[GT] Day 2 - July 28

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Crazy finish here. After a terrible first half Canada comes alive in the 2nd.

Thankfully they got the 13 minutes of extra time, they needed it.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Is the ref gonna blow the whistle???

[CofR]

What a win! Allez les rouges!

[KootenayFlamesFan]

I thought they were just going to play forever.

Crazy victory, wow.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Bigger waves on Buffalo Lake, maybe.
Canada squandering some pretty good opportunities with some pretty lackluster finish

She surfed well but I reckon was a victim of poor conditions. Can’t blame her for not charging, I thought she was impressive overall.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by CofR

Bronze for Harvey! First fencing medal ever!

I used to fence with her coach. So I tell myself that maybe I helped his development a bit, and in my own small way contributed to this medal

[powderjunkie]

With what I've seen about fencing the last 24 hours, fencing seems like the most ####ed up sport I've ever seen. The attire looks like it belongs at an orgy. A weird orgy. And they are clipped to a wire behind them for some reason? And it seems like the competitors complain after every single point. Or complain huge when they lose like the men's #1 guy.

Harvey seems like a good one, though.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

With what I've seen about fencing the last 24 hours, fencing seems like the most ####ed up sport I've ever seen. The attire looks like it belongs at an orgy. A weird orgy. And they are clipped to a wire behind them for some reason? And it seems like the competitors complain after every single point. Or complain huge when they lose like the men's #1 guy.

Harvey seems like a good one, though.

My kids tried it one time. It definitely has very little appeal and the folks that were running the session seemed like real pricks and did a very poor job of selling it as a fun activity. It seems like a weirdly elitist activity.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

With what I've seen about fencing the last 24 hours, fencing seems like the most ####ed up sport I've ever seen. The attire looks like it belongs at an orgy. A weird orgy. And they are clipped to a wire behind them for some reason? And it seems like the competitors complain after every single point. Or complain huge when they lose like the men's #1 guy.

Harvey seems like a good one, though.

Kevlar jackets and pants because otherwise when you get stabbed with even a blunted sword it hurts. The wires are how the scoring works - basically when (in foil anyhow, which is what Harvey competes in) you hit someone with your foil it depresses a button and completes a circuit between the blade, the wire (which plugs into your foil), your opponent's silver vest, your opponent's wire, and the scoring box, causing the light to come on. If the button is depressed and you don't hit your opponent's vest, the full circuit isn't completed and a white light comes on instead.

I hate the poor sportsmanship like you mentioned in any sport.

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

My kids tried it one time. It definitely has very little appeal and the folks that were running the session seemed like real pricks and did a very poor job of selling it as a fun activity. It seems like a weirdly elitist activity.

That's too bad, fencing can be a lot of fun, sounds like you got a bad session or a coach having a bad day. I can certainly see the elitist perception, partly from the history of the sport and partly because some clubs take it very seriously and focus on competitive fencing.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Ashartus

Kevlar jackets and pants because otherwise when you get stabbed with even a blunted sword it hurts. The wires are how the scoring works - basically when (in foil anyhow, which is what Harvey competes in) you hit someone with your foil it depresses a button and completes a circuit between the blade, the wire (which plugs into your foil), your opponent's silver vest, your opponent's wire, and the scoring box, causing the light to come on. If the button is depressed and you don't hit your opponent's vest, the full circuit isn't completed and a white light comes on instead.

I hate the poor sportsmanship like you mentioned in any sport.




That's too bad, fencing can be a lot of fun, sounds like you got a bad session or a coach having a bad day. I can certainly see the elitist perception, partly from the history of the sport and partly because some clubs take it very seriously and focus on competitive fencing.

The masks either belong in a horror movie or an orgy or a horrorgy.

That's neat the way the circuit works.