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Just now, juddy96 said:

Brianne is in bronze by 13 points atm

And she has one of the best 800's in the field.  Unfortunately, so does Ennis-Hill.  

Brianne ties her javelin record.  Looking good now (for the podium)!

De Grasse will run next to Bolt in the semis tomorrow.  Hope that inspires him!  He looked good in the prelims today.  Bolt looked bored.  

6 minutes ago, james89 said:

 

When she was on she was on. This is going to be interesting tomorrow. 

 

And fantastic for the Team Pursuit, they didn't look on until today's race. I think they knew all along they were probably in it for the bronze, but it was surprise for all of us. 

Yeah, GB performed much better here than they have recently (like, the last 4 years) and the Americans have been very good this year, too.  So they probably saved themselves for this race.  They also got lucky with the Aussies sucking in the first round and giving the Kiwis the place in the bronze race.  Well, idk if 'lucky' is the right word since the Aussies didn't look good here at all.  

Congratulations Belarus!  

Well, the good news for diving is that Abel wasn't as good as she can be today and still finished 3rd by a large margin.  If she's clean tomorrow a medal will be attainable, maybe gold if the Chinese screw up.  Also, Ware makes the final as well.  

LOL, one of the Chinese divers doesn't even need to do her last dive in order to qualify for the final.  

Canadian women getting it done again!  

Another bronze!  

Burnette with a disasterous second routine, don't think he'll make it to the finals of trampoline.  

13 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

They're both amazing athletes but I don't really like either of them  

 

 

I don't know either of them personally, of course, but to me at least Bolt seems to have fun out there and is talkative with fans, volunteers and other competitors.  Phelps seems a little...in his own world...above everyone else.  While De Grasse was doing an interview after a race one time, Bolt went over and congratulated him and said he was the future of the sport.  I've never seen Phelps even interact with anyone else (besides teammates).  I'd rather watch a guy out there having fun and soaking it up than someone so 'above it all', personally.  

12 minutes ago, juddy96 said:

Ennis is too solid for Brianne to catch her, Thiam is a poor 800m runner but her Javelin will keep her out of range, she's fighting with KJT who has a poor JT, Jones is also ahead but has both a poor JT and 800m

Yeah, pretty much.  If Brianne can finish ahead of KJT and Jones in javelin she'll be in a good position for bronze because her 800m is very strong and you can get a lot of points there.  Thiam and Ennis-Hill would both basically have to not get a mark in javelin for her to get the gold.  Another worry is Schafer in 6th, just behind Brianne.  But her 800m is much weaker.  

Theisen-Eaton needed a huge result in long jump.  Didn't get it.  Good, but not great.  Still, 'only' 90 points off the podium now.  A medal is still very possible, but probably only bronze. 

Canada wins in beach volleyball!  

Canada loses in beach volleyball... 

29 minutes ago, juddy96 said:

Our Women's Team Pursuit expectedly loses to GB who set another WR, we battle NZ for bronze

They looked pretty good in their race (especially compared to yesterday).  With the Aussies out, Canada is the favourite for bronze.  Hope they perform this afternoon.  

De Grasse!  Looked like he was out for a morning jog in the park.  

Before the meet, I thought Canada could get into the gold medal race for the ladies team pursuit.  Now I'm just glad they got into the bronze medal race.  But they looked good and with Australia out, they have a better shot against NZ.  But still not easy.  

33 minutes ago, lunatik said:

The same way Phelps won the 100 Fly in 2008.

You mean: The same way Phelps "won" the 100 Fly in 2008?  

12 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Only 1 medal 

 

I hope rowing canada takes action as this is unacceptable 

Totally unacceptable.  Women's 8s used to be a given medal.  Worst performance since 1988.  Terrible.  

And now to watch men's 8s where Canada doesn't have a team for the first time I can remember.  Much more important to have two terrible 4 man boats instead.  

Happy for the silver yesterday, but this is the worst result for rowing in 28 years.  Rowing Canada certainly screwed it up good.  

Ugh, Canada's eights fall apart at the end.  Terrible camera views on the last 500m.  Absolutely no shot of the actual race.  Frustrating.  

22 minutes ago, intoronto said:

https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2016/08/11/coach-says-coc-botched-athletes-olympic-travel-plans-feschuk.html

 

The biggest thing I took from this is that COC/athletes have to pay for the ticket to Rio.  I always thought since Air Canada is a sponsor the ticket was free.  I mean come on.  

Having done many, many 12 (13...14...two back to back 13s on my way from Korea to Brazil...) hour flights in my life, I totally understand this situation, though.  I'm a big guy, my shoulders spread way past the seat on both sides.  When I'm in the middle I have to sit cross-armed the whole way and it hurts for days afterwards.  And the legs, don't even get me started on that.  I also have a nagging lower back issue from an injury years ago and basically need to lie down for 24hours after those flights.  

Anyway, I like Netty, I think she's a serious medal contender that isn't mentioned much.  I hope she recovers well.  

Yikes not a good 200m for her.  1st is surely out of reach now, and she'll have to have a great second day to get on the podium.  

14 minutes ago, juddy96 said:

Theisen-Eaton now 199 points outside the gold, 109 points outside the podium after 3 events

She's actually slightly ahead of where she was at the Athletics Championships last year right now (points wise).  But much further behind the leader, and even the podium.  

Another medal!