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Mitchell is in tough against the reigning world champ, but if she can power through her itll be better the next round. Unfortunate that she qualified 2nd and now has to face the 3rd qualifier while 6th and 9th meet each other in the other semi.

Another 4th! Makes sense, 4 x 400. They did really well. It was a hard ask for Sage to hold off the Jamaican on that last straight away.

Too bad for Genest, I think she had a good chance against any other rider. Mitchell is crazy fast, but her tactics need work. Hopi.g she can power to a gold. Getting Laurie Ann Munzer vibes.

Made little sense to end the race with half a lap left. I get safety, but its not like they stopped it when Hugo fell the next race. The GB racer also caused two crashes which was interesting, especially since only the Dutch rider was penalized.

Well, that's that for the Canadians in the keirin.

Damn, the two Canadians go against each other in the quarterfinals for the sprint.

British guy knocking people down, Dutch guy getting the punishments, haha.

Damn. Edit: OH SHE WON! haha, YAY!

Frustrating because Hugo likely was going to win that first race.

British guy causing another crash...

The British guy totally rode the Malaysian down.

In bad news, Z-M bombed his 2nd and 3rd dives and will finish 13th in the semis, will not move on to the final. That's two in this event finishing just outside the cutoff. It's the new "4th".

Bronze in canoe!

Overall, great! Most of us predicted low to mid 20s in medals with 3-4 golds. So We've hit that target. There were some disappointments, but born again Penny Oleksiak and Andre de Grasse paved the way. Warner winning the decathlon was a statement. Charron winning gold was an understated statement. Our swim team and our athletic team came through again, which was missing for decades before 2016. So many high moments, but I'd say the biggest surprise was the W8 winning gold in rowing. I'm so sorry I missed it (I was climbing a mountain at the time), I knew they were up to something good. Having said that, gold in soccer was unforeseeable. Beating the USA, revenge for the stolen game in 2012 was probably enough. But was it? One of the greatest moments in Canadian history tonight.

Wow, exact same standings as the duet. And the WC. No one could have seen this happening, except everyone who has ever looked at the last 10 years of final standings. Always the same order. This shouldn't be an OIympic event until performance on the day counts. Or we can just send out the medals 3 years before, when they're decided. It's stupid.

Oh yell yes I'm getting one of those Canadian sweaters when I get back, or a close Chinese equivalent while I'm in China.

Sinclair made a generation of Canadians believe they could win gold. That generation just FUCKING WON GOLD! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD! I cannot believe it! HOLY SHIT!

This is as big as hockey gold for Canada. Christine Sinclair getting her gold! FUCCCCCKKKKKK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable. Up and down. Gold for Sinclaire!

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

CA-NA-DA CLAPCLAPCLAP CA-NA-DA!

I WANT GOLD

Wow, all Italian sprinters came out of nowhere, literally nowhere, to run amazing times. Good for them! Very.....surprising!

Bronze is great. Italy doing that. After the individual 100....interesting.

AH! 4x100 and late tied soccer game at the same time. OLYMPICS!