[GT] Monday August 15

[CofR]

Starting at 6 is the Men's Single Canoe 1000m heats. 2012 Bronze Medalist Mark Oldershaw competes for Canada in Heat 3.

Also at 6 the Women's 10k swim begins, Stephanie Horner races in her 3rd Olympics.

At 6:24 in Heat 1 of the Women's Kayak Double 500m. Kc Fraser and Genevieve Orton compete for Canada.

6:30 is the beginning of the Qualifying Heats in the Women's 200m over on the track. Crystal Emmanuel runs in the first heat.

6:38 is the start of heats for the Women's Kayak Single 200m. Andreanne Langlois, who won gold in this event at the 2016 Pan-Am Championship races for Canada.

At 7:06 the legendary Adam Van Koeverden goes in Heat 1 of the Men's Kayak Single 1000m. He won a bronze in this event in Athens, and a silver in London.

7:25 is the beginning of the Qualifying Heats in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase. 2015 Pan Am Gold Medalist Matthew Hughes runs in Heat 1. Chris Winter runs in Heat 2. Taylor Milne runs in his 3rd Olympics in Heat 3.

At 8:00 Allison Beveridge, member of the Bronze Medal winning Cycling Pursuit Team races in the 250m time Trial.

Also beginning at 8 is the Preliminary Technical Routine in the Synchronized Swimming Duets.

The Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final begins at 8:15. Genevieve Lalonde, who set a Canadian record in the Qualifying Race runs for Canada.

At 12:15 the Preliminary Round begins for the Men's 3m Springboard. Pan Am Games Bronze medalist Philippe Gagne competes for Canada.

At 12:45 Isabela Onyshko competes for Canada in the Women's Beam Final in Artistic Gymnastics.

Canada faces Italy in volleyball at 17:30.

At 17:35 Shawn Barber, the 2015 World Champion, competes in the Final of the Men's Pole Vault.

Scheduled for 17:48 Johnathan Cabral runs in the second qualifying heat for the Men's 110m Hurdles. At 18:12 Sekou Kaba races in Heat 5.

At 18:30 the Qualifying Heats for the Women's 400m Hurdles begin. Chanice Chase runs in Heat 2. Noelle Montcalm runs in Heat 5. Sage Watson from Medicine Hat runs in Heat 6.

19:25 has the Final for the Men's 800m.

The Final for the Women's 400m goes at 19:45.

Go Canada Go!

[GirlySports]

are we in any wresting events? seems very quiet, i haven't heard a thing.

[CofR]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

are we in any wresting events? seems very quiet, i haven't heard a thing.

We are! Just not in any of the weight classes who have been competing yet.

[Machiavelli]

Mark Oldershaw finished fourth in his canoe 1000m sprint semifinal, missed qualifying for the A final, so no medal for him

[Machiavelli]

Disappointing for canoe/kayak so far today

The women's kayak duo finishes fifth in their seminal and also miss qualifying for the A final

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Mark Oldershaw finished fourth in his canoe 1000m sprint semifinal, missed qualifying for the A final, so no medal for him

He was looking good to move on until the final 100m.

AVK had a good heat. Not sure when his semi is though.

[CofR]

The speed these athletes can generate in the water in such a short period of time is amazing

[Machiavelli]

Langlois finishes fifth in her seminal for 200m kayak sprint, will also not qualify for final

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

AVK had a good heat. Not sure when his semi is though.

In about five minutes

[puffnstuff]

AVK looks like he got hung up on the starting thing...or just the worst start ever.

[Machiavelli]

Van Koeverden had a really bad start, finishes 6th in his semifinal heat

Bad go in the water today

[CofR]

Sucks for AVK, he's still got the 500m at least, which is the event he won his gold medal in.

[Machiavelli]

Looking good for the synchro duet to qualify for finals tomorrow

[Arsenal14]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Looking good for the synchro duet to qualify for finals tomorrow

Do the scores reset for tomorrow or carryover? Looks like we've now qualified, but are only fourth with a few teams still to come.

[troutman]

Speaking of AVK, check out his blog calling out sexism in sports:

http://www.vankayak.com/

This week my friend and fellow Olympic Champ boatsman, Adam Kreek made a mistake that I hope can prove to be a learning experience. While chatting with Ron McLean on CBC television, he expressed his opinion that Eugenie Bouchard may not be committed to winning, evidenced by her selfies, interest in fashion and social media presence.

This is the kind of tired, regressive, paternalistic, arrogant and sexist commentary that female athletes put up with all the time, and it needs to stop.

I don’t think the burden of defense rests solely on the capable shoulders of my female teammates. If men don’t call out men when we are being sexist, then we are not a part of the solution, and the problem persists. So here I am, calling out my friend Adam Kreek. Adam, you were sexist on television last night.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by troutman

Speaking of AVK, check out his blog calling out sexism in sports:

http://www.vankayak.com/

This week my friend and fellow Olympic Champ boatsman, Adam Kreek made a mistake that I hope can prove to be a learning experience. While chatting with Ron McLean on CBC television, he expressed his opinion that Eugenie Bouchard may not be committed to winning, evidenced by her selfies, interest in fashion and social media presence.

This is the kind of tired, regressive, paternalistic, arrogant and sexist commentary that female athletes put up with all the time, and it needs to stop.

I don’t think the burden of defense rests solely on the capable shoulders of my female teammates. If men don’t call out men when we are being sexist, then we are not a part of the solution, and the problem persists. So here I am, calling out my friend Adam Kreek. Adam, you were sexist on television last night.

and today Kreek apologized.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2882922/ri...xist-comments/

“In a recent commentary, I questioned Genie Bouchard’s commitment to her matches in Rio based on her focus on social media and sponsorship activities. It was not fair to place my assumptions directly upon an athlete that I do not know personally. I did not mean for my comments to offend. Nor was it my intention to belittle the pursuit of fashion or selfie-art. For this, I apologize.”

He continued: “Our Canadian women at Rio are incredible. They are bringing home the maple bacon this Games. They have moved me to cheers and to tears. I feel nothing but regret when I think that my inadvertent comments, on live TV, could take any attention away from these heroes of our Games.”

[GirlySports]

I'm split on this. It is unfair that Bouchard gets criticized for selfies and social media when a man would not. I mean Pospisil has totally tanked this year after reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinal last year and he tweets a lot too.

But tennis fans compare Genie to Milos and Milos is incredible. His work ethic, his calmness and his consistency. So to say Bouchard is not committed compared to Milos is fair.

[Senator Clay Davis]

To be fair to Genie, she's worth millions off the court and Milos is, suffice to say, not worth all that much off the court. So she has an entirely different set of circumstances than Milos does. Also you have to remember as soon as she made the Aussie SF, the WTA basically made her the quasi-face of the tour. She's had a lot more expected of her than Milos has.

[Joborule]

Milos is pretty active on social media himself too. It's just a matter of Milos being a better performer than Genie currently. Serena has a pretty busy off the court schedule and distractions I imagined as well, but yet she's one of the best athletes of all time.

[Enoch Root]

I think any man or woman could be equally focused on 'selfies, interest in fashion and social media presence', and I think those things can be distractions (if they become too much of a focus).

I don't see this as sexist, and frankly, I think its sexist-phobic (just made that up because I am unaware of a better word) to suggest that it is sexist. (I think the phrase 'interest in fashion' is what probably caused people to interpret it as sexist.)

I too think Bouchard is too distracted by her fame (which is what I think he meant), and I believe it will limit her success. Which is fine - that's her choice.

But it isn't sexist, IMO.