I thought the first two legs were decent, we were in there until the third leg.
Donovan had some good points after the race
they don't have any fast guys (sub 10s) and when you don't I think you need to be borderline aggressive on your passes to get an edge, their passes were way too safe. yes I understand not wanting to drop the stick, but in the finals if you want top 3 with a group without blazing speed I think you need to push it through the zones
The one difference is that Michael Phelps has basically rocked his sport's world in 2 Olympics now. If Bolt can come back and do this in London, then I think we have something to talk about. Until then, I give the edge to Phelps.
as discussed a few days ago I dont think its that easy a discussion either way
obviously you can make all kinds of goodx4 cases for Phelps, but I believe you can for Bolt too
1. WR in the 100 (easily), in the marquee event of the olympics
2. WR in the 200, breaking a 12 year old record
3. WR in the 4x100 for a nation of 3 M people, taking down a 15 year old record set by a team from a nation of 300 M
each guy did the absolute best they could in their circumstance
Oh I totally agree, I never thought what Bolt did wasn't amazing. To me what he did was spectacular to watch, and I dont think what Phelps did was any more spectacular.
To me they were on par, something you rarley ever seen, maybe not even in a lifetime
Just dont agree with people who think that winning 8 golds is an easier thing
they don't have any fast guys (sub 10s) and when you don't I think you need to be borderline aggressive on your passes to get an edge, their passes were way too safe. yes I understand not wanting to drop the stick, but in the finals if you want top 3 with a group without blazing speed I think you need to push it through the zones
To drop the baton in the semifinals like the US and Brits did is inexcusable. But in the final Canada had to go for broke and take risks if they want to be on the podium. I agree with you that their passes were too safe.
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Adam van Koeverden - 500 kayak - advanced to finals (world record time)
Marie Helen Premont - Mountain Biking
Men's Eights - rowing - gold Karine Sergerie - Taekwando - silver
Karen Cockburn - Trampoline -silver
Frandsen and Calder - rowing - silver Alexandre Despatie - 3m springboard - silver Adam van Koeverden - 1000 Kayak - no medal
medal hopefuls:
Gary Reed -800m - qualified for finals
Synchro swim team - fifth
Hyunh - wrestling 48k - gold
Lamaze - Equestian - gold
Emilie Heymans - diving - silver
Jason Burnett - trampoline - silver
Simon Whitfield - triathalon - silver Thomas Hall - C1000 - bronze
Cameron and Kok - rowing - bronze
Cochrane - 1500m swimming - bronze
Men's fours -rowing - bronze
Tonya Verbeek - wrestling - bronze
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 Samantha Cools - BMX - no medal
Sebastien Michaud -Taekwondo - no medal
On the bubble:
Orlando - Rhythmic gymnastics - 18th
Beauchesne-Sevigny / Russell - C500 - advanced to final
Dober / Willows - advanced to final - no medal Russell - Javelin - advanced to final (6th best time) Men's 100m relay- no medal
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
Beauchesne-Sevigny / Russell - C1000 - no medal
Completely off the radar (for me, anyway):
Equestrian team jumping - silver
Canadians going for medals Tonight
Last day of the Olympics for Canadian athletes (except for the men's marathon, where we probably have someone who'll finish 58th). I'd love to see us get 20; in order for that to happen, we need van Koeverden and Premont to meet expectations, and then beyond that, I think Reed is the best shot to medal.
Reed - 800m
Russell - Javelin
van Koeverden in K500
Beauchesne-Sevigny / Russell - C500 pairs final
Premont - mountain bike
Orlando - gymnastics
Synchro swim team
Did anyone hear the interview on NBC with the female runner who dropped the baton in the 4x100 race?
The arrogance she was spewing made me even happier that they DQ'ed.
One thing that has surprised me is the lack of athletes being stripped for doping. Just one heptathlete and one shooter, as far as I've heard? Rogge had predicted something like 40 positive tests before the games. So why so few?
Are the doped up athletes all being caught before the games?
Are athletes cleaner overall?
Or are all the doped up athletes using difficult-to-trace forms of performance enhancing drugs?
Did anyone hear the interview on NBC with the female runner who dropped the baton in the 4x100 race?
The arrogance she was spewing made me even happier that they DQ'ed.
It wasn't really arrogance. I'm glad they were DQ'd but they were easily the best team and highest ranked. If they hadn't dropped the baton, they win gold and were in position to do so. But i'm glad they didn't!
It wasn't really arrogance. I'm glad they were DQ'd but they were easily the best team and highest ranked. If they hadn't dropped the baton, they win gold and were in position to do so. But i'm glad they didn't!
Remove the drops, and I don't think they were the easily the best team. The Jamaicans posted a faster time in the semis than anything the US posted all year, and the Russians missed the American season-best by only 6 100ths in the final. Still would have taken a near perfect race for the Americans.
Taekwondo wouldn't be bad if the judging wasn't so horrible. I think they should have adopted the same electronic scoring system as fencing. I was involved in Taekwondo years ago (both ITF and WTF), and I am well versed on the scoring system. The judges simply can't see what is going on from where they are sitting. At any given time, a well timed kick would be obstructed from view, and since you need 3 judges to agree that it is a score, it's obvious this is going to be a disaster.
In Taekwondo a hit needs to be a "focussed blow" to score, right? So you'd have it count as a "focussed blow" unless proven otherwise? Otherwise the refs would just override the electronic system now instead of not scoring the point, but there wouldn't be any more points awarded.
One thing that has surprised me is the lack of athletes being stripped for doping. Just one heptathlete and one shooter, as far as I've heard? Rogge had predicted something like 40 positive tests before the games. So why so few?
Are the doped up athletes all being caught before the games?
Are athletes cleaner overall?
Or are all the doped up athletes using difficult-to-trace forms of performance enhancing drugs?
I think it's a combination of 1 and 3.
There has been more than 2 for sure. I think it is at least a half dozen now (can't name them though). Plus 4 or 5 horses were disqualified for doping (damn horses and their hippie drugs).
she looks like a child to me.
