08-21-2008, 09:58 AM
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#801
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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hope Eric wasnt coked up this time.
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08-21-2008, 10:02 AM
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#802
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Current Canadian Total
3-7-5-15
Current Canadian Prediction
5-8-7-20
medal favorites:
Karine Sergerie - Taekwando
Adam van Koeverden - 500 kayak - advanced to finals (world record time)
Adam van Koeverden - 1000 Kayak - advanced to finals
Marie Helen Premont - Mountain Biking
Men's Eights - rowing - gold
Karen Cockburn - Trampoline -silver
Frandsen and Calder - rowing - silver
Alexandre Despatie - 3m springboard - silver
medal hopefuls:
Sebastien Michaud -Taekwondo
Gary Reed -800m - qualified for finals
Samantha Cools - BMX - twelfth in qualifying
Lamaze - Equestian - gold
Synchro swim team -
Thomas Hall - C1000 - qualified for finals
Emilie Heymans - diving - silver
Jason Burnett - trampoline - silver
Simon Whitfield - triathalon - silver
Cameron and Kok - rowing - bronze
Cochrane - 1500m swimming - bronze
Men's fours -rowing - bronze
Tonya Verbeek - wrestling - bronze
Hyunh - wrestling 48k - gold
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep - bronze
Mark Oldershaw -canoing -no medal
Women's softball team -4-4, no medal
Jessica Zelinka - heptathalon -no medal
Annamay Pierse- 200m breaststroke - no medal
Brent Hayden - no medal
Chris Brown - swimming - no medal
Men's synchro diving - no medal
Women's eights - rowing - no medal
Chris Cook - sailing - no medal
Blythe Hartley - diving - no medal
Rosannagh Mclennan- no medal
On the bubble:
Orlando - Rhythmic gymnastics - 17th
Beauchesne-Sevigny / Russell - C1000 - advanced to final
Beauchesne-Sevigny / Russell - C500 - advanced to final
Dober / Willows - advanced to final
Russell - Javelin - advanced to final (6th best time)
Men's 100m relay- advanced to final (5th best time)
Gonda - Taekwando - no medal
Synchro pairs - no medal
Christopher - 400m - no medal
baseball - 2-4 - no medal
Sullivan - 1500m - no medal
Degenier - wrestling - no medal
Men's double sculls - rowing - no medal
women's soccer -1-2-1 - no medal
Completely off the radar (for me, anyway):
Equestrian team jumping - silver
Canadians going for medals Tonight
Lots of potential medals tonight... Definitely Van Koeverden and Sergerie are the two best shots.
Sergerie in taekwando
van Koeverden in K1000
Cools in BMX
Men's 4*100 relay
Michaud in taekwando
Hall in C1000
Beauchesne-Sevigny / Russell - C1000 pairs final
K1000 fours final
Other favorites and hopefuls in action tonight
Synchro swim team
Orlando in gymnastics
Last edited by octothorp; 08-21-2008 at 10:48 AM.
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08-21-2008, 10:02 AM
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#803
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AVK is at 3:30 EDT, so yes, you guys get him at 1:30 a.m.
He should be a definite for two medals, hopefully both gold.
Deciding whether I will be crazy enough to set my alarm to get up and watch it live, then go back to bed.
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08-21-2008, 10:06 AM
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#804
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In the Sin Bin
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Excluding the 1984 boycott Olympics, this is now the fourth most medals Canada has won at the summer games, with a chance to get to second. So much for the giant disaster people were predicting after the first week.
Code:
1984 Los Angeles 10 18 16 44
1996 Atlanta 3 11 8 22
1992 Barcelona 7 4 7 18
1908 London 3 3 10 16
1928 Amsterdam 4 4 7 15
2008 Beijing 3 7 5 15
1932 Los Angeles 2 5 8 15
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08-21-2008, 10:07 AM
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#805
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Everyone's Favorite Oilfan!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Jose, California
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Awesome job by Lamaze to get the gold. AVK should get a couple golds tonight and then we could get another 3-4 medals. 19-21 is where we should end up at. Not bad!
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08-21-2008, 10:09 AM
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#806
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Give the horse the medal.
