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Wow, Mekielsen sneaks into the final..

1 minute ago, Triplecast said:

Meanwhile, on main US TV, all we see womens AA final that happened 14 hrs ago.  That's why all I could see at the time was a DNF on main site.

Ironic that your user name is Triplecast  

Not a very diverse final for the 200 back: 2 Chinese, 2 Americans, 2 Australians and 2 Canadians

Looked like a bad shoulder injury to me? Also hit his head right on the ground

Yeah there is no chance he can ride

ugh what an awful crash

Lol, just 4 countries in the final of the women's 200 back

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

All colourful and flashy and 'new', whereas this looks so gray, as if it's somewhere on the outskirts of a medium-sized industrial town where local kids race after school  

Just taking the sport back to it's roots I guess  

Is Smulders not going to advance here? Such a shame, has to be so shaken up from that crash

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Just saw a replay of the Rio final, can't believe how much more....Olympic that track looked  

What do you mean?

First loss for Pajon

8 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Very concerned about her. Hard crash to the asphalt with someone then running into her head at full speed.

Yep, that was violent

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

Canada is eliminated in women's Rugby 7s.

No no, not unless the miracle I just described happens

So if my math is correct, we need the Kiwis to beat ROC by 34 points for the Canadian women's sevens team to advance..

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

But GB is sure it's them, and even in the Netherlands (which is nonsense of course) people are saying the same  

 

4th places and near-misses are somehow always remembered more than successes, it seems.

Absolutely, they are the most painful!

Would love to see an analysis post-Games on which country had the most "close calls"

Carnage in the second semifinal

Just now, heywoodu said:

I wonder who is in the lead in 4th places in reality, I've seen several countries make that claim  

Oh believe me, it is Canada lol

So damn close....

Women's BMX semi was going at the same time as the 100m final and I had the double screen up - solid 3rd place finish for Mechielsen in the first heat 

No history tonight for Oleksiak

Very cool watching the women's eight medal ceremony - world feed announcer naming the hometown of most of the athletes as they get their medal. 

Just now, ofan said:

WOW! What a race, that was awesome. I figured the Kiwis would surely catch them after they came out to such a hot start, but that strategy worked. Now onto Penny to try and make it 2.

 

In other news, Mason and Lovett are both out to hot starts in the high jump..

I jinxed Mason...

WOW! What a race, that was awesome. I figured the Kiwis would surely catch them after they came out to such a hot start, but that strategy worked. Now onto Penny to try and make it 2.

In other news, Mason and Lovett are both out to hot starts in the high jump..

Let's goooo CBP! I thought that initial takedown may have been an ippon

Franssen really getting fired up there lol

This sport should honestly not be broadcast live, but rather on tape delay with just the highlights. I have never seen something as boring in sports as the athletes just sitting in the water waiting for a wave.