[GT] Wednesday August 10

[CofR]

Originally Posted by Party Elephant

So, Oleksiak must be a lock for flag bearer at this point yes? It would take some kind of performance to unseat her!

It would take a major performance, but don't count out Andre De Grasse to do something spectacular.

[V]

I assume someone somewhere cares about Archery...

[CofR]

.@OleksiakPenny can set a record for the most medals won by a Canadian swimmer at a single Olympics if she wins another in the 100 free.

https://twitter.com/dlspencer10/stat...76503976267776

[CofR]

Canada up 9-7 against Austria over at beach volleyball

[flames_fan_down_under]

I'm no swimming expert, and I assume these athletes are used to swimming multiple races, but Penny seemed completely gassed at the end of that race. Hopefully she still has some juice in the tank for tomorrow!

[CofR]

Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under

I'm no swimming expert, and I assume these athletes are used to swimming multiple races, but Penny seemed completely gassed at the end of that race. Hopefully she still has some juice in the tank for tomorrow!

Luckily for her and us she has no qualifying races tomorrow afternoon, so she'll have a full day to recover.

[V]

This Canadian dude is pretty intense.

[GirlySports]

Gold Medal Count (73 out of 306)

USA 11 - Swimming(8), Cycling, Gymnastics, Shooting
China 10 - Weightlifting(4), Diving(3), Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis
Japan 6 - Judo(3), Gynmastics(2), Swimming
Australia 5 - Swimming(3), Rugby, Shooting
Hungary 5 - Swimming(3), Fencing(2)
South Korea 4 - Archery(2), Fencing, Shooting
Russia 4 - Fencing(2), Judo(2)
Great Britain 3 - Canoeing, Diving, Swimming
Italy 3 - Fencing, Judo, Shooting
France 2 - Canoeing, Equestrian
Kazakhstan 2 - Swimming, Weightlifting
Thailand 2 - Weightlifting(2)
Argentina 1 - Judo
Belgium 1 - Cycling
Brazil 1 - Judo
Chinese Taipei 1 - Weightlifting
Colombia 1 - Weightlifting
Croatia 1 - Shooting
Germany 1 - Equestrian
Greece 1 - Shooting
Kosovo 1 - Judo
Netherlands 1 - Cycling
Slovenia 1 - Judo
Spain 1 - Swimming
Sweden 1 - Swimming
Switzerland 1 - Cycling
Vietnam 1 - Shooting
Independent Athletes 1 - Shooting

[V]

Well, there's the apology.

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by keenan87

So, since Athletics start this Friday, I would assume 90% of the swimming events will be finished by then?

That's right. With swimming and athletics as the two biggest events of the Games traditionally Swimming is week 1 and the major athletics events start amping up after it's finished.

[killer_carlson]

thanks for the updates. I'm at the airport and streaming is intermittent. Really appreciate everyone's posts in here.

And to answer the question above, my recollection is that the swimming and gymnastics are week one, handing out a pile of medals, with the track and field events week 2.

[CofR]

Canada down 12-7 to the Austrian team in the 3rd set.

[flames_fan_down_under]

Really tough game for Sam Shacter. Just not getting his kills, missing serves, not getting blocks. Beat by a better team unfortunately.

[CofR]

Binstock and Schachter finish 0-3, last in Pool A

[craigwd]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

She's gonna be a superstar. She seems to have the confidence too. When they interviewed her after winning the silver, I love how instead of giddyness like you'd expect from a 16 year old, she just said we haven't seen anything yet, and she thinks we're all going to be surprised what's still to come in the pool these Olympics. Love it.

As I like to remind everyone, present success doesn't guarantee future results. So sponsors, viewers, trainers etc can't automatically assume that, because this has been such a wonderful Olympics in the pool so far, that the athletes can just coast onto the podium in Tokyo in 4 years.

No, as a public we need to ensure that funding is maintained and the swimmers have continued support from day 1, not four years from now. That means start prepping for Worlds next year in Budapest right away.

It also means the public needs to let the sponsors know their dollars are going to the right place. That's done by keeping viewership up, increased attendance at nationals and other swimming events. And other things like donating time/money, watching on TV, demanding live coverage etc.

[V]

Yeah, probably. I'm just gonna tune in again in four years...

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by craigwd

As I like to remind everyone, present success doesn't guarantee future results. So sponsors, viewers, trainers etc can't automatically assume that, because this has been such a wonderful Olympics in the pool so far, that the athletes can just coast onto the podium in Tokyo in 4 years.

No, as a public we need to ensure that funding is maintained and the swimmers have continued support from day 1, not four years from now. That means start prepping for Worlds next year in Budapest right away.

It also means the public needs to let the sponsors know their dollars are going to the right place. That's done by keeping viewership up, increased attendance at nationals and other swimming events. And other things like donating time/money, watching on TV, demanding live coverage etc.

need to see what happens at the 17 and 19 world swimming championships

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by V

Well, there's the apology.

pphhhtt i thought it was fine, mistakes happen.

[V]

I agree, but it's the CBC, they're going to apologize.

[CofR]

Originally Posted by craigwd

As I like to remind everyone, present success doesn't guarantee future results. So sponsors, viewers, trainers etc can't automatically assume that, because this has been such a wonderful Olympics in the pool so far, that the athletes can just coast onto the podium in Tokyo in 4 years.

No, as a public we need to ensure that funding is maintained and the swimmers have continued support from day 1, not four years from now. That means start prepping for Worlds next year in Budapest right away.

It also means the public needs to let the sponsors know their dollars are going to the right place. That's done by keeping viewership up, increased attendance at nationals and other swimming events. And other things like donating time/money, watching on TV, demanding live coverage etc.

This is so true.... I see the passion we have as a country during the Olympics, but there's no reason that things like Aquatic World Championships shouldn't be followed closely by the sports fans of this country. We do a better job supporting these athletes than a lot of countries, but we can absolutely do better.