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And put the horse on the podium!
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08-21-2008, 10:10 AM
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#807
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Ukraine is going to lose a medal for doping (heptathalon) so CAN might pass them in the end.
I wouldn't hope for any medals in taekwondo - the judging seems completely corrupt.
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08-21-2008, 10:12 AM
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#809
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
And put the horse on the podium!
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The horse looked pretty excited on it's own behind the podium! 
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08-21-2008, 10:13 AM
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#810
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OILFAN #81
Awesome job by Lamaze to get the gold. AVK should get a couple golds tonight and then we could get another 3-4 medals. 19-21 is where we should end up at. Not bad!
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It would be great to see him get a gold tonight (he has only one race tonight, one tomorrow), but it shouldn't be viewed as a disappointment if he gets the silver in the K1000 tonight: he's got three world championship silvers to go along with an olympic bronze, and no gold in the K1000. I'm sure he's looking to change that, but it's certainly not as automatic as the K500.
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08-21-2008, 10:14 AM
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#811
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
hope Eric wasnt coked up this time.
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No kidding..both in 1996 and 2000 they had chances for team medals and his selfishness and banning knocked out the hopes of all his teammates.
That said, good for him for getting back on the horse, literally and figurativley, and coming through under pressure this week...the horse too, which was once considered too small for jumping.
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08-21-2008, 10:15 AM
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#813
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Everyone's Favorite Oilfan!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: San Jose, California
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Did anyone see the 4 x 100 men's relay? Lol we got so lucky. 4/8 teams in heat 1 were disqualified or didn't finish and then a couple more teams in heat 2 were disqualified. Only 10/16 teams finished the relay(US which was the favorite dropped the baton and didn't finish). It was pretty crazy.
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08-21-2008, 10:15 AM
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#814
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Ukraine is going to lose a medal for doping (heptathalon) so CAN might pass them in the end.
I wouldn't hope for any medals in taekwondo - the judging seems completely corrupt.
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Same goes for gymnastics....im not expert by any means, but the crap decisions ive seen in the time ive watched is pretty laughable. oddly enough the chinese athtletes always come out on top....i guess landing on your knees is medal worthy.
Knowing the Chinese, I wouldnt be surprised if they've been paying off judges.
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08-21-2008, 10:19 AM
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#816
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Originally Posted by Sune76
and sweden doesnt have a single gold medal yet. worst olympics ever  |
You do have the cutest women's 100 metre hurdler though. You kinda win. hehe
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08-21-2008, 10:24 AM
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#817
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Mccree
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We've gone through this 
There are 2 bronze medals for wrestling, judo, taekwondo and boxing.
Wresting, Judo and Taekwondo give out a extra bronze for the winner of the repechage.
Boxing just doesn't bother with a 3rd place match cause they dont want their fighters taking more shots to the head
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08-21-2008, 10:26 AM
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#818
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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It is widely believed that the Chinese falsified the ages of a couple of their gymnasts.
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The Times found two online records of official registration lists of Chinese gymnasts that list He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14. A 2007 national registry of Chinese gymnasts — now blocked in China but viewable through Google cache — shows He’s age as “1994.1.1.”
Another registration list that is unblocked, dated Jan. 27, 2006, and regarding an “intercity” competition in Chengdu, China, also lists He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994. That date differs by two years from the birth date of Jan. 1, 1992, listed on He’s passport, which was issued Feb. 14, 2008.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sp...7gymnasts.html
And a hacker uncovered documents yesterday showing a gymnast was too young.
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The blogger first simply tried Google, only to find that an official listing by the Chinese sports administration that had given her age could no longer be accessed. Next he tried the Google cache, only to find that Ms He’s name had been removed.
So then he tried the cache of Chinese search engine Baidu. There, he found that Baidu lists two spreadsheets in Ms He's name, both giving her date of birth as January 1, 1994 – making her 14 years and 220 days old and too young to compete at these Olympics.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle4578241.ece
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08-21-2008, 10:28 AM
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#819
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mccree
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There's always two bronze in wrestling. It was discussed a few pages back, but basically there's one for the winner of the semi-final losers, and then one for the winner of the repechage.
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