Canada National Thread

[orangeman 1,989]

Wow, the one swimming event I thought Canada was a lock for a medal and they didn't get any.  Huh.  Hard to be disappointed.  But still...disappointed.  

[juddy96 171]

Yet we still broke our national record by another second lol, unfortunately no medal

[Canada4thewin 90]

Do you think that if Penny Would have Swim in last We would have won something?

[orangeman 1,989]

Bronze for Brianne! 

[juddy96 171]

7 minutes ago, Canada4thewin said:

Do you think that if Penny Would have Swim in last We would have won something?

 

Penny could've taken 4 or 5 tenths off Van Landeghem's freestyle leg, but her butterfly leg was 9 tenths ahead of Thomas' time in the prelim, so it wouldn't have been worth it in the end I feel

[orangeman 1,989]

5 minutes ago, Canada4thewin said:

Do you think that if Penny Would have Swim in last We would have won something?

 

No, because the second best Canadian buterflyer is way behind Penny.  Van Landeghem had a great swim anyway, tied for 3rd best in the field.  Just going on splits, it was Nichols that was behind the field (2nd slowest in the breaststroke).  And actually, again just comparing times, Penny wasn't that strong on her leg either.  But they lowered their Canadian record so no regrets.  Frankly, it was just an out of this world swim for Denmark (China was always going to compete for the bronze).  

[juddy96 171]

Just now, orangeman said:

 

No, because the second best Canadian buterflyer is way behind Penny.  Van Landeghem had a great swim anyway, tied for 3rd best in the field.  Just going on splits, it was Nichols that was behind the field (2nd slowest in the breaststroke).  And actually, again just comparing times, Penny wasn't that strong on her leg either.  But they lowered their Canadian record so no regrets.  Frankly, it was just an out of this world swim for Denmark (China was always going to compete for the bronze).  

 

Compared to prelims

 

Masse 58.77 < Masse 58.66

Nicol 1:06.81 > Nicol 1:06.97

Oleksiak 56.75 > Thomas 57.66

Van Landeghem 53.16 > Ruck 53.51

 

Denmark

 

Nielsen 58.75 > 59.48

Pedersen 1:06.62 > 1:06.88

Ottesen 56.43 > 57.38

Blume 53.21 > 53.24

[Canada4thewin 90]

Thank you to the both of you.  At the end of the day, It was an Amazing week.

[intoronto 5,638]

Tomorrow likely only one medal chance in diving, so hopefully the streak will continue.

[juddy96 171]

Abel was in 3rd place on last dive and got passed by the Italian just like in the synchro, probably no medal for us today

Edited August 14, 2016 by juddy96