of the Fina B qualifiers, especially the young ones like Eric Brown.

[intoronto 5,622]

3 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Talk about a tiny team. It was 30 (10 men, 20 women) in Rio.

A lot of swimmers are getting multiple races. The men that didn't make it are relatively young too... hoping they can develop like the women 

[james89 847]

Byron McDonald said on the commentary to expect a team that could be as high as 23 or 24 swimmers to be announced likely tomorrow but maybe later tonight. 

 

I really do hope that in events where a Canadian didn't hit the A standard but are younger and a possibility for future world championships or Olympics are part of the team.