james89

Oh that's annoying. Valois-Fortier though, that's super frustrating, sometimes people have those opponents you just can't break.

How so?

[hide] Preliminary Round August 3rd - August 9th, 2016 12 Nations, 3 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group and 2 best 3rd ranked Nations between all Groups will qualify for Quarterfinals Group E Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 13:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Sweden 2 0 South Africa August 3rd 2016, h. 16:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 1 China August 6th 2016, h. 19:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro South Africa 0 1 China August 6th 2016, h. 22:00, Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2 0 Sweden August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus South Africa 0 1 Brazil August 9th 2016, h. 22:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia China 1 0 Sweden Group F Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 2 0 Australia August 3rd 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Zimbabwe 0 5 Germany August 6th 2016, h. 15:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Canada 2 0 Zimbabwe August 6th 2016, h. 18:00, Corinthians Arena, Sao Paulo Germany 2 0 Australia August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador Germany 2 1 Canada August 9th 2016, h. 16:00, Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia Australia 2 0 Zimbabwe Group G Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 August 3rd 2016, h. 19:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 4 0 New Zealand August 3rd 2016, h. 22:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte France 3 1 Colombia August 6th 2016, h. 17:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte United States 2 1 France August 6th 2016, h. 20:00, Mineirao, Belo Horizonte Colombia 0 0 New Zealand August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Amazonia Arena, Manaus Colombia 0 2 United States August 9th 2016, h. 19:00, Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador New Zealand 0 3 France [/hide]

The other Ryan Cochrane and Hugues Fournel have been added in the K2 200m after a DQ from Russia. So 315 altogether.

Omnium, wrestling particularly. But a bunch of others could not pan out easily (golf)

Your predictions seem to be a tad optimistic in some sports but to be perfectly honest if the cards fall right we may have the potential for more chances (one of the men's rowing crews, Van Koeverdan or Oldershaw repeating, or as you said swimming). So it'll probably even out, with our typical Canadian luck in some sports. As as for swimming I think Canada has the potential to make the finals in many events and hopefully that will lead to a surprise medal somewhere. One of the young team members could be a breakout star.

Zika.

He was just interviewed by the CBC saying how excited he was about going to the Olympics.

Ugh. This is so annoying.

Exactly! Generally this Canadian curse also comes from having so much pressure on a couple of athletes that they falter the Olympics. I really do wonder if having more athletes with that potential sees Canada do better overall. I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks. I am expecting 3 medals from Athletics, but the 4-5 range is likely.

So COC is targetting 19 medals then... I think that is doable. http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canada-wants-least-medals-rio-olympics.html

I'm not a huge fan of this marketing campaign, but it is indeed well crafted. Getting pretty excited.

True that. It seems like she was in it for a spot on the 4X100m team.

I wonder if George had pulled herself out or was pressured to pull herself out.

I think the target is 4, but the expectation is that more than 4 is possible. Did anyone notice any weird stuff on the team selection for the women's sprint. Bingham, is relay only. George is 100mH and relay? This doesn't quite make sense to me...

Do you think Athletics Canada will be trying to send as many 3rd athletes as possible? didn't know that about Cliff's race. Wikipedia and starting list showed she had met the standard.

Is it top 2 guaranteed as long as they hit the standard? Does Rachel Cliff have a shot as well given she reached the Olympic Standard? Or has Canada agreed to only send 2 people per event?

I full on expect to be using my second monitor on my desktop for the two weeks. Its a busy time at my work so I can only take a handful of flex days off during the games.

From the sounds of it Jamaica allows for a medical exemption so he will go to the Olympics.

No Daniel Nestor?

Thanks!

Do you know where one can access the potential reallocation lists in other disciplines?

So the virtual medal table got updated and it knocked Canada down further to 15 medals. I can't remember which ones got dropped. I may be a tad optimistic here but I think that is on the low end. I think we may see more success in Swimming and Athletics than we have in the past, whether or not that leads to more medals though remains to be determined. I also think its highly unlikely that Canada takes gold in the women's Team Pursuit, which we are predicted to.

I'm happy that Canada made it in, but this is one sport I really don't understand the qualification and how some competitors can fluctuate their performance so much.

So what's the tiebreak if Canada and Chile tie?