OT: 2016 Summer Olympics - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. GO CANADA GO!

[y2kcanucks]

Tory Nyhaug goes for gold in BMX.

 

[Lindgren]

The two goals the women scored vs Brazil were simply wonderful. What a delight.

Fleming is going to be a huge star.

Note that Canada won when Matheson drew in again.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Japan appealed our appeal and now Dunfee is stripped of his bronze and it's given back to Japan. Absolute bush league.

 

[baxtefer]

Tory Nyhaug goes for gold in BMX.

So why is the BMX final a single race, when all the qualifying rounds are essentially best of three?
Seems weird for a sport with a huge degree of randomness in each run

 

[Hit the post]

Japan appealed our appeal and now Dunfee is stripped of his bronze and it's given back to Japan. Absolute bush league.

They must have thought Dunfee was a Vancouver Canuck.

 

[Huggy43]

They must have thought Dunfee was a Vancouver Canuck.

Let's be honest here: If he was a Vancouver Canuck he wouldnt have won anything in the first place.

 

[Hit the post]

Let's be honest here: If he was a Vancouver Canuck he wouldnt have won anything in the first place.

Well they don't award a '2nd place' or '3rd place' trophy for post-season achievements in the NHL. Otherwise we'd have at least three of those.

 

[Fork]

Japan appealed our appeal and now Dunfee is stripped of his bronze and it's given back to Japan. Absolute bush league.

absolutely ridiculous

yeah lets appeal their appeal of our appeal

how japan is even allowed to appeal that is beyond me

 

[DL44]

Nationalism aside... that looked like an equivalent of a walking dive...
The Japanese guy began pull up aside him and looked stronger at that point, and the bump occurred which is the foul.... but didn't seem to do anything significant..3 or 4 strides later the Japanese guy edges slightly ahead, then the Canadian buckles himself...

Maybe i just don't get the sport.

 

[MS]

If it's that controversial just give them both bronze medals and be done with it (a la the synchronized swimming foul-up many years back). Ridiculous for an athlete to be put through that sort of emotional wringer.

 

[Lindgren]

Dunfee, the Canadian race walker who ended up in fourth, made a pretty classy statement. I'm summarizing here, but my understanding is that he said he could have appealed to the Court of Arbitration, but chose note to, saying that the Japanese runner simply bumped him accidentally and that he didn't want to take it further: he wouldn't feel proud of his medal.

Edit: here's the quote:
"I had the option to appeal to CAS [the Court of Arbitration for Sport] and to me, I couldn't have honestly and appropriately gone a step further," said Dunfee.

"He [Arai] was in the same world of hurt [as me]. He brushed my shoulder. I'm an aggressive walker and maybe I leaned into him. When I finally watched the video, I couldn't say to myself that [there was intent on his part].

"I had to ask myself, if I got this medal, would I be proud of it … and be able to sleep at night," Dunfee added. "I came to the decision I was so proud of my race and that I couldn't honestly take away from him what he did."

http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/evan-dunfee-sets-canadian-record-places-4th-50km-race-walk.html

 

[supercanuck]

Dunfee, the Canadian race walker who ended up in fourth, made a pretty classy statement. I'm summarizing here, but my understanding is that he said he could have appealed to the Court of Arbitration, but chose note to, saying that the Japanese runner simply bumped him accidentally and that he didn't want to take it further: he wouldn't feel proud of his medal.

Edit: here's the quote:
"I had the option to appeal to CAS [the Court of Arbitration for Sport] and to me, I couldn't have honestly and appropriately gone a step further," said Dunfee.

"He [Arai] was in the same world of hurt [as me]. He brushed my shoulder. I'm an aggressive walker and maybe I leaned into him. When I finally watched the video, I couldn't say to myself that [there was intent on his part].

"I had to ask myself, if I got this medal, would I be proud of it … and be able to sleep at night," Dunfee added. "I came to the decision I was so proud of my race and that I couldn't honestly take away from him what he did."

http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/evan-dunfee-sets-canadian-record-places-4th-50km-race-walk.html

I'm more impressed with him after his response than if he had actually won bronze. Class act. True Olympic spirit.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

If it's that controversial just give them both bronze medals and be done with it (a la the synchronized swimming foul-up many years back). Ridiculous for an athlete to be put through that sort of emotional wringer.

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that a US athlete would get awarded the bronze if he had been bumped.

This is just the state of the Olympics. The 4 American women *****ed about getting bumped in the relay yesterday, not only were they given a second opportunity in a SOLO RACE, but the judges and officials overlooked the Americans lane violation in that race.

The hell with the Olympics. Much like FIFA, corruption is running rampant in the IOC.

 

[Hit the post]

The hell with the Olympics. Much like FIFA, corruption is running rampant in the IOC.

Actually, they make FIFA look like boy scouts in comparison.

 

[baxtefer]

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that a US athlete would get awarded the bronze if he had been bumped.

This is just the state of the Olympics. The 4 American women *****ed about getting bumped in the relay yesterday, not only were they given a second opportunity in a SOLO RACE, but the judges and officials overlooked the Americans lane violation in that race.

The hell with the Olympics. Much like FIFA, corruption is running rampant in the IOC.

There was a lane violation? Which leg?

 

[VanillaCoke]

Oh **** lane violation :0

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

There was a lane violation? Which leg?

Third leg in the re-race.

 

[Solidius]

Man, what a way to end the 4x100.

 

[Lindgren]

The US is appealing the DQ in the men's 4x100 relay. I don't think there's been a ruling yet.

Update: News this morning -- the appeal was rejected.

 

[Hit the post]

The US is appealing the DQ in the men's 4x100 relay. I don't think there's been a ruling yet.

Update: News this morning -- the appeal was rejected.

Tough to feel too sorry about them with cheaters like Gatlin (MULTIPLE times caught! ). Actually, I feel sorry for the clean, non-cheater athlete that Gatlin replaced on their squad.

 

[Bubbles]

Mark Lee is just a terrible announcer, hockey and Olympics. Where the hell is Jim Hughson or Paul Romanuk?

 

[Nuckles]

 

[polarbearcub]

Great video.

 

[Zombotron]

I didn't even have to investigate to know it was Tim Thompson behind that video. That guy is the ****ing master at montages which bring on the feels.

 

[M2Beezy]

Good job Canada in the olympics