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A top six would be huge for the team. ...tbh just qualifying for the final was their win, every position above eighth is a win :D

I mean, cancelation is a spectrum. Big difference between "OBS asking you to take the day off for this to blow over" and "OBS won't work with you ever again" (and obviously lots of stuff in the middle).

By cancel do you mean the "fired from his job and banned for life from working anywhere" variety or the "some people on Twitter are tuttutting him" variety?

She really looked at this relatively weak field and said "oh, I can win a medal in this" didn't she? xD

Ironically she was on the other side of that xD Obviously Deguchi didn't perform well but, like, Huh wasn't fighting any better. By my (albeigh pretty surface level) understanding of judo rule this was a reasonable albeigh very anticlimactic result. To me this feels more like a problem with the rules than anything else.

And he was fourth in a great final. It wasn't handed to him, people were on their game today.

What do you pick for the highlight package? xD Like I think the decision was correct but this was as unimpressive as I've seen an Olympic champion look outside of outright roberies.

Won't complain, but I won't pretend there was any panache in this win. Still, first ever Judo gold for and first gold of the games. Very happy for Deguchi.

Yay! ...but this is also a pretty anticlimactic way to win our first gold xD

Canada could lose all their remaining fencing bouts and there would still be a big party at Fencing Canada after this. Hard to imagine these Olympics going much better for the fencing team (and the women's foil team remains an outside medal shot)

Second easiest win of the day (after 's win over )

It's the US Virgin Islands, not the British Virgin Islands. You're going to upset @Olympian1010!

Ya a six point was too cute by half. Oh well, honestly, I'm going to be happy with any outcome that includes Canada keeping their Tokyo gold (I don't even care if they do some other Solomon nonsense like bumping everyone else by one spot without DQing Canada). If Canada pulls out getting out of this group, and manage to medal again... I mean, at that point you just can't argue they didn't earn it. And then the punishment just looks stupid because it makes this Canadian team the hero of the story.

At this point might as well deport him xD The six point deduction is the perfect "everybody is unhappy" punishment, because it allowed FIFA to not do the bold action of disqualifying Canada while still hush hush saying that they were, in effect, disqualifying Canada. Except obviously if Canada advances... and is pissed off enough to actually make some noise... ya. Honestly though, if Canada gets out of this group I don't think anybody can say with a straight face that they didn't deserve it.

Def rooting for the team!

We should do the prayed circle for something really outrageous, like Canada winning the table tennis team event, to test our powers :P

actually looked quite vulnerable against in mixed doubles today. Maybe has a real shot at winning that event?

Two very big gold medal chances in McIntosh in the 400IM (arguably Canada’s best gold medal chance period) and Christa Deguchi. I’d say we have enough half medal chances / athletes who could win a medal but aren’t favoured that 3-4 medals tomorrow is a real possibility. Anything less than two would be a big disappointment. Exciting!

Ya know what, IDGAF about the loses. We got two absolutely legendary Olympic moments today with Harvey’s bronze and the women’s soccer team rising from the dead. Day 2 was kinda fire.

eliminated in surfing, I believe this is the first sport that we had qualified for that we are done in. Dempfle-Olin finishes tied for 17th. Not a great performance, but for her the victory was just qualifying.

A win against will guarantee at minimum (and at most unlike a really weird result in - ) second place in the group. The six point penalty can be overcome.

We ain't dead yet, bitches!

2 - 1 in Football!!!!!!

IS ALIVE!

has defeated 3-1 in men's volleyball.