Nickyc707

Ben, presumably the quotas for the Eights should be nine - including the cox - rather than eight.

Seek inspiration in the First Punic War when your ancestors overcame the greatest naval power of the age! 😊

Seek inspiration in the First Punic War when your ancestors overcame the greatest naval power of the age! 😊

I seem to remember Italian strength always being in two and four person boats. It seems crazy to sacrifice this for the Eight where the fields are smaller but also very tough. If you're goung through a period with a limited talent pool surely you identify targets among the smaller boats.

Seek inspiration in the First Punic War when your ancestors overcame the greatest naval power of the age! 😊

It looks like no redraw today

The same is true of baseball/ softball which is even slower and has much less action.

The same is true of baseball/ softball which is even slower and has much less action.

On the other hand, because of the conditions, they did order the boats according to the results from the previous round, with the best team having lane 1, second best lane 2, etc. So the boats on lanes 5 and 6 were the outsiders anyway.

In fairness, Gracenote's predictions are usually pretty accurate but they don't take into account certain things that aren't seen in pre-Olympic statistics.
For instance, they have underestimated GB medals for the last three Olympics because GB don't make as much of an effort in world championships in the middle of the Olympic cycle compared to other countries and concentrate more on just the two weeks of the Games.

A little too much is being made of the lanes IMO. The best crews had the best lanes. The top 3 were more than likely coming form those lanes regardless of weather.  Instead of the usual 2-5, it was 1-4. 

48 boats won Olympic spots today
 
6  
5  
4
3  
2  
1  
 
Athlete quotas won today
 
20
18  
14  
12  
10  
6
4  
2  
 

Those 4th place finishes are going to prove important if the weather is similar for the B finals.

☠ Skulls, Josh? 😊

☠ Skulls, Josh? 😊

☠ Skulls, Josh? 😊

Those 4th place finishes are going to prove important if the weather is similar for the B finals.

3:30am in Canada, I must be tired

☠ Skulls, Josh? 😊

Women's Quadruple Sculls Olympic Quotas: 
 
 will battle for the final quota in the B-Final.

Men's Four Olympic Quotas: 
 
 will battle for the final quota in the B-Final.

Women's Four Olympic Quotas: 
 
 will battle for the final quota in the B-Final.

☠ Skulls, Josh? 😊

Men's Quadruple Sculls Olympic Quotas: 
 
 will battle for the final quota in the B-Final.

Last time I've checked, coaches aren't athletes