orangeman

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.

FTFY

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

Dolci with another gold in gymnastics!

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?

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...