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De Grasse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and Bolt!

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

That part from leaving the corner to the finish was sick 

I thought he was going to start to fade with the two middle guys gaining, but he just shifted into another gear on that straight away.  Fantastic race!  

Alright, I was just hopeful that De Grasse could make it into the final.  Now anything can happen.  

2 minutes ago, intoronto said:

De Grasse just run the race dw about the others

The good news is he tied his PB looking around, so hopefully he focuses in the final and goes even faster.  

Yay!  De Grasse!  I think Andre and Usain are best friends now.  

I just have to laugh.  In the cycling sprint repachage there were three riders, including two Canadians and a German, with the winner moving on. The German won.  It doesn't really matter (they weren't going to win anything anyway) but I think it's symbolic of Canada's day so far.  I think we've used up all our karma in Rio.  

I'm just so confused by their offence.  Always stopping the rush, any momentum.  They wait until everyone is covered, pass to the outside.  Reminds me of my Habs.  Also reminds me of Gretzky's quote: You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.  Seriously, you're down by 10 with 90 seconds left.  You're on a rush.  Why stop and pass it back?  

I think I'm going to have to lower my lofty expectations of the basketball team after this game.  This fourth quarter is just...sad.  Spain is good, but these are the team Canada at least has to compete with in order to think about getting on the podium.  

But I mean, whatever the reffing.  Eventually you have to put a basket down.  Not impressive by Canada.  

Ok, I hate complaining about reffing, but it has been atrocious this quarter.  

So the Canadian gets tackled from behind and she's the one who gets the foul?  Curious calls indeed.  

Nice run by Canada.  Let's keep it going!

And Pavan/Bansley are out in Beach volleyball?  Not a good day so far.  

Anyway, big game in basketball.  Winner will face Turkey in the quarters, loser will face France and be on the same side of the bracket as the USA.  This is the first real test for the Canadians.  

3 minutes ago, juddy96 said:

I'm sure the US ice hockey team is sick of us kicking their asses too, it is what it is

Well, what I meant was it takes so much of the drama out of it.  In every event, you know the Chinese will finish 1-2.  So everyone else is just vying for bronze.  It's just boring as a fan.  And then you know they're going to nail every single dive, so there's no drama there.  Boring.  At least on the women's side.  At least the USA took us to OT in 2010.  And our women had to stage an epic comeback in 2014.  

And frankly, as a diving fan, I'm so effing sick of the Chinese.  

Just got home and watched the last dives on replay.  Poor Jenn.  Two 4ths.  Lost on the last dive both times.  

Thiam's 6810 from Rio is 2 points better than Theisen-Eaton's PB.  That's incredible.  

5 minutes ago, Canada4thewin said:

Do you think that if Penny Would have Swim in last We would have won something?

No, because the second best Canadian buterflyer is way behind Penny.  Van Landeghem had a great swim anyway, tied for 3rd best in the field.  Just going on splits, it was Nichols that was behind the field (2nd slowest in the breaststroke).  And actually, again just comparing times, Penny wasn't that strong on her leg either.  But they lowered their Canadian record so no regrets.  Frankly, it was just an out of this world swim for Denmark (China was always going to compete for the bronze).  

Bronze for Brianne! 

Wow, the one swimming event I thought Canada was a lock for a medal and they didn't get any.  Huh.  Hard to be disappointed.  But still...disappointed.  

1 minute ago, OlympicsFan said:

Yeah, you are probably right, Theisen should win bronze, amazing result for her.

Well, anything can happen.  It should be an exciting finish.  

20 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

I think Ennis should still be pretty safe to win the silver. The fight for bronze could really get interesting.

Ennis-Hill and Theisen-Eaton are both much, much better at the 800m than everyone else in contention.  And there are lots of points available in the race.  

5 minutes ago, intoronto said:

I hope BTE can pull out something magical and win ? the heptathlon. Shecame back from way behind and defeated a doper at the 2016 Indoors...

Looking at PBs of the contenders, I don't think she has a chance to pass JEH.  But actually, silver is still very much attainable.  Thiam's PB is much, much lower than everyone else's.  And apparently she hurt her arm in javelin?  

7 minutes ago, Near said:

Shawn Barber clears 4.45m to stay alive.

Phew!