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    Volleyball at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

    in Volleyball

    Posted · Edited by orangeman

    13 minutes ago, LDOG said:

     

    They have to lose 2-3 for that masterplan to work. If they lose 3-1 then probably Canada will be 3rd unless the last match has a 3-0 winner.

     

    Canada finished ahead of the USA.  So whatever happens in the other match, they'll face either Poland or Russia in the next game.  

     

    EDIT: Wait, sorry, I misunderstood your post.  

    Canada National Thread

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    1 minute ago, juddy96 said:

     

    De Jonge is 32 himself, so even if he wins a medal here he might just decide to go out on top and retire as well. And then we'll be in a similar position to rowing

     

    Which is sad, considering how strong we were in the 90s in both (esp. rowing).  Totally mismanaged.  

    Canada National Thread

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    Just now, juddy96 said:

     

    You were way too optimistic, Oldershaw and Van Koeverden were clearly on the decline and I didn't see any chance of a medal for either. They'll probably retire in a few days.

     

    Not medal favourites, but very able to get into the final.  And then who knows.  I thought at least one of them would make it to the final.  It's not a huge upset, just with the schedule it happened so fast.  

    Canada National Thread

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    As for volleyball, Canada's in a tough position.  They're tied with France, Brazil and USA, with only three of them going forward.  USA is playing Mexico, so we can pretty much assume they're through.  France and Brazil play, so the winner of that game will go through.  So, it'll come down to Canada or the loser of the FRA-BRA game.  So, it'll basically come down to who does better in their game today.  Hopefully, Canada can at least win 2 sets from Italy and get a point.  The good news is that Italy has clinched first, so maybe they'll rest their players and not take it very seriously.  

     

    It's just insane that Canada could go 3-3 in this stacked pool, beating USA and Italy, and still barely squeak into the quarters.  Meanwhile Iran has already clinched the quarters with 2 wins over in pool B.  The pool draws are ridiculous (and the way the games worked out, too).  There's a chance Brazil won't even make it to the quarters.    

    Artistic Gymnastics at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

    in Gymnastics - Artistic

    Posted · Edited by orangeman

    I do not follow gymnastics very much at all, so excuse my ignorance.  And I think Chusovitina is awesome.  But I don't understand how you can land on your ass and still finish ahead of others who do not.  It's not just this one time, either.  It just seems in gymnastics only the degree of difficulty matters, with little attention to actual execution.  Again, I'm not an expert, but to me if you fall you fail.  This is nothing about Chusovitina (because the Indian girl did it, too), it's just a general statement about this sport, and why I can't get into it.  It just seems like, "Oh, s/he's doing a higher degree of difficulty than that other girl.  Therefore, she will finish ahead of her."  Seems silly to me.  Obviously it doesn't always happen that way, but enough to turn me off.  

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