Chateau Petrus Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Other opportunity for Canada to qualify few more athletes for Beijing this week Panamerican Weighlifting Olympic Qualification Tournament. March 19th to March 23th Callao, Peru website : http://www.perulevpesas.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Both canadians boxers lost their semi-finals match tonight in Port of Spain Kevin Bizier (-64kg) can still grab his Beijing ticket if he win tomorrow (the third place is enough for Olympic qualification for this category). He will fight against an american, Javier Molina Sylvéra-Jacques Louis (-91kg) cannot get tommorow is Olympic Ticket (only the first two places secure a trip in China in this category). But Louis can still dream to Beijing with a last chance to qualify later at the Second Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Guatemala (from April 23th to april 30th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 For the Men's Water-Polo tournament : It was the draw today in Beijing. Canada will be in the Group A with Spain, Australia, Hungary, Montenegro and Greece While Group B will be : Serbia, Croatia, USA, China, Italy and Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Fencing Sabre women team They got their ticket to Beijing today in a qualification competition in Alger (Algeria) Tomorrow, at the same tournament, two more canadians will try to qualify, Philippe Beaudry and Nicolas Mayer in the sabre individual category Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Is this list up to date? http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=11153 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 No They are missing our canoe/kayaking boats, our 1 boxer, our cycling contingent, our gymnastics contingent, our rowing contingent, and then taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling. We have qualified roughly 110 men and 60 women for the games. I believe we will qualify between 250 and 300 athletes when all is said and done, a much larger contingent then for Athens. Wikipedia_List Though this is still incomplete This is as complete a list as I can make Archery - Men's team Baseball - Men's team Boxing - Adam Trupish 69kg Canoe/Kayaking - Slalom - K1 Men, C1 Men (provisional) Canoe/Kayaking - Flatwater - K1 500m, K1 1000m, K2 500m, C1 500m (all men) Cycling - Road - Men's 3 member team, Men's time trail, Mountain Biking - Men's (2) and Women's (2) Diving - Men's 3m and Women's 10m synchro and 2 each at 3m and 10m for men and women Equestrian - team dressage, jumping and eventing Field Hockey - men's team Gymnastics - men's team, 2 women, 1 rhythmic, 2 women's trampoline and 1 men Modern Pentathlon - 1 each Rowing - men's 8, mens lightweight 4s, women's pairs, quad schuls women, double lightweight sculls women Sailing - RS:X, laser, 470, star, RS:X women, laser radial, finn, 49er, tornado Shooting - 50m Rifle Prone Men, Trap Men, 10m Air Pistol Women, Trap Women Softball - Women's team Swimming - Men's 4x100m free, 4x200m free, Women's 4x100m free, 4x200m free, 4x100m medley Taekwondo - Men's 80kg, Women's 57kg and 67kg Water Polo - men's team Weightlifting - 3 women Wrestling - freestyle, 60, 66, 74, 84kg men, greco - 120kg, freestyle women, 48, 55, 63, 72kg Canada has good chances to qualify a weightlifter, a couple triathletes, 1 or 2 tennis players, 1 or 2 table tennis, 20 to 30 swimmers, 2 to 5 more rowing boats, 2-4 judoka, women's football, 2 to 4 fencers, some track and BMX cyclists, a few more boats in canoe/kayaking, about 6 badminton players, 20 to 30 in athletics and if we get lucky men's basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Thanks a lot Faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 And I completely forgot about Synchronized Swimming, if Canada doesn't qualify it will be a shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I guess I need to update that list then Fencing - Women's Epee, Sherraine Mackay and Women's Team Sabre, so thats 4 athletes Canada should also qualify in Men's Epee, because there is 2 Venezuelans and 2 Americans ahead, but the Venezuelans qualify as a team and you are only allowed 1 quota per NOC, so the Americans will lose a spot Also in Men's Foil, a Canadian in the second highest ranked person from the Americas The US will qualify as a team in men's sabre, Venezuela will take one of the quotas, Canada should take the 2nd Canada should also take one of the spots by ranking in women's foil So Men's team 1 - Sabre 1 - Foil 1 - Epee Women's team 3 - Sabre 1 - foil 1 - epee too bad women's epee was no longer a team event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I guess I need to update that list thenFencing - Women's Epee, Sherraine Mackay and Women's Team Sabre, so thats 4 athletes Canada should also qualify in Men's Epee, because