Team Canada at the Rio Olympics

[Cloned]

I don't think cbc considered de Jong a serious medal threat. They usually hype up the medal threats and tweet about their events leading up to them and they didn't do that at all with de Jong.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Canadians have caught Neff.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Pendrel and Batty in 3rd and 4th now, trying to chase down the leaders but there probably won't be enough time left to catch up

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Pendrel and Batty trying to separate from Neff and the Czech rider and create a chase group of 2 behind the two leaders.

 

[Cerebral]

Pendrel and Batty in 3rd and 4th now, trying to chase down the leaders but there probably won't be enough time left to catch up

Incredible gutsy ride by Pendrel if she did fall early on. This could be some redemption for her after 2012! Hope they can both hang on!

 

[Cloned]

If they can separate I'd like to see cross the finish line together so they both get bronze

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Pendrel is GOATing right now... if she could keep this pace up for another lap, who knows. She's closed the gap considerably.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Incredible gutsy ride by Pendrel if she did fall early on. This could be some redemption for her after 2012! Hope they can both hang on!

Uh, she did. Don't trust me?

 

[Daisy Jane]

Go Catherine! GO CATHERINE!

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Unbelievable. The crash was not Pendrel's fault, but was so unlucky to get caught up in it on the first uphill section. Gotta wonder how much she has left in the last lap.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

30 seconds back with a lap to go. Come on, Pendrel!

 

[Canada4Gold]

30 seconds back with 1 lap left, Batty is 38 seconds back, 5th is 49 seconds back

 

[Cloned]

The leaders are starting to fade a bit. Chance for both Canadians to make the podium.

 

[Daisy Jane]

They are saying that Catherine fell so imagine if she hadn't?!

 

[BoyWonderlic]

Considering their population and the insane amount of money they put into their program, anything else but total domination would be unacceptable.

Considering our 10x lower population and our modest funding, we are doing pretty good.

To be fair, the U.S. government gives no money to our Olympic programs. It's all privately funded. That's not true for most other countries. In fact, whenever we start doing "poorly" at the games, people complain that the government should be pitching in like all the rest.

Having said that, obviously the U.S. has major resource advantages, and its culture of youth athletic competitiveness certainly helps.

Canada's doing great. You're not embarrassing yourselves like Mexico and India.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Maja has fallen off from Jenny!

 

[Cloned]

They are saying that Catherine fell so imagine if she hadn't?!

No one believes Woof.

 

[Doomsday Device]

de Jonge won the last two World Championships and silvered in the Worlds before those two, while he's also the reigning Pan Am Games gold medalist.

It was hardly outlandish to expect him to win.

Like I said, he wasn't in the same form as he was the last few years. He still had a shot at a medal but he was probably behind about at least 5 other athletes going into the Olympics if you were making odds.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

No one believes Woof.

Got no cred

Wish there was a helicopter shot to show the gap between Pendrel and Maja. She has got to be close.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Damn, making up that ground has cost Catharine Pendrel, she's 38 back of Silver now.

 

[Daisy Jane]

the time check shows we're 1.05 behind the Polish girl.

 

[Cerebral]

Damn, making up that ground has cost Catharine Pendrel, she's 38 back of Silver now.

She just needs to hang on for bronze! If it gets down to a close finish, at least the Canadian in 4th can block for the one in 3rd!

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

She just needs to hang on for bronze! If it gets down to a close finish, at least the Canadian in 4th can block for the one in 3rd!

Thought Batty may actually catch her there for a second. Nice to see em finish pretty much together. Great race by both of them.

 

[Daisy Jane]

Way to go Catherine!
Way to go Emily! laugh: i was fully expecting them to like stop, and walk across the line together).

 

[SensBrawler]

Terrific comeback by Pendral.

Feel bad for Batty though.