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At least the swimmers got the job done, and the beach volleyballers won their match unexpectedly (though I'm convinced it means Pavan and Humana-Paredes will lose now). But yeah, basketball sucked, diving and sailing disappointments. Wrestling, too. Hoping Andre can do something special tonight. And still an outside shot in vault.

Another 1-2 for China in diving.

Sarah Douglas finishes last in the final race.

The good(?) news is even if she didn't miss that one dive Abel probably wouldn't have been on the podium anyway. Some athletes can step up when it counts, like that American.

Yup. But again, she might actually fall out of 4th, at least!

Well, at least it's not another 4th.

Abel completely misses her 3rd dive, she's off the podium.

Well, there goes Abel's chances again.

In order for Canada's basketball team to make the quarters they need France to lose to the USA by more than 14 OR Australia to beat PR by less than 24. This assuming the better team on paper wins all the games remaining.

Sad. Well, now we root for her to get to the final so Wiebe can try for bronze. That's how it works, right? I got confused in judo.

In a Canadian context. Edit: Meaning, dominating Canadian swimming.

Pickrem did her best, not going to complain. But Canada was faster than the Americans in every leg except breast, and faster in back and butterfly than Aus, just behind in free. Hopefully Team Canada works on that before Paris.

Penny has 7 medals, in 3 different individual events and 3 different relays. She could be even more dominant in Paris.

Third medal for MacNeil, 4th for Masse. Pickrem gets her first.

BRONZE!!!!

Meanwhile there's a good chance that the basketball ladies will not make the quarters at all.

Yes, the worst Canada can do is 4th in their group. Right now they are 3rd and losing to Poland (expected) and if Japan beats Iran they'll move ahead of them so Canada finishes 4th. If Iran wins they'll be tied with Canada for 3rd, but I believe the tie-breaker is head-to-head and Canada won that match up so they'd finish 3rd. Either way the quarterfinal will be a very tough match up.

I completely agree. My only gripe is that Canada should always be at their current level in swimming and athletics (~4-6 medals each). And the men should be stronger at swimming. We went through a terrible drought in both for 20+ years, and for a country like us, that's not acceptable. Surely we have the talent. It comes down to development and training. And after the success of the 90s, it was sad to see such a decline in Canadian rowing since. A gold this year was amazing.

Looking at the schedule, tomorrow could be a huge day for Canada! I better get to bed.

This is very true, and it's the same reason why we rarely, if ever, see multiple Canadians on a podium in the SOG, and have never swept a podium in either SOG or WOG. The closest would be freestyle skiing, with a near sweep in 2014 in mens moguls, although some might argue without the East Germans doping Canadian swimmers might have seen it in the 70s. Can we name an individual event at the SOG that Canadians are historically good at? The Koreans have archery, the Chinese diving and table tennis, the Romanians gymnastics and rowing, hell even Fiji has rugby now. I'd say the closest is trampoline, but that's coming to an end now that the Chinese will take over (and make the sport boring). Having said that, one of the great things about Canadian sport is that there are always a diverse field at the Olympics. At the WOG I believe Canada holds the record for winning in the most events at a single Games. And for the SOG we always get lots at different kinds of sports. Still, that indicates that it's more about pure talent winning through more than a comprehensive system developing talent. Anyway, I'll leave it up to the experts. I'm not complaining, I'm just thinking. I'm on vacation and few drinks in, haha.

My Aussie friend just texted me that they should have copper medals for 4th, then Canada would lead the way. I said then we'd just have a whole bunch of 5ths.

When you have more 4ths than medals, there's a conversation to be had about finishing as a nation. This isn't the first time. I think from 200-2012 Canada by far, by very far, led the way in 4ths in every Olympics (SOG + WOG). This is not an attack on any individual athlete. Also, this doesn't count non-4ths but losing bronzes in combat sports, which would put it much higher. And we're not even done yet. Anyway, good job to everyone. I'm nowhere near the Olympics so screw me.

Another 4th for Canada! Our favourite position! By 1KG. Heartbreaking.

Yup, another 4th. By 1kg. I cannot watch Canadian sports anymore, haha. It's just too heartbreaking.

It's going to be another 4th... FFS.