orangeman 1,323 Posted February 4, 2020 #871 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Happened a week ago, but Laurence Vincent Lapointe has been cleared by the International Canoe Federation of alleged doping from this past summer. She's a gold medal favourite in two events, so that's great for Canada and the sport. Always good to have the best compete, especially in a new discipline. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/canoe-kayak/laurence-vincent-lapointe-doping-verdict-1.5441395 Edited February 4, 2020 by orangeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,209 Posted February 8, 2020 #872 Share Posted February 8, 2020 With women's football and basketball Canada has now qualified 8 teams to the Olympics. We are one away from tying our record of nine done at the 1976 Olympics when we were hosts. We have four opportunities remaining... Men's Basketball - If we have our best players I would give us a great chance. Still Greece will be hard to defeat. Men's Baseball - Given our performances at the Pan American Games, the lack of the best players may help Canada. Regardless it'll be tough, but at least we still have two chances, though the addition of Chinese Taipei in the second one may not help. Men's Football - It depends on who comes. Our best team could very well qualify, but that's unlikely to occur. In the end we'll likely have to defeat Mexico or the United States (or Costa Rica) if we want to qualify. Men's Water Polo - Our least likely option. Things were already tough before South Africa decided to take its continent quota. We'd have to defeat one of Croatia/Greece/Montenegro to qualify, not to mention other European teams which on paper should be stronger than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,233 Posted February 14, 2020 #873 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) Can't believe it has been 10 years since Vancouver 2010! Time flies. Edited February 14, 2020 by intoronto hckošice and NearPup 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topicmaster1010 2,372 Posted February 28, 2020 #874 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Ten years ago today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,233 Posted May 5, 2020 #875 Share Posted May 5, 2020 This isn't too promising: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/canada-sport-organizations-funding-shortfall-government-funding-1.5556115 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted July 1, 2020 #876 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Happy Canada Day to our friendly neighbors up north Topicmaster1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,474 Posted July 1, 2020 #877 Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, bmo said: Happy Canada Day to our friendly neighbors up north Let’s face it, Detroit is just Southern Canada “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted July 1, 2020 #878 Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said: Let’s face it, Detroit is just Southern Canada You’re right. All of Michigan is basically Canada 2.0. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,474 Posted July 1, 2020 #879 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Just now, bmo said: You’re right. All of Michigan is basically Canada 2.0. And Minnesota/Washington bmo 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted July 1, 2020 #880 Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: Let’s face it, Detroit is just Southern Canada Isn't Detroit to the North of Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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