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17 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

The bad thing about having a multi-sport games happening in the same time zone as yours is that there's not much going on during the night 

I'm 2 hours behind them where I am, but I feel like things don't really go late for them anyway. Swimming in particular seems to have their finals very early.  

Women's 3m diving was supposed to start basically now according to the schedule, but they're already 2 rounds in. 

48 minutes ago, Surlympics said:

Boxing is unbelievably corrupt right now. 

FTFY

Great finish by the Brazilian swimmer to take silver away from Canada in the relay.  

Dolci with another gold in gymnastics!

Just now, Josh said:

Sorry I haven’t been updating today’s action, been sick all day long.
 

Still sick, but feeling much better than I did a couple of hours ago. 

Don't worry about it. Just get better. Watch the sports, don't feel compelled to update.  

Incredible last 25m for Brousseau to take the gold in 400IM! 

Canada with another silver in water skiing by a razor thin margin.  

Do none of the CBC streams have rowing?

On 10/19/2023 at 7:36 PM, NearPup said:

I hope you got to see the women's team pursuit / women's hockey / men's 5000m relay golds live at least, because those were really nice (bouncing back in women's hockey, finally winning in women's team pursuit after having been so dominant for so many years, and re-establishing the Canadian dynasty in the men's 5000m while giving the best possible sendoff to one of Canada's great Olympian).

 

...it's just, ya know. Lots of frustrating near misses and underperformances too.

Seeing our ski jumpers sneak in for bronze was pretty cool, too. I know it was because of multiple DQs, but it was still nice.  

6 hours ago, Josh said:

Day 3 (October 23, 2023) Canadian Schedule

 

These take incredibly long to do, and I’m getting headaches frequently while writing this, so I’ll do half (8) of the sports now, and the other half (another 8) after I get some sleep. There’s 20 sports scheduled for Day 3, but only 16 with Canadians. 
 

As a reminder, men’s 3m springboard (diving, only if the gold medalist hasn’t yet qualified), team dressage (equestrian), men’s combined (sport climbing), and modern pentathlon (men’s/women’s) are the events which will award Olympic quotas today. 

 

Badminton

5:00 PST/8:00 EST: Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals-  Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu v.  Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar/Paula Lucia La Torre Regal

5:40 PST/8:40 EST: Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals-  Kevin Lee/Ty Lindeman v.  Lesvin Marroquín Córdoba/Jonathan Josué Solís Rivas

6:20 PST/9:20 EST: Women’s Singles Quarterfinals-  Eliana Zhang v.  Jennie Gai

13:40 PST/16:40 EST: Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals-  Eliana Zhang/Wendy Zhang v.  Juliana Viana Viera/Sania Valeria Passos Lima

13:40 PST/16:40 EST: Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals-  Adam Dong/Nyl Yakura v.  Nicolas Ezequiel Oliva/Adrian Santiago Otero

14:20 PST/17:20 EST: Women’s Singles Quarterfinals-  Rachel Chan v.  Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar

15:00 PST/18:00 EST: Men’s Singles Quarterfinals-  Brian Yang v.   Jonathan Santos De Souza

15:40 PST/18:40 EST: Mixed Doubles Quarterfinals- Ty Lindeman/Josephine Wu v.  Alonso Ignacio Medel Araya/Vania Carolina Díaz Conejero

 

Beach Volleyball

6:30 PST/10:30 EST: Women’s Pool D-  Melissa Humana Parades/Brandie Wilkerson v.  Erika Sofia Mongelos Bobadilla/Michelle Sharon Valiente Amarilla

8:30 PST/11:30 EST: Men’s Pool D-  Jake MacNeil/Alexander Russell v.  Tomás José Capogrosso/Nicolas Matias Capogrosso

 

Boxing

7:30 PST/10:30 EST: Women’s 57kg Round of 16-  Marie Al-Ahmadieh v.  Alyssa Mendoza

8:00 PST/11:00 EST: Men’s 80kg Quarterfinals-  Keven Beauséjour v.  Abraham Gabriel Buonarrigo

9:00 PST/12:00 EST: Men’s 92kg Quarterfinals-  Bryan Colwell v.  Yakita Drickie I Tabukuo Aska

 

Diving

7:00 PST/10:00 EST: Men’s 3m Springboard Prelims- Bryden Hattie, Thomas Ciprick

15:00 PST/18:00 EST: Women’s Synchronized 10m Platform Final- Kate Miller/Caeli McKay

