Canada National Thread

[intoronto 6,463]

10 minutes ago, tirtha22 said:

Just curious. Any Male medal winners till now?

 

None. I think that is a sign Canada's success is mainly because many countries do not invest in women's sports like Men's. If Canada wants to be more competitive in men's it will need to spend more as there is more competition vs 20 years ago.

[Topicmaster1010 5,404]

Day 5 Canadian Schedule: July 27 Evening-July 28 Morning

*times listed in Eastern Time/bold indicates medal event

19:30: Rowing- Women’s Four- Final B (Jennifer Martins, Kristina Walker, Nicole Hare, Stephanie Grauer)

19:40: Rowing- Men’s Four- Final B (Jakub Buczek, Luke Gadsdon, Gavin Stone, William Crothers)

20:00: Volleyball- Men’s Preliminary Round- Canada vs. Iran

20:18: Rowing- Women’s Double Sculls- Final A (Gabrielle Smith, Jessica Sevick)

21:00: Rugby Sevens- Men’s Placing 5-8:  Canada vs. United States

21:30: Swimming- Men’s 100m Freestyle- Semifinal 1 (Josh Liendo, Yuri Kisil)

21:41: Swimming- Women’s 200m Freestyle- Final (Penny Oleksiak)

22:00: Badminton- Women’s Singles- Group Play Stage- Group F: Michelle LI  vs. Martina REPISKA

22:10: Rowing- Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls- Semifinal A/B 1 (Patrick Keane, Maxwell Lattimer)

22:15: Boxing- Women’s Featherweight- Quarterfinal 2: Caroline VEYRE  vs. Irma TESTA

22:30: Cycling- Women’s Individual Time Trial (Karol-Ann Canuel, Leah Kirchmann)

22:45: Swimming- Women’s 200m Individual Medley- Final (Sydney Pickrem)

22:50: Rowing- Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls- Semifinal A/B 2 (Jill Moffatt, Jennifer Casson)

23:03: Boxing- Women’s Middleweight- Round of 16: Tammara THIBEAULT  vs. Nadezhda RYABETS

23:05: Sailing- Men’s 470- Race 1 (Jacob Saunders, Oliver Bone)

23:05: Sailing- Men’s 49er- Race 2 (William Jones, Evan Depaul)

23:05: Sailing- Men’s Finn- Race 3 (Tom Ramshaw)

23:10: Rowing- Men’s Pair- Semifinal A/B 2 (Kai Langerfeld, Conlin McCabe)

23:15: Sailing- Women’s RS:X- Race 7 (Nikola Girke)

23:20: Rowing- Women’s Pair- Semifinal A/B 1 (Caileigh Filmer, Hillary Janssens)

23:40: Rowing- Women’s Eight- Repechage 1 (too lazy to list all the names)

23:50: Canoe Slalom- Women’s Canoe- Heats- 1^st Run (Haley Daniels)

0:50: Canoe Slalom- Men’s Kayak- Heats- 1^st Run (Michael Tayler)

1:00: Cycling- Men’s Individual Time Trial (Hugo Houle)

1:50: Sailing- Women’s 49er FX- Race 4 (Alexandra Ten Hove, Mariah Millen)

2:00: Canoe Slalom- Women’s Canoe- Heats- 2^nd Run (Haley Daniels)

2:30: Water Polo- Women’s Preliminary Round-  Canada vs. South Africa

3:00: Canoe Slalom- Men’s Kayak- Heats- 2^nd Run (Michael Tayler)

5:40: Badminton- Men’s Singles- Group Play Stage- Group P: CHOU Tien-Chen  vs. Brian YANG

6:17: Swimming- Women’s 100m Freestyle- Heat 7 (Kayla Sanchez, Penny Oleksiak)

6:25: Swimming- Men’s 200m Backstroke- Heat 2 (Markus Thormeyer)

6:45: Swimming- Women’s 200m Breaststroke- Heat 3 (Sydney Pickrem)

6:49: Swimming- Women’s 200m Breaststroke- Heat 4 (Kelsey Wog)

7:05: Swimming- Men’s 200m Individual Medley- Heat 4 (Finlay Knox)

7:27: Swimming- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay- Heat 2

 

TBA: Sailing- Men’s 470- Race 2 (Jacob Saunders, Oliver Bone)

TBA: Sailing- Men’s 49er- Race 3 (William Jones, Evan Depaul)

TBA: Sailing- Men’s 49er- Race 4 (William Jones, Evan Depaul)

TBA: Sailing- Men’s Finn- Race 4 (Tom Ramshaw)

TBA: Sailing- Women’s RS:X- Race 8 (Nikola Girke)

TBA: Sailing- Women’s RS:X- Race 9 (Nikola Girke)

TBA: Sailing- Women’s 49er FX- Race 5 (Alexandra Ten Hove, Mariah Millen)

TBA: Sailing- Women’s 49er FX- Race 6 (Alexandra Ten Hove, Mariah Millen)

TBA: Tennis- Mixed Doubles- Gabriela DABROWSKI/Felix AUGER-ALIASSIME  vs. Maria SAKKARI/Stefanos TSITSIPAS

[intoronto 6,463]

Thankfully today/tomorrow morning looks like we can sleep in. I really need it

[JoshMartini007 2,767]

14 minutes ago, intoronto said:

None. I think that is a sign Canada's success is mainly because many countries do not invest in women's sports like Men's. If Canada wants to be more competitive in men's it will need to spend more as there is more competition vs 20 years ago.

Another issue is that Canada still heavily relies on universities to give their athletes competitive practice. Men tend to peak later in life and unless they are trying to get a masters/PhD degree they are no longer part of that system.

[james89 898]

I'm hopi

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

After a big day yesterday, Day 5 looks to be a lot quieter. Our best chance likely comes in rowing (women's double sculls). Additionally, swimming has two more medal chances (women's 200m freestyle & women's 200m individual medley).

I'm hoping the momentum from Day 4 will carry over to Day 5 as well. Agreed that the medal chances aren't particularly as strong but there are possibilities. 

 

Curious how this mixed doubles tennis will go...is the Greece team good together or are they seeded because of their combine individual ranking?

[JoshMartini007 2,767]

3 minutes ago, james89 said:

Curious how this mixed doubles tennis will go...is the Greece team good together or are they seeded because of their combine individual ranking?

They are seeded based on their combined ranking. Both play singles with Sakkari never playing doubles in one of the four majors.

 

Canada has more experience in doubles so the upset potential is there, but Greece could very well win based on their individual strength.

[intoronto 6,463]

25 minutes ago, james89 said:

I'm hopi

I'm hoping the momentum from Day 4 will carry over to Day 5 as well. Agreed that the medal chances aren't particularly as strong but there are possibilities. 

 

Curious how this mixed doubles tennis will go...is the Greece team good together or are they seeded because of their combine individual ranking?

Individual rankings... plus both have matches right before the mixed doubles match so they will be tired.

[intoronto 6,463]

Just realized men only won medals in one sport (trak and field) last time out, equestrian is mixed. Wow this is a huge problem in Canadian sport. I hope OTP has a plan to fix it.

[JoshMartini007 2,767]

24 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Just realized men only won medals in one sport (trak and field) last time out, equestrian is mixed. Wow this is a huge problem in Canadian sport. I hope OTP has a plan to fix it.

Outside of throwing more money at the problem I don't think OTP has the capabilities of fixing the problem. The way the organization is ran is that they incentivize easier to win medals. At best, they can mandate that funding must be equally spent on both genders.

[Surlympics 1,219]

what happened to our canadian double sculls whi are they so far back, did they mess up the start again?