Yeah, you could actually see him relieved after he completed his first jump. Realistically he just needed to not put up a 0. Even 700 points would've been OK.The big thing is that he completed a jump. This is his tough event. He should win gold now. Can't see him not prevailing at this point, what an athlete
I'm hoping that Lepage can keep pace with Kevin Meyer to hold on to 3rd.
The commentator kept saying that Warner was 270 points ahead of Meyer. He's actually 361 points ahead.
Genest with the bronze. It looked like the others didn't want Mitchell to win.
Wait what the hell, why are they playing the women's soccer finals at 4 am CET?? Pandering to the North American audience much? Every other game has been during the day here, why change that now? If I'm not mistaken that 4 am start for me is an 11 am start Tokyo time. When has one ever scheduled a championship final in soccer at 11 am?
Warner had a PB in the pole vault at least, so there's that.Canadian pole vaulters are cursed. Last Olympics the same thing happened. It's like they can perform at every other major event, but once they get to the Olympics they jump well below their ability.
He'd probably do better than our actual pole vaulters, lol.Warner had a PB in the pole vault at least, so there's that.
Where did he finish up? And it is his firs Olympics, I suspect he'll be good for a while.Feel bad for Lepage, but on the bright side he took 17 seconds off his PB. Wow.
The javelin thrower did him in.
5th I think, maybe 6th. Mayer blew everyone away with his javelin throw to seal silver.Where did he finish up? And it is his firs Olympics, I suspect he'll be good for a while.
5th I think, maybe 6th. Mayer blew everyone away with his javelin throw to seal silver.
Wait what the hell, why are they playing the women's soccer finals at 4 am CET?? Pandering to the North American audience much? Every other game has been during the day here, why change that now? If I'm not mistaken that 4 am start for me is an 11 am start Tokyo time. When has one ever scheduled a championship final in soccer at 11 am?
The change was welcomed by Sweden’s manager, Peter Gerhardsson, who said: “It’s not just a good decision, it’s a very, very, very, very, very good decision!”
It is believed the 11am kick-off was picked at the behest of broadcasters in the US who were keen to show the final on prime time TV were the nation’s world champions, who were defeated by Canada in the semi-finals, to have reached the gold-medal match.
The teams themselves requested a changed start time as playing in Japan mid day would have been intolerably hot. The game was going to be 8pm MST. But has been changed due to the heat.