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Sheriff Roland:
Well it wasn't pretty - Canada only got 4 shots (1 on goal) while the French managed 25 shots (4 on goal), but in the end, in extra time of regular time, Canada put the ball in the net to win it 1-0 and capture the Bronze Medal in Women's soccer!!
Canada's 10th bronze medal (out of 15) and the first traditional team sports medal since 1936.
Still better than all the 4th places we normally get in summer Olympics.
BTW, while I was typing this, a Canadian woman wrestler won her semi-final match so Canadians can count on at least one more medal - either our fourth silver or our second gold.
I remember the Mexico Games (1968) - my first time aware of the Olympics where Canadians medaled only 5 times (an improvement on Tokyo's 1964's 4 medals and Rome's 1960's one & only medal). So 16 medals don't seem so bad.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/a-visual-history-of-canadian-olympic-summer-medals-1900-to-today/article4443388/
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on August 09, 2012, 10:46:05 am ---BTW, while I was typing this, a Canadian woman wrestler won her semi-final match so Canadians can count on at least one more medal - either our fourth silver or our second gold.
--- End quote ---
Oi! I really am out of the loop. I didn't even realize they had women's wrestling. :-\
Sheriff Roland:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 09, 2012, 10:58:02 am ---Oi! I really am out of the loop. I didn't even realize they had women's wrestling. :-\
--- End quote ---
And boxing ... and judo ...
If it wasn't for our women, Canada would not medal much.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Sheriff Roland on August 09, 2012, 11:05:00 am ---And boxing ... and judo ...
If it wasn't for our women, Canada would not medal much.
--- End quote ---
I'd heard of the boxing and the judo, but not the wrestling.
Kelda:
Wow!
Manteo Mitchell says he heard and felt his fibula crack during a 4x400-meter relay heat... yet he kept running for another 200m... and did his 400m in 46.1m!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/19202411
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