orangeman

WTF is that challenge?  Could have just won the point. 

Canada falling apart here after dominating...

Loser Bruno (player on ARG).  Unfortunate name.  

Canada wins!  

Well, Canada blew it late there.  

Tuned in when NDL was up 10-5, Canada ends up taking it 25-22. Just doing my part! 

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

…and tack on a few more months of waiting in the Valieva case.

 

 

It's ridiculous.  It's been 1.5 years, what's more time going to do?  It's obvious they're trying to wait long enough for people to forget so they can let the cheating Russians keep their medal. Yet again it is proven any competition where Russian athletes take part is a farce.  

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

India nearly had to withdraw from hosting the 2019 Commonwealth Games, and South Africa did withdraw from hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games. They may have inadvertently already told the IOC the information they wanted to know.

I think you mean the 2010 Commonwealth Games in respect to India. I bring this up because that was a long time ago now, and it'll be even longer come 2036.  I don't think many would have expected China to host the Olympics in 1982 (same time difference).  I'm not saying this in support of an Indian bid, I'm just pointing out that 2010 is pretty much irrelevant now.  

I love Cape Town and it would be incredible to see the Games there, but I agree that it might not be ready yet. I still want Istanbul to host, it's such an incredible city at a cultural crossroads.  

Poland is interesting, and there's no obvious outsider reason it shouldn't host, but I'll leave its real motivations and finances to people who know better. Budapest is lovely and have done a great job in recent years with Aquatics and Athletics. 2036 might be time to return to the Far East, but having a similar timezone as Brisbane 32 might not make Europeans or Americans happy. If it's Qatar we riot. 

Of course, unofficially, where the Winter Games will be in 2030 and 2032 will also influence these decisions. It'll be interesting to see.  

13 hours ago, rafalgorka said:

Thanks for your comment! You are probably right.

 

My explaination for 2. Ledecky 3. McIntosh would be: Ledecky uses her experience in the final, not chasing Titmus too hard from the beginning and concentrating on beating the Canadian. And McIntosh will be nervous as hell, not as much as in the 2023 WCH final but still... Fortunately, this time she gets bronze. But no worries - SPOILERS ALERT - McIntosh will not leave my Imaginary Paris olympics without gold... :-)

 

Gold for AUS in 4x100m relay - because Chalmers won't be too far away when he starts the anchor leg and he will do his magic trick again...

 

Anyway, Aussies on the top of the medal table after Day One. Congrats!

 

Best result for POL - hmmm.. 5th place in Mixed 10m Air Rifle Shooting event...

As a biased Canadian, I think Summer uses Fukuoka as inspiration to be ready for the 400m in Paris. Also, she won't be peaking for the nationals like this year, she will be peaking for Paris. I will never underestimate Ledecky or Titmus and they can come out hard, too (as they did in Fukuoka) but I see Summer taking her WR back in this race, setting the tone for her domination over the week.  And if she wins the 400m, I see her helping Canada stay on the podium for the relay later that night. But that depends more on the state of Ruck (and to a lesser extent Oleksiak who always rises to the occasion).  

3 hours ago, Josh said:

Philip Kim wins silver at the Breaking World Championships, just missing out on a Paris quota, but he’ll most likely qualify anyways. Third consecutive medal for him, after silver in 2021, and gold in 2022. 

I looked him up a few days ago in anticipation of this competition.  Canada usually does well in new sports at the Olympics, until other countries catch up.  Hoping he can continue his success in Paris, but I feel like new sports with ambiguous scoring usually have "interesting" winners at the Olympics, often to attract certain big market countries (look at the USA in snowboard slopestyle in 2014).  

1 minute ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Kenya, yes. Oceania doesn't have their own confederation so Australia won't be an issue. Right now, Canada is one spot outside from qualifying through rankings.

Got it, thanks!