16:40 PST/19:40 EST- Men’s 3m Springboard Final- TBD

 

Equestrian

7:00 PST/10:00 EST: Dressage Individual and Team Round 2- Beatrice Boucher, Camille Carier Bergeron, Mathilde Blais Tetreault, Naima Moreira Laliberte

 

Artistic Gymnastics

9:00 PST/12:00 EST: Men’s All-Around Final- William Emard, Felix Dolci

14:00 PST/17:00 EST: Women’s All-Around Final- Aurelie Tran, Ava Stewart

 

Modern Pentathlon

6:00 PST/9:00 EST: Women’s Individual Final Riding- Kelly Fitzsimmons

6:40 PST/9:40 EST: Women’s Individual Final Fencing Bonus Round- Kelly Fitzsimmons

7:15 PST/10:15 EST: Women’s Individual Final Swimming 200m Freestyle- Kelly Fitzsimmons

7:45 PST/10:45 EST: Women’s Individual Final Laser Run- Kelly Fitzsimmons

12:00 PST/15:00 EST: Men’s Individual Final Riding- Quinn Schulz

12:40 PST/15:40 EST: Men’s Individual Final Fencing Bonus Round- Quinn Schulz

13:15 PST/16:15 EST: Men’s Individual Final Swimming 200m Freestyle- Quinn Schulz

13:45 PST/16:45 EST: Men’s Individual Final Laser Run- Quinn Schulz

 

Racquetball

6:00 PST/9:00 EST: Men’s Singles Quarterfinals-  Samuel Murray v.  Carlos Keller Vargas

11:00 PST/14:00 EST: Men’s Doubles Semifinals-  Samuel Murray/Cody Iwaasa v.  Edwin Aroldo Galicia/Juan Jose Salvatierra

 

Rowing

4:30 PST/7:30 EST: Men’s Coxless Pair Final B- Connor Bayley Attridge/Quinn Keenan Storey

4:40 PST/7:40 EST: Women’s Coxless Pair Final A- Abigail Marie Dent/Olivia Priscilla McMurray

5:10 PST/8:10 EST: Women’s Quadruple Sculls Final- Kendra Hartley/Parker Paige Illingworth/Alizée Brien/Caroline Shaye Ann De Paiva

 

Shooting

5:30 PST/8:30 EST: Mixed Team Skeet Qualification- Madeleine Boyd/Trystan Routledge

9:00-9:35 PST/12:00-12:35 EST: Mixed Team Skeet bronze and gold medal matches- TBD

 

Sport Climbing

14:05 PST/17:05 EST: Men’s Combined Boulder Stage- Sean McColl, Oscar Baudrand, Victor Baudrand

16:12 PST/19:12 EST: Men’s Combined Lead Stage- Sean McColl, Oscar Baudrand, Victor Baudrand

 

Taekwondo

TBD: Men’s Kyorugi +80kg Quarterfinals- Marc Andre Bergeron

 

All medals in this event will be awarded today. 
 

Tennis

NB 14:00 PST/17:00 EST: Men’s Singles Round of 32-  Justin Boulais v.  Omni Kumar

 

Waterskiing

6:00 PST/9:00 EST: Women’s Slalom Final- Paige Rini, Neilly Ross

8:15 PST/11:15 EST: Women’s Jump Final- Paige Rini

9:05 PST/12:05 EST: Men’s Jump Final- Dorian Lllewellyn

10:20 PST/13:20 EST: Women’s Tricks Final- Paige Rini, Neilly Ross

11:00 PST/14:00 EST: Men’s Tricks Final- Dorian Llewellyn

12:10 PST/15:10 EST: Women’s Wakeboarding Final- Ashley Leugner

 

Weightlifting

12:00-13:25 PST/15:00-16:25 EST: Men’s 102kg Snatch & Clean and Jerk- Noah Santavy

15:30-16:40 PST/18:30-19-40 EST: Women’s 81kg Snatch & Clean and Jerk- Maya Laylor

 

Fingers crossed Laylor can get herself into an Olympic qualifying position here.

You're doing great! Really appreciate your work. I was out of town over the weekend and couldn't really check in, but it looks great. Canada's going well, too!

On 10/11/2023 at 6:49 PM, Josh said:

Extremely bored (yet again), so I decided to do a day by day preview for Canada’s medal chances at Paris! If I’m missing anything, let me know. 

