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6 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

I think Steve Armitage called swimming prior to Rio but wasn't able to do play by play that year for some reason

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
 

25 minutes ago, Josh said:

Wait huh? 

Eliotte Friedman is an NHL commentator, surprised to see that he’ll be doing canoe sprint during the Olympics?

 

Also, “Calling the highly anticipated debut of the sport of breaking” or not… 

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/

15 hours ago, Surlympics said:

But why does it matter ?

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

6 hours ago, George_D said:

 

 

Nickeil Alexander-Walker
RJ Barrett
Khem Birch
Dillon Brooks
Luguentz Dort
Melvin Ejim
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Trey Lyles
Jamal Murray
Andrew Nembhard
Kelly Olynyk
Dwight Powell

Solid line up. 

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

Yeah, I've read that too, but just because you're limited to that many, doesn't mean you get that many

This initial allocations only give us one boat... but it only gives everyone one boat. So maybe more can still be awarded, I don't know, but as I've said, I've never seen anyone actually list two C1 boats for Canada. 

https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/paris_2024_csp_quota_allocation_as_of_06062024.pdf


 

I've never seen her listed officially as anywhere but the C2, but I don't claim to be an expert on how each sports quota systms work. So I'll take your word for it

Those Gracenote predictions are a mess. They have Katie Vincent winning two medals, but she's only competing in one event... and also, the 4x100 free women's relay is mess. They are probably our least likely to medal (them of the 4x200 men). Used to be a strength, but is in sad shape now. 

I figure we should surpass 25 fairly easily. Kinda figured we'd be around 28-29, but that may be some rose coloured glasses. 

My estimates:

Swimming - 8-9 - McIntosh will win a bunch, 1 or 2 from the usual suspects, medley relays, and men should kick in a couple

Track - 7-8 - Katzberg, Rogers, Mitton, Warren are highly likely. LePage too if he's healthy. Arop is a favourite. 4x100 men probably. And between DeGrasse, Morales Williams, Ahmed, Sutherland, Dunfee and the 4x400 women they could win 1-2 between them. 

Judo - 2 - DeGuchi is a heavy favourite, and Shady is a strong contender. A couple others have an outside chance

Track Cycling - 1-2 - Bibic has had some great results. Mitchell and Genest are coming off medals in Tokyo. Outside chances in the team events

Team Sports - 1-2 - Should get at least one medal out of basketball. Beach Volleyball is a strong possibility too. 

Breaking - 1 - Phil Kim is a heavy favourite

Canoe Sprint - 1 - Vincent/MacKenzie are a favourite to medal, but Jensen has an outside shot too

The rest are kinds odds and ends where we can probably pick up a medal hear and there. 

Rowing - Women's 8's have a decent shot of getting back on the podium. 
Diving - Both 10m sychro events have a chance
Gymnastics - I think the women will finally get a medal, Black, Olsen and even the team have a chance
Weightlifting - Charon had to move weightclasses, but is still a coinflip to podium

Tennis - The doubles teams have an outside shot

Golf - I have Henderson with a small chance

Martial arts - Thibeault in boxing and Park in Taekwondo maybe. Also have four wrestlers that are longshots

Team Sports - Women's soccer always seem to find magic at the Olympcs. Rugby and volleyball are long shots

Archery - I think Eric Peters has a chance

Fencing - My longshot of longshots... the womens Team Foil

13 hours ago, Josh said:

I’m curious. Who are your picks for Canada’s opening ceremony flag bearers at the Olympics? All athletes that compete the next day are pretty much ruled out (ex McIntosh, Oleksiak, and especially SGA as their first match is hundreds of miles away) and of course there’s some that aren’t even in the Olympic village. 
 

For the women, I think it’ll be Ellie Black. Not sure about the men, maybe one of our judoka or volleyball players?

Good question. 

After Tokyo I was thinking Oleksiak and De Grasse. As we tend to give legends the honour at the Opening, and being our most decorated Summer Olympians of each gender, and probably the last game for each. 

But with Oleksiak barely making the team, and not even sure if De Grasse will be there yet. Some alternatives, Maggie MacNeil, Kylie Masse, Jessie Fleming, Ellie Black for the ladies... and Evan Dunfee, Damian Warner, Nick Hoag or SGA for the men. We don't have a lot of guys outside track who quite qualify as legendary currently after thinking about it