there is 2 Venezuelans and 2 Americans ahead, but the Venezuelans qualify as a team and you are only allowed 1 quota per NOC, so the Americans will lose a spot Also in Men's Foil, a Canadian in the second highest ranked person from the Americas The US will qualify as a team in men's sabre, Venezuela will take one of the quotas, Canada should take the 2nd Canada should also take one of the spots by ranking in women's foil So Men's team 1 - Sabre 1 - Foil 1 - Epee Women's team 3 - Sabre 1 - foil 1 - epee too bad women's epee was no longer a team event. I know. Good news (I guess ) is that it will be in London. Anyway, I hope that Sherraine Schalm (formerly MacKay) will have better Olympics that in 2004... I have a friend that is a fencer and she would be absolutely ecstatic if Canada was to win a fencing medal in Beijing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I know. Good news (I guess ) is that it will be in London.Anyway, I hope that Sherraine Schalm (formerly MacKay) will have better Olympics that in 2004... I have a friend that is a fencer and she would be absolutely ecstatic if Canada was to win a fencing medal in Beijing. Like I said previously, MacKay did have a decent Athens, the team event went well, especially since they were drawn against Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Just to give a team numbers breakdown Sport - Women - Men - Either - total Wrestling-5-4-0-9 Weightlifting-2-3-0-5 Water polo - 16(I guessed)-0-0-16 Volleyball 0-0-0-0* Triathlon 0-0-0-0 Tennis 0-0-0-0 Taekwondo 1-2-0-3 Table Tennis 0-0-0-0 Swimming 4-8-0-12 (4 for each relay between freestyle and medley) Synchronized Swimming 0-0-0-0 Shooting 2-2-0-4 Sailing 4-3-4-11 (8 boats) Rowing 13-8-0-21 (5 boats) Modern Pentathlon 1-1-0-0 Judo 0-0-0-0 Handball 0-0-0-0* Gymnastics 7-5-0-11 Football 0-0-0-0 Field Hockey 16-0-0-0 Fencing 0-4-0-4 Equestrian 0-0-0-12 (I know if I really wanted to find the sexes I could, I think its 7-5) Diving 5-4-0-9 (that is the number of quotas we have) Cycling 5-2-0-7 Canoe/kayaking 6-0-0-6 (one spot is provisional) Boxing 1-0-0-1 Basketball 0-0-0-0 Baseball 24-0-0-24 Badminton 0-0-0-0 Athletics 0-0-0-0 Archery 3-0-0-3 So grand total is 189 athletes, give or take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Like I said previously, MacKay did have a decent Athens, the team event went well, especially since they were drawn against Hungary. But she did lose in the first round of her individual event against an opponent that she usually had no trouble defeating. Oh, and she apparently blamed herself for the team's semi-final loss. It aparently took her quite a while to emotionally recover from Athens. Anyway, on a other front, it appears that Canada qualified two mens for Olympic weightlifting, adding to the three womens we already qualified. So that would make five weightlifters going to Beijing, compared to two in Athens... Just to let you guys know, tough, those results aren't 100% official yet. Pan-Am Weightlifting Championships. Men's ranking (excluding previously qualified Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela) Two athletes qualified 1. United States of America 2. Canada One athlete qualified 3. Brazil 4. Ecuador 5. Argentina Women's ranking (excluding previously qualified Colombia, United States of America, Venezuela, Canada and Mexico) One athlete qualified 1. Dominican Republic 2. Ecuador 3. Puerto Rico 4. Chile Again, these results are unconfirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 The Badminton rank is coming out on May first and Canada is screwed, last time we had 4 singles and 3 pairs, this time we probably only have 2 singles and no pairs Men’s 1. China 2. Malaysia 3. China 4. China 5. Denmark 6. Indonesia 7. Indonesia 8. Denmark 9. Korea 10. Korea 11. Thailand 12. Poland 13. Malaysia 14. Singapore 15. Japan 16. Hong Kong 17. India 18. Germany 19. Vietnam 20. Canada 21. Great Britain 22. Netherlands 23. Czech Republic 24. New Zealand 25. Ireland 26. Spain 27. Taipei 28. Ukraine 29. Lithuania 30. Guatemala 31. France 32. Portugal 33. Russia 34. Australia 35. Algeria 36. Austria 37. Sweden 38. Sri Lanka Women’s 1. China 2. China 3. China 4. Hong Kong 5. France 6. Denmark 7. Germany 8. Malaysia 9. Korea 10. Hong Kong 11. Japan 12. Germany 13. Taipei 14. Great Britain 15. Germany 16. Taipei 17. Netherlands 18. Canada 19. Indonesia 20. Russia 21. India 22. Ukraine 23. Singapore 24. Thailand 25. Sweden 26. Finland 27. Italy 28. Estonia 29. Peru 30. Switzerland 31. New Zealand 32. Portugal 33. Iceland 34. Slovenia 35. United States 36. Austria 37. Vietnam 38. Mauritius Men’s Doubles 1. Indonesia 2. China 3. Malaysia 4. Korea 5. Malaysia 6. Indonesia 7. Denmark 8. China 9. Korea 10. Japan 11. Japan 12. Hong Kong 13. United States 14. Germany 15. Australia 16. South Africa Women’s Doubles 1. China 2. China 3. China 