LoveMyRaps Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Marielle Thompson is a HUGE gold medal favorite in Ski Cross! But anything can happen in ski cross; we had a couple medal favorites in men's but we came out empty handed. I have a very, very good feeling we'll win a medal in men's team pursuit and Maltais should be able to win the 1000m short track. I wish not to comment on men's hockey (not trying to jinx anything) Curling is a guaranteed medal. I'm not sure about men's 500m...Is any Canadian a medal favorite? (Besides Hamelin who won't participate) 4-man bobsleigh we have a chance to win a medal. But man oh man... We really f-ed up on Men's Ski Cross today, we had 3 medals favorites going in, we shouldve at least come out with one medal. :/ Women's half pipe was also a dissapointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 In the 500m there is Olivier Jean, who is a former World Champion and Charle Cournoyer. Both are very talented and should be able to make it to the semis. Cournoyer is in a quarterfinal that has one other strong skater. Olivier Jean is in with Viktor Ahn and the top Korean. Maltais is in a good quarterfinal, Drolet is in a horrible quarterfinal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Looking back, I think Team Canada has already done really well; with 20 medals today (which is only 5 less than the US). The COC was right to hope for the #1 spot on the medals chart. These are the biggest medals they missed : Men's snowboard slopestyle : I still think Max Parrot was robbed at worst; misled by the judges at best. Short track speed skating, men's relay : defending gold > a fall > no medal. Short track speed skating, men's 1000m : a fall > no medal. Short track speed skating, men's 500m : defending gold > a fall > no medal. Short track speed skating, women's 1000m : defending silver > a fall > no medal. Women's snowboard cross : Maelle Ricker defending gold > no medal. Men's ski + snowboard cross : 7 Canadians, no medals In other events: between JJ Anderson, Spencer O'Brien, Roz Groenewoud, Justin Dorey, Kaya Turski, Seb Toutant, Alex Beaulieu-Marchand - I definitely expected at least 1 of them to medal Luge : Canada finished fourth in 3 events. The margin: 0.1 second (team relay), 0.15 second (doubles), 0.43 second (women's singles) - all very close to bronze Men's moguls was our best chance at a sweep, with Marc-Antoine Gagnon finishing fourth, 1.01 point away from joining Bilodeau & Kingsbury on the podium In total : I'm calling 9-12 medals falling short of expectations (which would've brought Canada to 29 right now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 " Short track speed skating, men's 500m : defending gold > a fall > no medal. Short track speed skating, women's 1000m : defending silver > a fall > no medal." those events haven't finished yet and still have Canadians in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 " Short track speed skating, men's 500m : defending gold > a fall > no medal. Short track speed skating, women's 1000m : defending silver > a fall > no medal." those events haven't finished yet and still have Canadians in them. They're not finished, but losing a top medal contender is not exactly what they hoped for either. All eyes on Cournoyer and Jean (but tough competition with Victor An of Russia) + Maltais and Drolet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 The 3 ski cross women are looking really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Until they fall, take each other out and let the German and Swiss go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 one is through and one fell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 One medal guaranteed. Hopefully 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Poor David. Was hoping she'd medal with the Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Gold and Silver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Gold and Silver! Great effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 can't wait for dave's post about how disappointed he is canada couldn't even get bronze too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 This is the kind of podium I was expecting in men's ski cross and snowboard cross (Maelle Ricker, Robanske, Del Bosco). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nah, honestly Canada going 1-2 is the best Canada could have hoped for. Just makes some of the near misses in luge and ski cross that much more painful. 3 medals there and Canada would have been at 26 medals despite a lot of misfortune. Though at 8 gold medals Canada is only about 2 short of where the COC thought Canada would be at 10 (and with hockey and curling left, it could still happen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Great news to wake up to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Wow - curling gold, hockey gold, bobsleigh gold, ski cross gold and silver, speed skating 3000m relay silver... the ladies are really owning these last few days. Pressure on the guys now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Man, Erin had a good run going before she straddled :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Canada advances to semifinals in team pursuit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 The Koreans looked amazing and were 3 seconds ahead of Canada's time. Fighting with Poland for bronze is not ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 The Koreans looked amazing and were 3 seconds ahead of Canada's time. Fighting with Poland for bronze is not ideal. I missed Canada's race. Did they look like they had more in the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 I missed it as well, forgot it was on and than remember. By the time I remembered I was seeing Poland vs. Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Canada loses vs Russia in team pursuit. Jacobs is destroying Murdoch right now. Up 6-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 If Canada can beat Korea in team pursuit, this will be the 2nd best result ever for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveMyRaps Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Canada loses to Korea. Time to fight for the Bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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