micheal_warren Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 a medals a medal no matter where they come from lol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Honestly, does it matter which part of Canada he's from Mr.X? It doesn't matter, but it sure is a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) It doesn't matter, but it sure is a bonus. Yeah, are you gonna post another news article yet? lol Maybe one that says Whitfield is from British Columbia and then highlight that part...lmao Anyways, we have a great medal chance later on early in the morning here when Alexandre Despatie competes in his diving final. The Canadian wrestler I mentioned earlier is out of competition now. Jason Burnett could potentially medal but is a long shot. For some reason I believe that Lopes-Schliep will achieve a Personal Best in her Final heat for the Women's 100m Hurdles. If I were to pick a big surprise medal for the Canadian team it would be from her. With Perdita Felicien not there, there's no other Canadian women for her to hide in the shadows of. Edited August 19, 2008 by dave199 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Burnett is not a long shot, if he is not in the top 4 it will be because he focked by like the Russian or German did on the women's said, his routine is the hardest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest erikh Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I think Burnett is going to medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest erikh Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Silver, great job. But these judged events are such horse crap. Always seem to favour the home team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aronious Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 how is Beijing shaping up for Canada...compared to Athens, Sydney, Atlanta etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 With Jason Burnett's silver we are at 11 medals (2G, 5S, 4B) and will easy surpass the 12 from Athens, the 14 of Sydney is probably going to be passed, especially if Despatie wins a medal in the diving. It would take a huge effort in the final 5 days to beat or equal the Atlanta mark of 22. It would be nice if we got 2 or 3 more gold medals so we improve in that department, and should at least equal the 3 Olympic champions from Atlanta, Sydney and Athens but the 7 from Barcelona is safe for our non-boycott record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I must say I'm surprised that Burnett medaled. I didn't think he would. I just woke up and was pleasantly surprised and now I see Alexandre Despatie currently in 2nd in the diving fnal. These Olympics have really turned around for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Despatie just won the Silver medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest erikh Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Second medal in a row where it's been: 1 - China 2 - Canada 3 - China Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Second medal in a row where it's been:1 - China 2 - Canada 3 - China Right? Yeah that was the placement in Diving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Everyone my bold prediction came through. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep has just won the bronze in the women's 100m hurdles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest erikh Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Lopes-Schliep BRONZE!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Lopes tied the Australian with the same time. Why did the Australian win the silver over her then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Lopes tied the Australian with the same time. Why did the Australian win the silver over her then? It wasn't a dead-heat on the photo-finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Priscilla has just won Canada's first Olympic track medal since 1996. She definitely has a bright future. Her winning bronze is like winning gold since no one expected her to do much. I always knew she would challenge for a medal at these games when no one else thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Canada has 13 medals in total now. 1 better than Athens' 12 medals. This is shaping up to be a great games for our country. After that slow start we all were getting a little worried, some more than the rest. The second half of the schedule all our big contenders were competing. We still got a big load of medal contenders who still haven't gone yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest erikh Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 They said that it went down to "thousands of a second" for the tiebreaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 We're in 12th place for Overall medals. Hopefully we can bring in more Golds to rise on the official standings that go by the # of golds won first to rank the nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 x just so you know Ontario - 13 medalist British Columbia - 10 medalist Quebec - 3 medalist Nova Scotia - 2 medalist Saskatchewan - 1 medalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 So far, I was there in the stands for 7 canadian medals wrestling saturday for two rowing sunday for three and gymnastic the las two nights for two Good chance to see some more in canoe-kayak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 what a treat, waking up and finding out we won even more medals! GO CANADA! Looks like we're not that bad afterall.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 It's great that we have more medals, but nothing beats LA '84 where we had 44 medals. But, I guess that had something to do with some countries not showing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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