4. Korea 5. Taipei 6. Japan 7. Great Britain 8. Indonesia 9. Malaysia 10. Japan 11. Singapore 12. Korea 13. Denmark 14. United States 15. New Zealand 16. South Africa Mixed Doubles 1. Indonesia 2. China 3. China 4. Indonesia 5. Great Britain 6. Thailand 7. Great Britain 8. Denmark 9. Korea 10. Korea 11. Poland 12. Germany 13. Singapore 14. United States 15. New Zealand 16. Seychelles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Just a small precision, all the Equestrian events are open, and I doubt the exact team composition have been determined yet, so we can't say the gender of the athletes yet. Anyway, here are the spots we are likely to get or that we may get (I will exclude Athletic and Swimming). Archery: possibly to qualify one female athlete at a last-chance qualifier (5 spots available). Chances: average. Badminton: Canada is all but assured a place in both men's and women's single. Men's double is unlikely, we are in a Über-tight race against the USA for the America's spot in Women's doubles and, unless something amazing happens, we can forget about mixed doubles. Basketball: Men's team can still qualify. Likehood: medium-low. Boxing:The outlook is bleak. Very bleak (both literally and figuratively). Canoeing:Likely a couple of spots in both flatwater (women's K1-500m, men's C1-1000m are out best bet) and slalom (both men's C2 and women's K1 are within our gasp). Cycling:We will have at least 2 athletes in the women's mass start, and, if we are lucky, that number could climb to three and we might be able to get a time-trial berth. In BMX, we should have no more that one men's and one women's berth. Fencing: Probably 4-8 athletes, including our women's sabre team (that one is thanks to the Americans). Football:Baring a disaster (a.k.a. losing to Mexico, which is what happened four years ago), our women's team is in. Field Hockey:A slim chance for the women's to qualify. If they somehow do it, it will be thanks to home-field advantage. Judo: I would think that Canada's team will sit between 6 and 9 athletes. Anyway, we will know for sure by the end of May. Modern Pentathlon: Kara Grant could very well get Canada a second berth in the women's event (via the world ranking). Rowing: Only one event left to qualify Canadian athletes. The boat that is the most likely to get in should be the women's eight. Sailing: The only class that still hasn't finished qualification is the Star class, and only 4 more athletes will qualify, so I guess the chances aren't that great for Canada. But still, Canada already has pretty good Sailing team for Beijing. Synchronized Swimming: We should qualify a team and a duet, but we will have no room for mistake, whit only 3 berth left for the team event and Spain and Japan yet to have qualified. Table Tennis: Could be anywhere from two to six. Whit a bit of luck, we could be North America's representative in the team event. Tennis: I would say our best bets are the men's single and double event. Triathlon: Should be between four and six. Volleyball: Probably one or two Beach Volleyball team. Wrestling: I think most of the Canadian wrestling team is defined, but we might qualify a couple more athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I just found some Judo qualification Canada has qualified so far in Men's 60kg Men's 66kg Men's 73kg Men's 81kg Men's 100kg Women's 52kg with still possible qualification in women's 48, 57, 63, 70, 78 and 78kg I guess its a cumulative process and so far the men's and one of the women's categories have been decided Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Rowing: Only one event left to qualify Canadian athletes. The boat that is the most likely to get in should be the women's eight. I would say the M4x would have a pretty good chance, 14th, and 13 qualify, a good showing should give them one of the two spots, Canada did not have a lot of athletes at the championships last year because of injury Canada finished just outside of qualifying for the men's pairs and should pick up that spot, they were medalist in 2006. Canada finished 14th in men's fours, that is another good possiblity Canada finished 12th in lightweight double sculls, so that is also another possibility If Canada qualifies under 7 boats I would be shocked, Women's 8, Men's lightweight double sculls and men's pairs are all very good possibilities and men's fours and quad sculls is still a good shot. As for canoe/kayaking C1 1000m, C2 500m and 1000m are good chances once the C4 boat is broken up for the americas competition K1 and K4 500m are also decent and then K4 for the men The championships are in Montreal so hopefully that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I will watch very intensely next week the first stage of the SWATCH-FIBV Beach Volleyball World Tour which will be held in Adelaide The team of Sarah