 

Day 1 (July 27)- Pamela Ware/Mia Vallee (diving- women’s 3m springboard), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 400m freestyle) and our women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

 

Day 2 (July 28)- Maggie MacNeil (swimming- women’s 100m butterfly), and maybe Eleanor Harvey?? (fencing-women’s foil)

 

Day 3 (July 29) - Arthur Margelidon (judo- men’s 73kg), Rylan Wiens/Nathan Zsombor-Murray (diving- men’s 10m synchro platform), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 400m IM), Christa Deguchi (judo- women’s 57kg), and if Penny Oleksiak can find her Rio 2016/ Tokyo 2020 form coming back from surgery (swimming- women’s 200m freestyle)

 

Day 4 (July 30) - Francois Gauthier Drapeau (judo- men’s 81kg), Catherine Beauchemin Pinard (judo- women’s 63kg), Kylie Masse (swimming- women’s 100m backstroke)

 

Kylie Masse has had a rough year, but you can never count her out during the Olympics. 
 

Day 5 (July 31)- Penny Oleksiak (swimming- women’s 100m freestyle), Illya Kharun (swimming- men’s 200m butterfly), Josh Liendo (swimming- men’s 100m freestyle)

 

Day 6 (August 1) - Kyle Reyes (judo- men’s -100kg), Evan Dunfee (athletics- men’s 20km race walk), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 200m butterfly), and our women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. 

 

Day 7 (August 2) - Mo Ahmed (athletics-men’s 10,000m), Josh Liendo (swimming- men’s 50m freestyle), Kylie Masse (swimming- women’s 200m backstroke), Sophiane Methot (trampoline gymnastics- women’s individual), Jill Moffatt/Jenny Casson (rowing- women’s lightweight double sculls)

 

Day 8 (August 3) - Ellie Black (artistic gymnastics- women’s apparatus finals), Pierce LePage and Damian Warner (athletics- men’s decathlon), Josh Liendo (swimming- men’s 100m butterfly), Summer McIntosh (swimming- women’s 200m IM), and our women’s eights.

 

Day 9 (August 4) - Ellie Black (artistic gymnastics- women’s apparatus finals), Ethan Katzberg (athletics- men’s hammer throw), Andre DeGrasse (athletics- men’s 100m), and our women’s 4x100m medley relay.

 

Day 10 (August 5) - Ellie Black (artistic gymnastics- women’s apparatus finals), and our women’s 3x3 team.

 

Day 11 (August 6) - Camryn Rogers (athletics- women’s hammer throw), Sarah Douglas (sailing- women’s dinghy), Caeli McKay (diving-

women’s 10m platform)

Day 12 (August 7) - Literally nothing. 
 

Day 13 (August 8) - Katie Vincent/Sophia Jensen (canoe sprint- women’s C2-500m), Andre DeGrasse (athletics- men’s 200m), Skylar Park (taekwondo- women’s 57kg), Kelsey Mitchell/Lauraine Genest (track cycling- women’s keirin), Maude Charron (weightlifting- women’s 59kg), Ana Godinez (wrestling- women’s 53kg)

 

Day 14 (August 9) - Sarah Mitton (athletics- women’s shot put), men’s 4x100m relay, Charlie Cavanaugh (boxing- women’s 66kg), Katie Vincent (canoe sprint- women’s C1 200m), Pamela Ware and Mia Vallee (diving- women’s 3m springboard)

 

Day 15 (August 10) - Cam Levins (athletics- men’s marathon), Mo Ahmed (athletics- men’s 5000m), Marco Arop (athletics- men’s 800m), women’s 4x400m relay, men’s basketball team, Philip Kim (breaking- B-Boys), Tammara Thibeault (boxing- women’s 76kg), Karla Godinez (wrestling- women’s 62kg)

 

Day 16 (August 11) - Women’s basketball team, Kelsey Mitchell and Lauriane Genest (track cycling- women’s sprint), Justina Di Stasio (wrestling- women’s 76kg)

 

Left out tennis, right now Canada isn’t in the best state, although the Olympics do tend to have some surprise medalists. Best chance would IMO be Dabrowski/Fernandez in women’s doubles, but don’t see it happening. FAA (not this version), Fernandez (not this version either), and a fully healthy Andresscu should all have chances though. 

 

Women’s football medal matches take place from August 9 (BMM) to 10 (GMM).

