Table Tennis

[Josh 10,306]

Canada’s men’s team is playing Chile right now at the ITTF Pan American Table Tennis Championships, win the tie and we’ll go 3-1 (only loss to Brazil) and qualify for Paris! (definitely not something i would’ve had in my bingo card)

 

Both Chile and Canada have won one match each, with Eugene Wang up 2-0 on Gustavo Gomez (8-6 in game 3) in the third

[JoshMartini007 2,532]

It would be the first time since 2012 since we qualified a team.

[james89 847]

I can’t say I was expecting Canada to qualify here so any result is a nice surprise. 

[intoronto 5,583]

Nice surprise, but fully expect them to get thrashed in all their team matches unfortunately. 

[Josh 10,306]

Ly was 10-5 up in game 3, couple of minutes later… 10-12.  Sigh. 

[james89 847]

14 minutes ago, Josh said:

Ly was 10-5 up in game 3, couple of minutes later… 10-12.  Sigh. 

The reverse happened in the next game. 

[Josh 10,306]

Simeón Martin is playing Nicolas Burgos (Men’s singles silver medalist) in the final match… And, that’s our Olympic chances over. Don’t know why they went with him over Wang.   

Edited September 18, 2023 by Josh

[Josh 10,306]

And, match over. Oh well, wasn’t expecting anything anyways. 

[intoronto 5,583]

Phew not actually sad we didn't qualify. We do not have a chance at all in the men's team event. Money saved I guess

[Josh 10,306]

11 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Phew not actually sad we didn't qualify. We do not have a chance at all in the men's team event. Money saved I guess

Well, as it turns out, I actually made a mistake. Canada beat out both Puerto Rico and Chile on games won.