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22 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Worst waking up ever.

 

Anyway, that was not pretty, but  it can't get much worse for us.

 

Fortunatly, we were not playing agaisnt Iran or Canada or we might have losed that one.

  France did win though...

9 minutes ago, LDOG said:

Then I guess the K1 1000 didn't matter for us from the start since we already have the K1 200?

As long as it's the same athlete, right?

What's the rule again only one person can qualify at this tournament per discipline? So if Canada qualified in the C1 200m they would need to choose between the C1 1000? But if Canada qualifies tomorrow in the K2 200 they can compete there?

On 5/15/2016 at 10:45, JoshMartini007 said:

It has been a disappointing two years for Canada, I thought they could have a very outside chance at winning a medal. We essentially switched places with the United States.

 

Fiji just needs to reach the quarter-finals in order to win the title. I hope they can translate this to their first Olympic medal.

My fingers are crossed that they will qualify, but eh look at this results, not very likely.

On 5/8/2016 at 14:52, DaniSRB said:

new Olympic rankings are out

Where do I find them?

2 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

 

No, only top 3 individuals from different NOC's

Now that makes more sense. The teams can qualify at the team event in June, then?

I'm just trying to figure this out. Are there Team spots on the line from this Pan American contest at all?

Is Canada not competing in the men's team qualifications?

13 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

I don’t think this thread needs to be made. While some nations and athletes should be looked down at buying/selling their nationality the vast majority that get targeted are immigrants which came before they even began taking the sport seriously or athletes whose parents or grand-parents were citizens of that nation. Quite often things turn into a witch hunt. Look at what happened in 2012 with “Plastic Brits” issue.

I was coming in this thread to say almost exactly the same thing. I think this thread is rather inappropriate. 

Do the top 8 advance to the finals, regardless if the country has already qualified or not?

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

He didn't participate. From what I heard he can still (and likely will) be added to the team.

The commentators for the Canadian trials on CBC seemed to think he wasn't eligible, but nothing I could find on the internet upholds that. 

2 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

I think Canada could potentially win 5 medals.

Mens 400/1500 free: No chance

 

 

Ryan Cochrane won medals in those events at last year's world championship. Even though his times from the trials may not sound like a winning times, he is known to perform at key events. He is certainly a contender for medals in both events and clearly does have a chance. 

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

27 swimmers will represent Canada (including open water). 

 

Most likely that number will rise to 28 with Jason Block being added for the men's 4x100 medley relay (we won't know till June, but Canada is safely in qualification position by more than 3 seconds). Condorelli (butterfly), Acevedo (backstroke) and Kisil (freestyle) will round out the team and are already named to the Olympic team. 

 

The men's 4x200m relay is also in qualification position and might decide to use two already qualified athletes (Thormeyer and Cochrane) + 2 additional names to bring the total to 30 swimmers (1 less than in London). 

 

The surprise was the addition of Taylor Ruck (15 year old) who won gold medals at the World Juniors last year but struggled here with injuries. She will be an alternate for the relays in Rio (giving Oleksiak much needed rest from the prelims). Hopefully Ruck can be back to her form from last year!

 

For the full roster click here.

 

From following Canadian swimming from Athens (no medals, which was crushing) I can honestly say this is one of the strongest teams I have seen). 

 

Medal candidates:

Weinberger - open water swim, if he cuts down on his mistakes he should medal

Cochrane - going for two medals in the 400 and 1500 (will be tough, but who knows its possible he can pull it off)

Condorelli - 100 freestyle

Oleksiak - is a threat in almost all her events, hopefully she wins 1!

McLean - Produced world class results in the 400 and 800, and hopefully she can pull of a double in Rio.

The women's 4x100 medley relay team is just outside a medal, maybe they can rise up to the occasion 

Caldwell in the women's 200m backstroke should threaten for a medal. 

Pickerm/Overholt - 1 medal between the two in the individual medleys 

 

So the potential is there for 10 medals!!

 You didn't specifically mention the Women's 4x100m Freestyle team which is really strong, plus the girls all train together so they may have an advantage. 

EDIT: Looking at the schedule with the Women's 4x100 Freestyle, Women's 400IM and Men's 400 Freestyle all being on the first day, there is a decent chance that Canada could take a medal setting the first week of swimming off on a strong note. 

And Acevedo qualified in the 100m Backstroke for men,

I really do not like this qualification system, but oh well. The three people who did qualify tonight look to have potential, so that is promising.