OT: Official Olympic thread. Go Canada Go!!!

[Mathieu]

Women Volley Ball obviously

But honestly, any type of Volley Ball, I enjoy watching both men/women beach/indoor Volleyball.

 

[Back in Black]

Hockey & Womens swimming....

 

[saskriders]

I miss CBC. In NZ they have a subscription based cable company broadcasting the games so you have to be a subscriber to watch online. And CBC is only able to show streams and highlights to Canadian IPs

 

[RandomChickenWing]

Summer: Indoor Volleyball, Men's Artistic Gymnastics, Wrestling, and Water Polo

Winter: Hockey, Mogul's Freestyle Skiing, Short Track Speed Skating

I really should be studying for my exams but the Olympics are awesome

 

[Senateurs]

Volleyball and gymnastics. Swimming can be very exciting when Canada has a chance to medal.

Winter: the ski cross/ snowboard cross are the most exciting sport of the winter Olympics. Short track skating too.

 

[Stylizer1]

Speed walking. Can't tell if they are racing for the finish line or the toilet.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I'm surprised track and field isn't on everyone's list. By far the most fun and exciting of the events.

 

[Marty9]

Speed walking. Can't tell if they are racing for the finish line or the toilet.

I really did laugh out loud here at work! Good one!

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Only one I try to catch in summer are the equestrian events....but Ian Millar isn't there this year.

 

[Stylizer1]

I really did laugh out loud here at work! Good one!

 

[Sensators]

Also, what happened to Canadian rowing? We used to be boss at that.

Dunno if i quoted this correctly, but they split up the powerful mens 8 which was our **** because they thought we could win more medals if we split them up and they went into 4s and 2s. So far it has failed completely as they have struggled to make the adjustment. I think the 4s team is already out and overall since the change the 4s/2s have not been doing that well on the world circuit.

 

[Here I Pageau Again]

Another bronze in swimming last night.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Boy is Genie Bouchard a huge disappointment after the hot start to her career. Lost in the 2nd round today and has been eliminated for the singles.

Either she completely falls off the map over the next few years, or she finds a sports psychologist that can fix whatever issue she has and gets back to the top-10. Unfortunately, I think the former is much more likely to happen.

She was up 4-1 in the first set yesterday. Once Kerber broke, she lost 7 straight games into the second set. So this plays into your theory of her folding when she is pressured.

Speed walking. Can't tell if they are racing for the finish line or the toilet.

John Oliver said something to the effect of this about speed walking: Let's see how is the fastest at not going their fastest.

 

[Back in Black]

OMG. I’m trying to watch the Mens Field Hockey right now on SportsNet, but sorry, it ain’t Hockey!!!!

 

[littleD]

Of course it's hockey, it's right there in the name....

Big win for Canada over Germany in women's soccer, resting a few major starters. Now have a super tough test against France in the quarter finals.

 

[littleD]

Oh, thought it was already set that Canada would play france in the QF of soccer, but that's not the case.

If Colombia beats USA (Colombia up 1-0) and France beats New Zealand (France up 1-0), Canada plays USA.

 

[saskriders]

John Oliver said something to the effect of this about speed walking: Let's see how is the fastest at not going their fastest.

Not to mention everyone breaks the rules, and the sport won't use instant replay because they would catch everyone breaking the rules.

 

[Jorge Garcia]

I'm surprised track and field isn't on everyone's list. By far the most fun and exciting of the events.

The 4x100 relay might be the most exciting minute in all of sports. All the speed and power of the 100, but with just enough time for tension to build and some kind of story to unfold. And there's skill and teamwork as well as pure talent. The fastest team can lose by dropping the stick, stepping on the lane divider or failing to make clean exchanges. A great event.

In the winter, I like alpine skiing, especially the downhill, and ski cross and snowboard cross. And hockey, of course.

 

[BonkTastic]

This was the top post on Reddit this morning.

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

This was the top post on Reddit this morning.

[snip - doesn't need to be posted twice]

I'm actually surprised weight lifting doesn't cause more horrific injuries than it already does. Seems like every lift has a high potential for disaster.

 

[Here I Pageau Again]

Also penny oleksiak and team with another bronze last night.

Competing again tonight.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Oh...bloody hell. Do not look at that poor guys elbow. That was nasty.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

What's a good website/app to keep track of what's going on and where Canada is competing?

 

[Smash88]

What's a good website/app to keep track of what's going on and where Canada is competing?

Probably the CBC Rio app or CBC.ca

I've been impressed with their coverage.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Not to mention everyone breaks the rules, and the sport won't use instant replay because they would catch everyone breaking the rules.

Speed walking is the most ridiculous thing ever. I can't believe it's an Olympic event.

Maybe it's already been mentioned but my fun fact is that hockey was originally a Summer Olympic sport. The first time it came to the Olympics it was the summer one.