orangeman
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What a back-half she's having! Last I checked was after the 9th hole.
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Kazmarik going out at 5.00 helps.
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But he really needs to make that 4.80
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Warner's PBs in javelin and the 1500m are quite better than Kaxmirek. So if he's up to 100 points behind after pole vault, Damian shouldn't have too much trouble making up the gap. However, Mayer has much higher PBs in everything left (including pole vault) so he's the real threat. But those PBs by Mayer are quite a few years old.
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I think a re-run is the best solution. The Americans can argue that the baton was shaken loose by the contact. Just happy that Canada came out ahead of China to the thousandths.
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Haha, on the Rio Olympics site, next to Tory's name (and others) it says "Probably qualified". I've never seen that before. It's true though, as long as he finishes the next race he moves on.
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And Tory wins the 2nd race. He just needs to stay on his bike (and healthy) to make it through now. Lots of crashes, lots of the favourites having trouble.
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Nyhaug finishes 1st in his first heat. But there was a huge crash.
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And CBC didn't show the match, instead showing golf (yawn). I couldn't even find a live feed on their site.
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Wiebe going for gold!!!!!!!
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Wiebe onto the semi-finals in wrestling!
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Filion and Benfeito are into the finals in diving, but they need to be way more sharp to compete for a medal.
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You're right. It doesn't matter anyway because if Canada is a medal contender they should be fine, and they were.
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The seeding is ridiculous though. That first heat had the silver and bronze medalists from the world championships, the fifth place team and the Americans who could have won gold if not for a botched exchange. The next heat has Jamaica and............Germany?
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The only option, if the Americans get advanced, is to drop the Chinese since there are only 8 lanes. But the Chinese qualified legitimately.
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Okay, better replay. Brazilian did not step out of her lane, it was the upper bodies that collided. I'm not sure what the rule is there.
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Could go either way. The replays I saw indicated contact, but didn't show the Brazilian out of her lane. But the replay wasn't that great. Since it's the Americans, I'm going to bet that they get into the finals, though. Not being anti-American, just saying that certain countries always get the 'benefit of the doubt'. It's why Russian athletes are in Rio, while most other countries would not be if they did the same thing (and why Sun is allowed to keep swimming).
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Americans are out of the women's relay! (Not celebrating, just surprised).
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So.....one of Canada's relayers is named Farah Jacques. I can't be the only one who is now singing "Frere Jacques" in my head.
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Warner was okay in discus. He'll likely hold onto 2nd. He's pretty weak in pole vault though coming up so we'll see what happens there.
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I think they'll easily surpass 2012 level, as they already have with golds. Canada won medals in 11 different disciplines in 2012, and 7 so far in Rio with good shots at soccer, golf, canoe/kayak and wrestling. While I appreciate diversity, Canada rarely has athletes capable of multiple medals (in both summer and winter games), and rarely do well in events that offer lots of medals (i.e. swimming and athletics in summer; skiing events in the winter). So the rise in swimming and athletics, with stars like Oleksiak and De Grasse, is very welcome.
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Well, tomorrow should be fun on the track. The first look at the 4x100 relay (men and women), Bishop in the 800m and then Warner and De Grasse finals to end the night.
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Well, Netty probably wouldn't have gotten a medal anyway with the way those women jumped. Still disappointed for her, though.
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Well, Warner has PBs much better than Kazmirek in all the events tomorrow except for pole vault. I can't find Mayer's PBs, though. Anyway, I'm not too worried.
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The first one is at 9pm.
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