orangeman

So you have the Chinese, who can fall off the board and still get 9's and the North Koreans who apparently can do no wrong.  Not much room left on that podium.  

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Looks like Canada will finish fourth. Judges are way over scoring North Korea. 

Absolutely.  Just asked my friend, "Who's judging this?  Kim Jung Un?"

Yeah ok.  North Korea's divers were totally off sync yet get 9's for synchronization.  Canadians are mirror images and get 8.5's.  

That water is very....Irish.  

Alright, go get 'em girls!

8 minutes ago, intoronto said:

AVP loses!! Will fight second ranked Japan for a chance to fight for a bronze.

And then against #1 or #5 for that bronze.  The road certainly isn't easy.  

Well that's that. 

Japan beats NZ!!! 

Woot!  AVF moves on to the quarters.  A tough match coming, though.  

4 minutes ago, GoHungary! said:

I don't like this sport at all, prefer wrestling by far but so far this Olympics are pretty unlucky to our judokas.

 

 

You'll just have to settle for all those medals in the pool instead.  

It's been a pretty good morning so far.  

Valois-Fortier moves on in judo!

What a thrilling match.  Go Canada (almost took down Latvia, too).  

Hopefully this is just a preview of what will happen with indoor volleyball later today.  

Canada beats Brazil in beach volleyball! 

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

This bodes well for the 4x100 medley relay.

Yup.  And with two women in the 200 free semis along with Oleksiak, the 200 free relay is looking good, too.  

Holy Crap!  Simply Amazing!  And only .01 off from silver (but I'm not complaining!).  This is crazy!  

Another medal for Canada!   

Is this a dream?

7 hours ago, Agger said:

 

You're nothing but USA's hat

 

http://satwcomic.com/matter-of-perspective

Nope. The USA is Canada's shorts (and hat if you think about Alaska).  

Yeeeehaw!  Another medal!  THAT was the Team Canada I was expecting to see all tournament, but they showed up when they had to.  Fantastic job, just took it to the Brits.  

Three days, three medals (so far).  I doubt that has ever happened before.  

WOOHOO!!!!! 

That was the best game Canada has played here, and finally looked like the team I've been watching the last year!!!!!!

Matthew McConaughey is at rugby.  

Expected result with Australia winning.  After the last three games I'm not liking Canada's chances at the bronze, though.  Don't know if it's nerves or what, but they can't seem to catch a pass.  Their offence is so concentrated, no one going wide, while their defence is so strung out and full of holes.  This is not the same team I saw at Pan Ams or other tournaments this year.  

Yeah.....I think Canada will be lucky to get bronze in rugby.  They played slightly better today against a better team, but that's not saying much after how terribly they played yesterday.  They will likely face GB for bronze, who destroyed them yesterday.  They can't seem to catch a pass.  Maybe they eat buttery popcorn before each match?  

Sorry juddy, I don't know why my reply quoted you, and I can't get rid of it even by reloading the page.  

13 hours ago, juddy96 said:

 

50 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

 

Yes, I agree. Let's keep Olympics to european nations, USA and (maybe) Australia, clearly the only civilized countries in the world.

 

But...what about Canada 

We're G7, you know.  Because we have friends in high places (USA).  

54 minutes ago, Syd7 said:

This event isn't fair for the athletes. You can't have one race where it is flat, the next it is choppy and un-raceable. It isn't hard to develop a venue that gives every athlete a chance. This Olympics has been a fiasco unfortunately, it better be the last time we schedule an Olympics in this area.

Actually, since it all depends on placings within your heat, changing conditions don't really matter.  If it's choppy, it's choppy for everyone in your heat.