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He was diagnosed with heart failure just before the games. Friedman stepped in on very late notice, and aside from the disastrous 15 minutes, I think actually equated himself pretty well doing a couple tough sports on short notice. It was only announced a week before the Olympics. Not sure how much warning they had before that, but given they had went forward with all the announcements like this with Armitage included, I don't imagine it was more than a week or two tops

Not a fan of that pairing of Despatie and Abel. Hopefully Fillion is on the international feed, she's taken to the broadcast booth quickly and well Glad to see they have Harnett back on cycling. Like the Snoek and MacDonald pairing for swimming Could have lived without Soonias on volleyball

Friedman called the swimming, and even diving IIRC) in 2016. He was actually pretty good. But he did have an all-time terrible 15 minute stretch where he emphatically called gold medal swims by Phelps and Oleksiak by the wrong names

If you stick to their Gem interface you could probably do it with their replays of everything

That reminds me, I need to bust out the second tv

I think we're still missing 3 or 4 players that haven't joined up from the WNBA yet... but yeah, back-to-back thumpings don't instill confidence

Seems a bit subdued in Canada. But the 16 days will tell the story. International sport doesn't typically get much attention outside the Olympics, especially not the summer sports. Though I have noticed more athletes are being featured in commercials, so it's nice they're getting some endorsements

The women's basketball team and Spain are apparently playing and it's 27-23 for Spain at the half. The CBC steam has been assuring us the "Program is about to start" for over an hour, I'm sure they wouldn't lie to us

For Canada, it's hard to go with anyone but McIntosh in the 400 IM. Other than that, Duplantis in Pole Vault, Ledecky in 1500 freestyle I'd think are sure things... and I'll throw in Tentoglou in the long jump as an honorable mention

I don't think they have high hopes for a medal in the womens 4x100 free

Concerning seeing Arop get ate up like that. Seems liket the 800 tactics have been turned on their ear in the last month and now everyone has to adjust. Will be really interesting to see how it plays out in the rounds at the Olympics Not sure what to make of CWM. First 200m looked great, back half, not so much

Looks like Mac Neil gets the spot in the 100 free Also, as few other changes Harvey dropped the 100 fly, but adds the 400 free Smith will take that spot in the 100 fly McIntosh dropped the 200 free https://swimswam.com/summer-mcintosh-drops-200-free-from-paris-olympic-schedule-macneil-enters-100-free/

Sounds llike Athletics gets a total of 1,810 athletes, and has been having issues planning around it. Read one article, and it sounds like there are work arounds. Rather than "alternatives" they'll be considered "replacement athletes" and can still stay in the village but may not have full accreditation.

Always wondered about how exactly WA applied the rules for relays and alternates. The rule book reads like you can only have six (five plus an alternate, or four and two alternates for the mixed 4x400)... but we named seven, and don't seem to be the only ones

Solid line up. Anyone know if they announced any other upcoming tune-up games (for the men or women) aside from tonights?