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Just popping in folks to say how happy I was to see de Grasse win today. Congrats Canada

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Another gold!

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I am pretty dang sure that if we were offered seven gold medals coming in every single one of us would have taken it without a second thought. Best Canadian performance at the summer games ever, exclu

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1 minute ago, orangeman said:

Well, the canoe/kayak was a huge let down this morning.  Just like that, Canada is left with only one medal chance in the whole event.    

 

You were way too optimistic, Oldershaw and Van Koeverden were clearly on the decline and I didn't see any chance of a medal for either. They'll probably retire in a few days.

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You were way too optimistic, Oldershaw and Van Koeverden were clearly on the decline and I didn't see any chance of a medal for either. They'll probably retire in a few days.

 

Not medal favourites, but very able to get into the final.  And then who knows.  I thought at least one of them would make it to the final.  It's not a huge upset, just with the schedule it happened so fast.  

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Not medal favourites, but very able to get into the final.  And then who knows.  I thought at least one of them would make it to the final.  It's not a huge upset, just with the schedule it happened so fast.  

 

De Jonge is 32 himself, so even if he wins a medal here he might just decide to go out on top and retire as well. And then we'll be in a similar position to rowing

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De Jonge is 32 himself, so even if he wins a medal here he might just decide to go out on top and retire as well. And then we'll be in a similar position to rowing

 

Which is sad, considering how strong we were in the 90s in both (esp. rowing).  Totally mismanaged.  

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