Maxwell/Marie-Andrée Lessard and the one of Danna Cooke/Annie Martin will compete despite their financial problem. They don't have presently enough points to be in the list of the 24 who will go to Beijing, but few of the teams in front of them will not participate in Adelaide, so they have the chance to maybe climb few rank in the standing if they earned some precious points. Both men's team will also be there in Adelaide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 As for canoe/kayakingThe championships are in Montreal. I will probably be involved as a volunter. I sent them an email. No answer yet (maybe to early) I got the confirmation for the Swimming Trial at the beginning of April. I will be affected to the logistic team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Just a small precision, all the Equestrian events are open, and I doubt the exact team composition have been determined yet, so we can't say the gender of the athletes yet. I am well aware that equestrian is open, and that is why the 12 spots were put under either, as in either sex. Also are equestrian national teams are pretty much set, so it can be known Jumping Jill Henselwood Eric Lamaze Ian Millar plus one other Dressage Tom Dvorak Diane Chreece Andrea Dresee Eventing Kyle Carter Sandra Donnelly Waylon Roberts Michael Winter plus on other as you can see 4 ladies and 6 men. I believe the eventing alternate is female, I just can't remember the name, that is why I put 7 men and 5 women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Sailing: The only class that still hasn't finished qualification is the Star class, and only 4 more athletes will qualify, so I guess the chances aren't that great for Canada. But still, Canada already has pretty good Sailing team for Beijing. We medaled in Star last time and Ross MacDonald is back at it. I see no reason that would not be a good chance, despite stiff competition, success breeds success and the sailing team has been ugly successful in getting spots to the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Canada has had some more qualifiers Men's Epee - Igor Tikhomirov Men's Foil - Joshua McGuire Women's Foil - Luan Jujie so only Men's sabre left and hopefully can get that at the qualifying tournament in April. So roughly 130 men and 70 women have qualified. We are almost at the 220ish we sent to Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Interesting facts: Igor Tikhomirov and Luan Jujie both won Olympic medals in the 80's, before they became Canadians. Igor Tikhomirov won bronze whit the USSR men's épée team at the 1988 games, and won a bronze medal for Canada at the individual épée competition at the 2006 world championships. Luan Jujie won gold in the women's foil at the 1984 games and is apparently a bit of an icon in China. She will be 50 (!!!) during the Beijing games. She already competed at one Olympics for Canada, at the Sydney games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Remaining Sports and their possibilities Archery - poor Athletics - obvious Badminton - obvious for singles, very poor for others Basketball - lukewarm Boxing - mostly poor, but 1 to 2 more is not unexpected Canoe/Kayaking - excellent Cycling - excellent Fencing - fair to good Field Hockey - poor, though in the easiest of the 3 groups Football - good Judo - good to excellent Modern Pentathlon - fair Rowing - excellent Sailing - fair Swimming - obvious Synchronized Swimming - good Table Tennis - fair Tennis - doubles is a bit obvious, singles not so much Triathlon - excellent it would be really weird if Canada doesn't get in fro synchro, though we have consistently finished higher then Italy and had a very young team in Melbourne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chateau Petrus Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Maybe one other canadian boxer will join Adam Trupish in Beijing. I was eating quietly in a chinese restaurant near my home tonight when a guy came seat at the next table, arriving with a bag identified Panam Games Team Canada. Too curious, I asked him who he was. He presented himself as the technical director of the Canadian Boxing federation. I then spoke with him for several minutes, indicating that via Cosport I obtained tickets for the two sessions of finals in Beijing, but unfortunately I could only attend one (sunday afternoon) fault a scheduling conflict (with Athletics the saturday night). He said that another canadian is almost guaranteed to be qualified for the games. Unfortunately I did not take note of the name he gave me. But this was not one of the two Quebecers who reach the semifinals two weeks ago in a tournament in Port of Spain. He also told me that nobody at the federation expect a medal at Beijing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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