 

Women’s beach volleyball medal matches take place on either August 9 or 10, dates are still TBD.  

Great effort post. It's nice to see only one day without any realistic medal chances. Remember the dark days of 2000-2012 (even 2016). It helps to have a good swimming and athletics team!  

12 hours ago, George_D said:

So you’ll definitely play for Canada in the 2024 Olympics?

 

Wiggins: “Yeah, I would love to.”

 

https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/news-would-love-all-star-all-defensive-player-andrew-wiggins-bouncing-back-rib-injury-warriors-ahead-2023-24-season-exclusive

I think the top players from Canada will play because there is some prestige there. It was getting them to play in the qualifications that was the problem. Canada has amazing up front talent, but not the depth. It's sort of like our women's swimming relays; our team is a medal contender, but we can't afford to remove many pieces to get to those finals.  

37 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah, it’s interesting to see all the Europeans complaining about diversity when the program was shaped by their interests and strengths for basically a century.

It reminds me of when Europeans complain about baseball's inclusion because only certain countries bother with it.  Yes, and fencing, show jumping and rhythmic gymnastics is practiced on the streets of every major metropolitan center outside your continent....

The Subcontinent has so few sporting bones to pick at, cricket is the least the IOC can provide. There's enough competition to justify a tournament and it will get millions of eyeballs.  

Now let's get back to mocking the truly ridiculous, like breaking and flag football.  

33 minutes ago, MHSN said:

am i the only one who hates this idea of having a sport only for 1 edition to satisfy the host country ?!

 

to me this is a terrible idea and Tommy Bach should go to jail for crime against humanity for bringing that idea 

 

let's say a 15 years kid in Madagascar watches Squash in 2028 and falls in love with the sport, but when he gets 20/30 years old that sport is not on the Olympic program anymore! that was a lame example but I just wanted to say some people plan their whole lives around the Olympics. I wish fencing wasn't on the 1976 olympics program

I actually think it's a great idea. First, it encourages countries to host a bit more since they can include sports that are locally popular and will win them some extra medals. It also (should) ensure the host has the proper infrastructure to have these sports instead of placing more burden on them to create white elephants. Third, it adds a bit of cultural flair for each host city - Karate in Japan, Breaking (sigh) in Paris, Baseball in the USA. And then to your point about encouraging participation, it allows smaller sports that aren't ready to be permanent additions to get the attention that might help them grow enough to become permanent in the future.  

When I've talked to casual sports/Olympic fans about this they tend to really like the idea. As long as the core sports stay I think they're happy. My issue is when really niche or...questionable sports like breaking are included. There are so many other worthy sports that have been trying forever to get in, it just feels like an old man trying to be hip.  

Edit: I forgot my last point, which was the host city is the one investing the money and the one who needs to recoup it. By hosting locally popular sports using existing infrastructure, they can potentially sell more tickets and get more interest which helps their bottom line.  Again, this encourages future bids.  

52 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

NBC Sports is reporting that lacrosse and squash are indeed part of the proposal. LA28 will ask for six(!) additional sports at the IOC Session.

 

 

All these sports look good, and make sense in an American context (they have the infrastructure already to host a baseball/softball tournament, along with the other sports). But flag football is pretty silly to me. Maybe I'm an old stuffy man, but I've embraced the introduction of other new sports. Breaking and now flag football just reduce the prestige of the Olympics to me. Skateboarding and surfing also weird, but I see what they're doing. Anyway, happy for cricket, squash and lacrosse of this works out.

1 minute ago, NearPup said:

I was really not expecting that after the loss against Belgium.

Not me, I knew this would work out.  

Aaaaaaanyway, time for bed.  

Yay!  Going to Paris!

Never in doubt.  

Hard to complain about being up 2-0, but here I go!

That was not a great second half of set 2.  Yikes.  

But just one more!  

I wasn't going to stay up for the Mexico game, but now I want to. I guess I'll watch a movie while waiting. Been meaning to watch Barbie, the whole rest of the world has.  

2 minutes ago, intoronto said:

So Canada is in if they beat Mexico?  

If they win 3-0/1 yes for sure.  Weird thing is if they win 3-2 they'd be ahead in wins but behind on points.  I still think Ws come first, though.  

Bulgaria has defeated Belgium!!!

VIVA BULGARIA! 

OMG!!! 

Bulgaria back in control...