intoronto Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Not a close fight either. She looked decidebly second best. Taekwondo is a sport that favours taller athletes by far. The slovenian clearly had a height advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Gentry into bronze bout. Both Taekwondo athletes are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktoles Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Did anyone here happen to fully record the Open Water Men's Race where Canada won a bronze medal this morning? I realize that it's online on the CTVOlympics site, but I record any and all Canadians that win medals. I have all Canadian medal performances going back to 2002 and it's extremely important to me that I get this race in it's entirety because what CTV Primetime will show is likely to be extremely edited down and I want the full race. I just need the race itself. If ANYONE recorded it can you please message me here or email me at krempfer@hotmail.com ? I will gladly pay any and all costs associated with this. Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Did anyone here happen to fully record the Open Water Men's Race where Canada won a bronze medal this morning? I realize that it's online on the CTVOlympics site, but I record any and all Canadians that win medals. I have all Canadian medal performances going back to 2002 and it's extremely important to me that I get this race in it's entirety because what CTV Primetime will show is likely to be extremely edited down and I want the full race. I just need the race itself. If ANYONE recorded it can you please message me here or email me at krempfer@hotmail.com ? I will gladly pay any and all costs associated with this. Thank You! The online full version is there but no commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktoles Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I need the recorded physical copy, I'm not looking for online stuff, I need a DVR copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 17 medals after today. If Pendrel and De Jonge can win medals then 19 total which beats Beijing. Columbe Fortier and Fournel/Cochrane are outside medal chances. Also the Canadian 4x100 relay team finished third in the heats and hopefully they can win a medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 This is going to sting: The USA athlete that won bronze today in 67kg lost to Canada's second best athlete in the category at the Pan Ams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Swimming Canada wants to be atop 8 country in Rio in total medals. In London Canada tied for top8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 I guess the goal is for top 10 in Rio. The goal is top 8 to be aligned with the G8 in either 2020 or 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 We aren't the worst development NOC, Chinese Taipei is. But we are pretty close. Coulombe-Fortier has a very, very favourable draw and is the #4 ranked athlete (#2 and #3 were not selected by their NOCs). If he doesn't get into a medal match it will be surprising, especially since two top ranked Iranians, a top ranked Italian and Uzbek are also not there. Synchro judging needs to be reformed. Both the Canadian and American athlete commentators were shocked at the scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Oh joy, another bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 We aren't the worst development NOC, Chinese Taipei is. But we are pretty close. Coulombe-Fortier has a very, very favourable draw and is the #4 ranked athlete (#2 and #3 were not selected by their NOCs). If he doesn't get into a medal match it will be surprising, especially since two top ranked Iranians, a top ranked Italian and Uzbek are also not there. Synchro judging needs to be refamed. Both the Canadian and American athlete commentators were shocked at the scores. It needs to be outright dropped. It was Rus-CHN-ESP coming in and leaving. No surprise. Its predictable. Sport = Unpredictable 12 bronze now and 1 gold. using a points system 3 for gold 2 for silver 1 for bronze: Athens: 24 Beijing: 33 London: 23 So even Athens has beaten performance so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Only one gold is embarrassing. It might get better with Taekwondo, but at this point more than two golds would be nearly shocking (considering how well Mountain Biking is going for Catherine so far ). Well, so much for someone from my hometown becoming Olympic champion :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Penderl finished off the podium. ! Clearly this is a wake up call. Although top 12 in total medals is nice and a top 10 in Rio as the goal 1 gold is embarrassing. The medals should be spread out. Oh and it doesn't look good in taekwondo either. Fortier is against former world champion in the sport, Keita of Mali. Although he did fail to qualify and got a wildcard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I just don't understand Own the Podium's funding. Field hockey is getting 1.6 million for 12-13 year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Just fyi Badminton and Table tennis received 15,000 combined for the London quadrenniel. That will increase cuz of the fluke fourth in badminton -.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckfan Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Just fyi Badminton and Table tennis received 15,000 combined for the London quadrenniel. That will increase cuz of the fluke fourth in badminton -.- Nice. There are a lot more badminton players in this country than trampolinists or bobsledders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Nice. There are a lot more badminton players in this country than trampolinists or bobsledders. I hope not. There is a snowball's chance in hell of Canada winning a badminton medal. Sorry but that is fact. BTW Badminton got $0 table tennis is the one that got all of that money. If they switch I'd be content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckfan Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 You don't see anything wrong with funding sports for the sole purpose of winning medals? At the end of the day, who gives a **** about medals really? Do you have a better opinion of Hungary because they managed to win 8 gold medals. Is Austria suddenly a disgrace because they failed to win any medal? Yeah, let's fund niche sports that no one practice so that we can all stroke our collective ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Well, no gold in Taekwondo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 You don't see anything wrong with funding sports for the sole purpose of winning medals? At the end of the day, who gives a **** about medals really? Do you have a better opinion of Hungary because they managed to win 8 gold medals. Is Austria suddenly a disgrace because they failed to win any medal? Yeah, let's fund niche sports that no one practice so that we can all stroke our collective ego. Off course I care about medals Columbe Foriter is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Canada will finish with 18 medals which is a top 12 so far. 4x100 finished in bronze spot but were dqd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Canada by far had the worst luck in London by far. Horse dq'd w/a scratch, boxing decision vs clayton, soccer ref vs usa, & 4x100 dq + all those medal chances that fell by the wayside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Canada more the doubled their spending from the Beijing Quad to London Quad (44 to 96 million) but finished slightly worse here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Really disappointing Olympics, IMO. Only one gold and none of the silvers where even close - frankly the closest we got to a second gold was women's Football. I don't know what went wrong, if it was just an off Olympics or if there is some sort of structural problem, but lest we forget that we came one Chinese Gymnast not having a missed bounce away from exiting London without a gold :/ Very unlike Beijing where we won three gold and got close to a couple more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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