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JaysCyYoung
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And what a legendary performance from the Canadian women's team tonight. If you had asked anyone to bet that Canada would have defeated Germany and France in back to back games prior to the Olympics, no one would have taken it. Herdman this group playing absolutely lockdown defensive football. It's not the most attractive style to watch and it may be ugly football, but it has worked so far and that's all that matters.
It's going to be incredibly difficult to defeat Germany twice in the same tournament, but if any group can accomplish that task it's this one. Hopefully they can repeat some of the magic they demonstrated earlier against Germany.
It's going to be incredibly difficult to defeat Germany twice in the same tournament, but if any group can accomplish that task it's this one. Hopefully they can repeat some of the magic they demonstrated earlier against Germany.
oscarheyman
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Yeah I read a comment somewhere...."I'd rather even eat something from Arby's...and I ain't even hungry".
Yeah FIFA didn't do us any favours in the draw.
Michelle Carter in Shot Put looks like momma from What's Happenin'
JaysCyYoung
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Hillary Caldwell wins Canada another bronze in the pool! Unbelievable.
oscarheyman
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Now there's a show I haven't seen in decades...
[video=youtube;8V8QMbLd2f8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V8QMbLd2f8[/video]
Nice win in 100m Fly by Singapore swimmer Schooling
We haven't done this well in pool since 1984 with Bauman and Davis
Thiesen-Eaton had a brutal first day, only in sixth when she was a medal favourite.
JackBurton
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Just nibble on those ****ers.
Momma won the shot put.
trujaysfan
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Most who have followed the team closely since the last Olympics didn't expect them to beat Australia. These last 2 games are 2 of the best wins in Canadian soccer history (probably minus 2000 gold cup)
That goal 19 seconds into the first game gave them a ton of confidence.
JaysCyYoung
Legend
Dreadful performance by the Canadian women in the rowing eights final. They were expected to contend for a medal (most publications had them with a silver) and they end up finishing in fifth.
This is just more of a shitshow for Rowing Canada to contend with after the past few years of mis-mangement. Canada had previously medalled at four of the previous six Summer Games in this event: gold in Barcelona 1992, Silver in Atlanta 1996, Bronze in Sydney 2000, and silver in London 2012.
Such a disappointing result for a team that is much more talented than what they showed this morning.
This is just more of a shitshow for Rowing Canada to contend with after the past few years of mis-mangement. Canada had previously medalled at four of the previous six Summer Games in this event: gold in Barcelona 1992, Silver in Atlanta 1996, Bronze in Sydney 2000, and silver in London 2012.
Such a disappointing result for a team that is much more talented than what they showed this morning.
JaysCyYoung
Legend
JaysCyYoung
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Brianne wasn't just a medal favourite. She was a projected gold medal favourite by a lot of predictors. Her and Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain have been the standard in this event for the past few years of competition.
Honestly, she looked hurt to me though when she was doing the 200m. Really poor body language, very laboured strides. She might be injured or sick.
I thought the same re the 200
PlayerToBeNamedLater
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Is it bad that I value male medals over female ones since the males put up the best times and are truly the best in the world?
Also, I put more value on medals of more popular sports over less popular sports. Like, I'd rather win gold in 100m track over trampoline.
Still, it's great watching the female athletes succeed. They are carrying us so far.
Also, I put more value on medals of more popular sports over less popular sports. Like, I'd rather win gold in 100m track over trampoline.
Still, it's great watching the female athletes succeed. They are carrying us so far.
Naw..nothing bad about that. Guys are just superior in physical aspects (sports, fighting, etc). World should celebrate dudes more. Sure we have our drawbacks, but we do both the most physically and most dangerous jobs out there.