5 hours ago, Josh said:

5-2 at the Women’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers, with two 3-0 victories today and yesterday against Czech Republic and Mexico. Germany is still in the mix for a quota, but assuming they don’t qualify, it’ll be a battle between us and Netherlands at VNL 2024 for a spot in Paris. 

The top 5 ranked teams not already qualified will do so through rankings, correct? Canada is now #5 on the yet to be qualified teams, but it also has to included teams from all continents. Africa and Oceania do not have qualified teams, so do they automatically get spots (Kenya and Australia)?

Just looking at Canada, it's pretty crazy you can go 5-2 in the qualifying tournament and be (potentially) ranked in the top 10 in the world and still not make the Olympics.  

Great upset, but the road is still tough to qualify. All they can do now is win.  

5 hours ago, Josh said:

WE'VE FCKING DONE IT! A HISTORIC FIRST-EVER FIBA MEN'S WORLD CUP MEDAL FOR CANADA 

I personally never had any doubt.  

Unrelated, how does one go back to delete comments?  

On 9/8/2023 at 9:42 PM, Surlympics said:

okay if they beat the states for bronze, no more fourth place energy out there orangeman haha deal?

Just pointing out I never agreed to this.

I was just jinxing them. I never had a doubt they'd come up with bronze.  

5 hours ago, George_D said:

yes but USA will be disappointed because of their defeat in semifinal and maybe they are going to face the match casually without much interest. Lets see.

 

Also i say again to all friends here not to be sad with 4th place. Canada made some big wins against big european teams like France(2nd in last Olympics), Spain (recent world and european champion) and Slovenia of Luca Doncic and most important they secured a spot in Olympics, another global competition with only 12 teams as participants. It isnt a small achievement. My team Greece had finished 4th, 2 times in 90s, 1994 in Canada and in 1998 in Athens, Greece at our home and we felt the same dissapointment.. But now that these successes look so far we understand that those places where big achievements. Canada is above Spain, France, Lithuania, Brazil, Italy..etc..They have already improve their ranking by a lot places. Argentina a powerhouse of the game during previous years didnt even qualify for the WC and the OQT. The most important for Canada is continuity and further commitement from NBA players

 

My obsession with FOURTH is really just a running joke.  All I really cared about this tournament was securing an Olympic berth and maybe getting experience for some of the younger guys.  The Olympics will be a different beast with the NBAers there, and if Canada can field its best team of pros we should be a favourite for the podium.  

Which means we'll finish fourth.  

5 hours ago, Surlympics said:

Don’t say that lol. They can get bronze 

They'll be playing the USA for bronze.  

Like I said...

1 hour ago, George_D said:

Τhe potential is great. Lets hope that next summer more NBAers will be present because of Olympics motivation

I think this will be the case. NBAers have traditionally not played for Canada at qualifiers, but I think they'll show up at the Olympics.  Everyone wants to be the Dream Team.  

16 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Yup. No clear successor to Masse/Wilm or MacNeil

And unless Oleksiak comes back strong, the sprint freestyle has suddenly dried up, too.  Still think they'll compete for a medal in the women's medley in Paris, and maybe even the mixed medley if they decide to go for it.  The latter is much harder, though.  Putting Angus/LePage on the breaststroke will improve the team, but replacing McNeil with Liendo won't really move the dial.  Not sure if it'd be enough.

The other good news is, reviewing the times from Fukuoka, Gaziev did great in the relays on the freestyle.  After two strong finishes in the men's freestyle relays in Tokyo and Fukuoka, they're just lacking one more 47-second guy to really challenge for a medal.  

Well, Canada settling in for a comfortable 4th place finish. At least they locked up that Olympic berth first.  

20 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

1:06.58 in the final to win gold!!! 

Between this and Sophie Angus, Canada might have finally filled their breaststroke role in the relays.  Unfortunately it comes at a time where they are falling behind in the other strokes.  

Canada just setting up for their usual 4th place finish, as expected.  At least they got their Olympic quota....where they will finish 4th.