Canada National Thread

[NearPup 3,116]

Incredible by Drouin. Perfect competition.

[juddy96 171]

I think Drouin makes up for the poor performance by Barber, who would've had to jump 5.85 anyway (which he only jumped a couple times this season) to even get a bronze

[orangeman 2,007]

[juddy96 171]

Canada is used to winning medals in all the niche events... suddenly 9 between Athletics and Swimming lol, we'll take it

[intoronto 5,771]

Canada wins its traditional third gold medal.

[intoronto 5,771]

Canada now tied for top 10 in total medals (12th if you go by golds to break tie) and 15th in gold medal count!

[orangeman 2,007]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Canada wins its traditional third gold medal.

 

Haha.  But certainly better than London.  And still more chances.  

[orangeman 2,007]

2 minutes ago, juddy96 said:

Canada is used to winning medals in all the niche events... suddenly 9 between Athletics and Swimming lol, we'll take it

 

First gold in swimming since 1992.  First gold in athletics since 1996.  

[orangeman 2,007]

I got some bad news today (not that bad, everyone's healthy) and I really needed a win.  Thought the soccer girls would deliver, but I'll take this.  This feels good.  Oh, and the whiskey.  

[juddy96 171]

Considering we had no athletes that were big favourites for the gold, this is a really good result to have 3 golds. Different judges or a slightly worse touch at the wall and we could have 1 gold