UMB Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 For those of you who are saying our athletes can't win, stop. It's not like you can do any better than them. And for those of you who believe we are doing terrible and we aren't meeting expectations, guess what? We came into the Olympics and our goal was to place in the top 12 in total medals. Guess what place we are now? 12th! Though our 1 gold medal isn't the most impressive, I praise the efforts our athletes have made and am perfectly happy with our 1 gold medal, as well as 4 silvers and 9 bronzes. 12th best country out of 200+ countries in total medals is pretty impressive. EDIT: Champions of Nothing beat me on the last point lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 For those of you who are saying our athletes can't win, stop. It's not like you can do any better than them. And for those of you who believe we are doing terrible and we aren't meeting expectations, guess what? We came into the Olympics and our goal was to place in the top 12 in total medals. Guess what place we are now? 12th! Though our 1 gold medal isn't the most impressive, I praise the efforts our athletes have made and am perfectly happy with our 1 gold medal, as well as 4 silvers and 9 bronzes. 12th best country out of 200+ countries in total medals is pretty impressive. EDIT: Champions of Nothing beat me on the last point lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions of Nothing Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Well for one in the rowing Van Koeverden was leading the race that was a gold lost right there. Not to mention Simon Whitfield who crashed and Dylan Armstrong in shot put who didn't even medal. Are you happy seeing countries like North Korea, Iran, and Cuba with more gold medals than Canada? I mean seriously 1 gold medal in the freaking trampoline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UMB Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Lol, why does everyone keep slagging on the trampoline? Doesn't look easy at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 No I'm saying that the fact that we only have 1 gold medal isn't impressive, not trampoline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Ok. But still, other people are saying that it's not as good a gold as others. In fact, I read a whole article in the 24Hr yesterday basically saying that Bolt's gold is worth more than MacLennan's. Saying it's harder to win a gold in 100m than on the trampoline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Van Koeverdan wasn't an overwhelming favorite to win. Even doing in, they knew it was between him, the Norwegian and the German all had equal chances of winning. Plus, his strategy was to get out to an early lead and make the field catch up. He said himself he couldn't have had a better race, and it wasn't quite good enough. If I had to choose between Canada's results and any of the countries you mentioned, I take Canada every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Cuba? Great, they have 3 golds, 7 totals medals. All of their medals either come in track events or combat sports (Wrestling, Judo or boxing). They don't compete in a large number of events whereas Canada competes in everything. Iran? They compete in 2 events. Wrestling and Weightlifting. Great, you get to watch your country compete for like 3 days. Yipee. South Korea? They are having a very good Olympics. But again, they dominated a few categories like Archery, Fencing and Shooting. I'd rather cheer on a country that doesn't dominate just one or two events but rather has competitors in all events even if very few are medal favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 There is a real chance we could only end up with one gold, if that happens we'll have finished near the bottom of the medal standings (IOC counts Gold Medals only in rankings, that is why we won at 2010). Is that enough of a reality check to persuade people into investing a little more into our athletes? To show that there is money on the books all over the place in this country right now, Vancouver just spent $3 mil on designing a new website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck champs Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Forgot to post this last night: 1:00am-1:30am Athletics – Men’s Decathlon: 110 m hurdles 1:55am-4:00am Athletics – Men’s Decathlon: discus 2:00am-3:30am Diving – Women’s Platform: semi-final 2:08am-2:30am Canoe Sprint – Women’s K1 500 m: B final 4:00am-7:00am Swimming – Women’s Marathon 10 km: race, final 4:55am-7:00am Athletics – Men’s Decathlon: pole vault 5:00am-7:00am Football – Women’s bronze medal match (CAN vs. FRA) 5:14am-5:45am Freestyle Wrestling – Women’s 55 kg: 1/8 final [Verbeek (CAN) vs. Geeta (IND)] 5:42am-6:15am Freestyle Wrestling – Women’s 72 kg: 1/8 final [Callahan (CAN) vs. Ochirbat (MGL)] 6:50am-7:50am Rhythmic Gymnastics – Women’s Group All-Around: qualification, rotation 1 7:00am-7:45am Synchronized Swimming – Women’s Team: technical routine 7:00am-9:00am BMX – Men’s: quarter-finals 10:30am-12:30pm Athletics – Men’s Decathlon: javelin throw 11:00am-12:00pm Diving – Women's Platform: final 11:30am-12:00pm Athletics – Women’s 800 m: semi-finals 1:00pm-2:10pm Athletics – Women’s Javelin Throw: final 1:20pm-1:45pm Athletics – Men’s Decathlon: 1500 m, final Both of Canada's platform divers made the final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Good morning football fans...maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Good morning football fans...maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXCanucksXX Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Canada's on there 2nd life there getting outplayed right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Canada's on there 2nd life there getting outplayed right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Definitely. Can see just how tired they are. Best shot is probably to take it to penalties unfortunately. Tonya Verbeek guaranteed a medal after winning QF.(I think?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXCanucksXX Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 CANADA SCORES@@!@@!@!@!@!@@! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckamo Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 HOLY CRAP! YES . DIANA MATHESON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck champs Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Yessssssssssssssss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocnhockey Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 WOOOOPOHOOOOO!!!!!! BRONZE MEDAL Go Canada YOU DESERVE IT!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXCanucksXX Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 lol But yeah, I agree, it's horrible to watch right now. Hanging on for dear life, cannot hold onto the ball at all, and the Canadian ladies keep giving the ball away far too easily. Defensive miscues and poor positioning. We're lucky it's not 3-0 France right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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