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This is how our biathlon relays typically do it. Strongest two up front, weakest at three, next weakest at four. Hope they can hang around the first two legs and it lights a fire under those in the back half

If that puts it to bed, I'll take it. FIFA had to hit them hard. Can't do that crap at the Olympic games. They get to finish out their pool games, and maybe we should appreciate that

I'm all for trying it. Load up the front, see if the psychology of a good position can maybe get a bit more out of your weaker swimmers. Worth a try, you never know, relays are a strange animal

Yeah, that's actually the question mark in my mind is whether she has the sprint speed I guess we'll find out

I don't think an extra 100 free will take that much out of her, anyway, since she dropped the 200 free she has a day off tomorrow

Men's gymnastics finish with 247.794. That will probably be right around the bubble, so they'll have a stressful day of watching. One big thing is they beat Germany in their sub-division, could be a crucial

That you never really know what you'll get

3:12.77 and thru in 5th. Solid. Too bad Gaziev did whatever he did. An extra second might have got us close

A 3:12.8 should do it... here we go

Yeah, not a great leg. Fortunately we'll sneak thru. If China struggles, could be a fascinating race for bronze

Ruck is a mystery, wrapped in an enigma

Through four rotations of gymnastics, the men are looking like they could be right around the bubble to crack the top 8 and go to the final. Dolci's all-around hopes may be sunk after a nightmare on the pommel

Why people feel the need to mess with a good thing is beyond me

Looks like CBC is streaming multiple courts, at least on badminton and tennis. Not all of them, but a couple... I'm guessing the ones Canadians will be on

It's a very slow and short arrangement... at least the familiar part

Anyone else having issues with the replays on the Gem app? On FireTV it won't let you rewind or fast forward, you can only watch the entire thing straight thru. No such problem with their websites, just on the app

Will be interesting where this ends. Indications are the FIFA is massively pissed. IOC is obviously pissed... and Priestman and/or the CSA burned their one ally in COC yesterday. David Shoemaker publicly went to bat for her yesterday, after presumably getting assurances, and a day later turns out those assurances were lies and made him look like a fool.

I'm not sure how often that line of thinking would happen... but I wouldn't be surprised if they used the drone footage in team film sessions

Hard to say, there is always some complaining about the food and living quarters It can't possibly be worse than Sochi, at least the plumbing seems to be operational

Not really their prerogative, but maybe the investigations will answer that I'm certainly curious about Christine Sinclair's thoughts are about all this

The whole thing just screams of Herdman. Not just doing it, but formalizing and systematizing it. And he was the architect of the women's program for close to a decade then spent several years doing the same on with the men. Priestman is one of his alcolytes, as are most of the senior people with both national teams and technical staff. And they all knew it was wrong and kept on doing it even after he left. The low level people might be able to get away with saying their boss made them do it, but there are layers of senior people who knew, knew it was wrong, and kept on doing it, and they all need to go

You must be a joy at parties

The IOC's stated goal is 5,250 of each... they're getting close. In Tokyo there were only 501 more males... in Rio is was 1,120... 20 years ago it was almost 2,000 We'll see what the final numbers are, but I bet they're within 100-200

Sweet, might be our best chance in tennis

The women have a spying scandal... the men have a game that seemingly ended with projectiles and a pitch storming after a last second tying goal, THEN have the teams callled back hours later for VAR to nullify the goal to an empty stadium Soccer is a complete fiasco already and it barely started