2020 Tokyo Olympics thread
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Captain Fantastic
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550 am MT are the Semifinals. Kind of frustrated with CAN performance in these games. Enjoyed our swimming success but there's been a lot of disappointment too. Not sure what I was expecting.
Captain Fantastic
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Sorry, didn't think the finals would be an hour later. 6:50 finals for the women and 6:55 for the men.
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Zadorsky was a mess defensively for the national team, so Gilles is such a nice contrast.
The good news is that Sweden plays some pretty defensive football themselves, so it could be a matter of who converts their few chances.
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Ideally we’d have 4 or 5 more medals, but in a pandemic year where training was all messed up, there are no real expectations.
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You're right.. Thought about that too and yes medals in the high teens at this point in the schedule would be what I would have expected.
To clarify, the semifinals are at 5:50 to 6:06 this morning and the final at 6:55 Wednesday morning. Mountain Time as always.
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Thanks for clearing that one up. I had read the schedule wrong.
Just had a look at the bracket for Women's Beach Volleyball. The 2 Canadian teams would meet in a semifinal, so the best would be a gold and a bronze. Would've liked it if they had put them on different sides but I guess it would look bad if Canada finished 1-2.
They have handball online. All of this day's games are streamed.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/schedule-results
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I believe Pavan used to be partners with Barnsley, so it'll be interesting if they actually do end up meeting in that matchup. I assume Pavan left Barnsley to find a better partner, and she kind of did, there could be some grudges there...
Watching the sailing, the commentators were saying that the Finn class was the oldest boat in the Olympics (since 1948) but this was the last time they'd be sailed in a games.
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Ooh, I see it now. lol, I'm sooooo good with technology.
I was all set to show a screen shot.
Captain Fantastic
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Favorite events thus far:
1) Swimming - all events were interesting- except the super long races.
2) Track and Field- All the running events have been quite good. (3000m Steeplechase is such an oddball
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3) Rowing, Canoe, Kayak- only if a Canadian is in contention- Women's 8 was fantastic
4) Water polo has been surprisingly entertaining to watch.
5) Softball - was fun watching the bronze medal game which surprised me since I hate baseball.
6) Boxing and Judo have been entertaining too. Taekwondo and wrestling ..not so much
7) Men's Cycling race at the start of the games was good.
8) Weightlifting - watched a bit- not bad
9) Soccer- Good to see our girls win but damn is that sport is such a bore.
10) Woman's beach volleyball .. very entertaining. ( yes, attractive women but fun to watch too) -didn't watch the Men's at all..
Hope I never see skateboarding or surfing in the Olympics again.
What have other's been watching thus far that they've enjoyed? Disliked?
1) Swimming - all events were interesting- except the super long races.
2) Track and Field- All the running events have been quite good. (3000m Steeplechase is such an oddball
)3) Rowing, Canoe, Kayak- only if a Canadian is in contention- Women's 8 was fantastic
4) Water polo has been surprisingly entertaining to watch.
5) Softball - was fun watching the bronze medal game which surprised me since I hate baseball.
6) Boxing and Judo have been entertaining too. Taekwondo and wrestling ..not so much
7) Men's Cycling race at the start of the games was good.
8) Weightlifting - watched a bit- not bad
9) Soccer- Good to see our girls win but damn is that sport is such a bore.
10) Woman's beach volleyball .. very entertaining. ( yes, attractive women but fun to watch too) -didn't watch the Men's at all..
Hope I never see skateboarding or surfing in the Olympics again.
What have other's been watching thus far that they've enjoyed? Disliked?
Favorite events thus far:
1) Swimming - all events were interesting- except the super long races.
2) Track and Field- All the running events have been quite good. (3000m Steeplechase is such an oddball
3) Rowing, Canoe, Kayak- only if a Canadian is in contention- Women's 8 was fantastic
4) Water polo has been surprisingly entertaining to watch.
5) Softball - was fun watching the bronze medal game which surprised me since I hate baseball.
6) Boxing and Judo have been entertaining too. Taekwondo and wrestling ..not so much
7) Men's Cycling race at the start of the games was good.
8) Weightlifting - watched a bit- not bad
9) Soccer- Good to see our girls win but damn is that sport is such a bore.
10) Woman's beach volleyball .. very entertaining. ( yes, attractive women but fun to watch too) -didn't watch the Men's at all..
Hope I never see skateboarding or surfing in the Olympics again.
What have other's been watching thus far that they've enjoyed? Disliked?
Football, softball, diving, rowing, sailing, running, golf (although mostly listening and between events), canoe/kayak (but not the rapids much), some baseball. Not much after 4 AM as I sit back in the recliner and sleep,
Wow. Demark was firmly in the lead in Men's Team Pursuit. A Great Britain rider had dropped way back of the other two remaining racers when the lead Danish rider ran up the backside, crashing both. Denmark was assured of a spot in the gold medal race. But they quit while GB kept their fourth rider available and he finished the race. Now, GB is assured of a medal when they were done and gone.
Captain Fantastic
Cpt. Fallustina
The officials changed their minds and awarded the Danes the qualification to the final.
DeGrasse looks poised for a medal in the 200m. Looked pretty dominant in the semi.
