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Kayak and canoeing: Canada still strong
Well, we're looking good in the kayak and canoeing! Canada that is. Now tied with the Netherlands for medals. Good thing chess is not an olympic sport. Canada would be behind the Netherlands.
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Blade Runner
I tip my hat to the double amputee, Oscar Pistorius. The real blade runner!
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How has he done, so far?
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Blade Runner
He didn't make the finals. 400 meters I think.
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Too bad. Yes, there is a true Olympian!
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On NBC one of the analysts recounted that when he and his brother were young their mother would tell his brother to put on his shoes before he went outside to play and would tell Oscar to put on his legs and follow his brother. I thought is was a nice anecdote.
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Cute! Maybe that's a good metaphor for how we should approach life in general.
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Great info JClark. That's a helluva story.
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It was a great day for Caribbean sprinters in the men's 400m, as they took the first four places in the final, and none of them were Jamaican! Kirani James of Grenada won his island's first-ever Olympic medal when he won convincingly in a time of 43.94, becoming the first non-American to go under 44 seconds. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic took the silver in 44.46, Lalonde Gordon ran a personal best of 44.52 for bronze, and Chris Brown of the Bahamas was once again fourth in 44.79.
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Thanks for the Olympic updates, Mike. It's hard to keep track of it all.
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No worries....
Veteran Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown won her semi-final in 22.32 to advance to the final of the women's 200m, and she will be joined by her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser, who finished second in her semi in 22.34. They will be joined by Trinidad's Semoy Hackett, who was a fastest loser with a time of 22.55, but failing to advance were Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas (22.82), Jamaica's Sherone Simpson (22.71), Trinidadian Kai Selvon (23.04) and Grenada's Janelle Redhead (23.51).
The heats of the men's equivalent were dominated by the Jamaicans Usain Bolt (20.39), Yohan Blake (20.38) and Warren Weir (20.29), who all won easily. Also advancing to the semis were Michael Mathieu of the Bahamas (20.62), Kittian Antoine Adams (20.59), Brendan Christian of Antigua (20.63), and Curacao's Churandy Martina, who won his heat in 20.58).
In the field, Bahamian Leevan Sands advanced to the final of the men's triple jump with a leap of 17.17, while in the women's long jump qualification, Britain's Shara Proctor, who comes from British Caribbean colony Anguilla, produced the longest jump of 6.83.
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what a men's 200m final that was!
Usain Bolt led home a Jamaica 1-2-3, blitzing the field in a season's best 19.32, to finish ahead of Yohan Blake (19.44), and Warren Weir (19.84).
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And the Canadian women's soccer team beat France 1-0 to win bronze: our first medal in a team sport in a long time! That team was good enough for gold, but... well, we don't want to go there again, but the Norwegian ref was no where to be seen. Did anyone catch the USA/Australia women's basketball?
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TV Coverage
NBC's Olympic coverage in the US sucks! What's the coverage like elsewhere in the world?
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We get to see a lot of kayaking and rowing as well as a lot of women's sports since we tend to be better in these areas as a country.
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So is the Canadian coverage meeting your interests?
In the US, the big ticket events are taped and presented during prime time, with the exception of tennis which was shown live. All events are streamed on line, but access to them requires a verified subscription to NBC's cable channels and in my case there is a glitch between NBC and Charter (cable company) on verifying my accounts. I'm not a happy camper.
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Coverage here is good. TSN, TSNHD and TSN2HD all have lots and lots of Olympic coverage: events, highlights, backstories, goofy man-on-the-street interviews à la Rick Mercer Report (kinda like the Colbert Report, but less political and a lot less edgy.)
There is lots of reporting in all sports. Yeah, I'd have to say it meets my interestes.
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The British coverage is good...none of this delayed coverage nonsense!
Great work by the US....40.82! Jamaica second with a national record of 41.41.
An outstanding effort by Bahamas to win their first gold medal ever in the Olympics in the men's mile relay, clocking 2:56.72 to beat the Americans (2:27.05), while Trinidad did well to get bronze (2:59.40).
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What's with the Carribeans and running?
Is it their diet? Genes? Desire? Walking around barefoot as children? What's in the water? All of the above? This is why the Olympics are great. No one country, no matter how big, wealthy, or proud can win everything and even little countries, like the Bahamas, can win a gold medal. Bahamas is is now tied with Canada for gold medals, along with the Netherlands (unless the delayed coverage here has me out-dated.)
Mike, thanks for starting this thread and keeping us up to date!
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No doubt. Mike is my source for all things OLYMPICS.
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I have to credit bearz with starting this thread...lol!
If we're talking about genes, we have to acknowledge that Caribbean athletes have a similar genetic make-up as a lot of Americans and west Africans. So, while that has something to do with it, a lot more has to do with tradition. In the Caribbean, athletics is a top sport, ranked alongside cricket and football, while in most other countries, athletics is a comparitively minor sport. When you go to school in Jamaica, older boys immediately scout around new boys to find new sprinting talent, which takes priority over any other sport.
And it leads to events like the men's sprint final, which was won by Jamaica in a world record time of 36.84, anchored by Usain Bolt, as the United States came second in 37.04, while Trinidad took the bronze medal with a time of 38.12.
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Canada was DQ because one of our guys stepped on the inside line, otherwise we'd be bringing home that bronze. Ouch!
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