Where's Wellwood Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Since the men's 8 and women's 8 both ended in silver, does anybody know what other events we have a legitimate shot for gold in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 The Canadian team didn't really have much of a chance against Japan, so it's nice to see them put up the fight that they did. Look forward to the match against Russia. There's a team more at their level. Carrying the momentum from this last match, they have a real chance at winning it. I hope they seize the opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Since the men's 8 and women's 8 both ended in silver, does anybody know what other events we have a legitimate shot for gold in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 What a story for Canada's women's doubles badminton team, they were originally 3rd in their group, knocked out and prevented from advancing out of the group stage to the quarterfinals, but then the chinese and korean teams that placed 1st/2nd in their group got disqualified, allowing the Canadians to advance past the quarterfinals, and they ended up winning their quarterfinal matchup allowing to advance to the semifinals. Canada now just needs to win one of their next two matches to win a medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 *sigh. Watched two Canadian swimmers last night not even qualify for the finals of a specific race. It's tough to build up our medal count when we don't even get to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good comeback by Phelps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 They were outmatched against Japan. You could see it after several serves in the first 'round'. Also, why was the Canadian coach in the stands while the Japanese coach was on the sidelines? That's like having AV in the press box eating Nachos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Username seems really appropriate, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Well. It's a little disappointing to see. We're getting smoked in some competitions and we weren't even competing for a medal yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Well. It's a little disappointing to see. We're getting smoked in some competitions and we weren't even competing for a medal yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Perhaps in some cases. But with badminton we weren't even supposed to be there in the first place. The team was just making the most of what they were given. All things considered they did well. And they're looking good for the bronze, which I'm sure is what they've been eyeing since they got through from the DQs. For whatever reason Canadians seem to find a way to end up in 4th place far too often, but that's not a fair criticism of all these athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck champs Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Japan was definitely expected to make the semi-final, considering that they were ranked fourth for the Olympic tournament. Even though you may think that our athletes are struggling, in reality the vast majority of them so far have surpassed expectations, especially considering that in Beijing Canada had 0 medals through 8 days of competition and that we only had 1 through 7 days in Athens. And a lot of our athletes aren't expected to medal or compete in the finals, especially in swimming and track and field which are the two sports that give out a lot of quota places to represent more countries. By comparison, a country with a similar amount of athletes as Canada, Spain only has 2 medals so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 True. But I believe Rod Black as a commentator? mentioned that Japan wasn't suppose to be there either. So I figured we would have fared better. Oh well. I know all of this is tough for our athletes and other nations have far more athletes than us but it's kind of disappointing to see some of our guys' struggle to even make contention for a medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck champs Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Final Canadian competitors of the night: 3:00pm-4:00pm Beach Volleyball - Men's: lucky loser (CAN vs. ITA) A win by the Canadian duo of Binstock and Reader would put them through to the round of 16. We're up against an Italian team that underperformed in the round robin. Should be interesting to see who comes out on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 By comparison, a country with a similar amount of athletes as Canada, Spain only has 2 medals so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 It strange that north korea has 4 gold medal..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 It strange that north korea has 4 gold medal..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 By comparison, a country with a similar amount of athletes as Canada, Spain only has 2 medals so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck champs Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Fair point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I think its safe to say, Nigeria just got spanked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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