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A ceremony tidbit: Parade of nations expected to begin at 8:30 local time (so half hour into ceremony) and run for 2 hours

Canada flagbearers will be announced at 830 am eastern time tomorrow.

Interesting...

Canada's track and field, boxing and diving teams are now into hour 7 in the airport all in the name of covid testing

The venue for racing looks nice: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRUdJvXr7bd/

518 Olympians (so about 5%) will be celebrating their birthdays during the Olympics (23-8th) Here are the Canadians celebrating their birthday on the day of their competition: Mandy Bujold on July 25th first round of 51 kg boxing Nicole Hare on July 26th in the repachage of women's four rowing* (only if they qualify for this round) Matt Mullins on July 28th in rugby sevens (guaranteed a match here) Derek Gee on August 3rd in the Men's team pursuit track cycling Georgia Ellenwood on August 5th on the second day of the heptathlon Anicka Newell on August 5th in the women's pole vault final (if she qualifies for it) Roland Varga on August 6th in the C1 1000 m Nik Matveev on August 7th in the K4 500m (if they qualify for this stage)

According to the flag form NOCs are required to submit two names, one male and one female. not sure how it will work for the male or female only countries

He won't be replaced according to ITG

Moving this over from the team size thread with a small update in team size. Canada Total number of athletes: 370 (226 will be at their first Olympics) Women: 225, Men: 145 Youngest: Summer McIntosh, 14 (August 18, 2006), Swimming; Oldest – Mario Deslauriers, 56 (February 2, 1965), Equestrian Team sports – 8; the most in a non-hosted or non-boycotted Games Sets of siblings: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (Athletics) and Lucia Stafford (Athletics) Halle Pratt (Artistic Swimming) and Cole Pratt (Swimming) Claire Wright (Water Polo) and Emma Wright (Water Polo) Children of Olympians: Axelle Crevier, Water Polo (Mother Marie-Claude Deslières, Water Polo) Tali Darsigny, Weightlifting (Father Yvan, Weightlifting) Nicholas Hoag, Volleyball (Father Glenn, Volleyball) Lynda Kiejko, Shooting (Father Bill Hare, Shooting) Kai Langerfeld, Rowing (Father York, Rowing) Summer McIntosh, Swimming (Mother Jill Horstead, Swimming) Mariah Millen, Sailing (Father John, Sailing) Jordan Steen, Wrestling (Father Dave, Athletics and Mother Andrea Page, Athletics) Ali ten Hove, Sailing (Father Martin, Sailing) Avalon Wasteneys, Rowing (Mother Heather Clarke, Rowing) Jillian Weir, Athletics (Father Robert, Athletics) Provincial and territorial breakdown (by hometown): Ontario: 171 Quebec: 58 British Columbia: 95 Nova Scotia: 8 Alberta: 28 Manitoba: 5 Saskatchewan: 3 Athletes with hometowns outside Canada: 2 New Brunswick: 1 Newfoundland and Labrador: 0 Northwest Territories: 0 Nunavut: 0 Prince Edward Island: 0 Yukon: 0 Athletes who previously attended a Games: Olympic Games (Summer): 144 Youth Olympic Games (Summer): 16 Olympic Winter Games: 2 By Olympic Games (Summer): Los Angeles 1984: 1 Seoul 1988: 1 Athens 2004: 4 Beijing 2008: 17 London 2012: 33 Rio 2016: 134 By Youth Olympic Games (Summer): Singapore 2010: 3 Nanjing 2014: 8 Buenos Aires 2018: 5 By Olympic Winter Games: Vancouver 2010: 1 Sochi 2014: 2 PyeongChang 2018: 1

Apparently the rules were changed and you can only enter one team per event except those countries that won spots at the worlds. They can enter 2.

SHe has to compete in it. Its pretty obvious if she scratches the Kayak and does the canoe on the same day

The moose is in the village!

@dcro would be interested in seeing your medal predictions and contenders

Speaking from prior experience, the schedule for the next day is done the day before. The full schedule for first two days are available on the Tokyo 2020 website.

The first part insane... second part smart decision

The only safe one is Russia in artistic swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. Amy non judged sports nothing is guaranteed.

-1 tennis.

The IOC really needs to consider dropping tennis. Clearly a lot of the top players don't care about the Olympic tournament.

Vasek Pospisil is out... means Canada is out in doubles too

I still have nightmares about London 2017

For Canada I don't want to jinx anyone so I am not saying anything.

What a cool story this is: https://www.cbc.ca/sportslongform/entry/cbc-sports-oral-histories-larry-lemieux

got an extra spot in the +78 kg due to gender equality

Draw dates subject too change: Boxing: July 22 Karate: August 4, 17:00 local time. Top 4 will be seeded, rest will be randomly drawn Table tennis: July 21