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| CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canadian Tonya Verbeek will compete for an Olympic gold medal in women's wrestling on Monday. |
Crap I think I jinxed it... 
We got silver...but excellent result for a newcommer! Another medal for Canada...YAY
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| Canada protests men's Olympic vault final Last Updated: Mon Aug 23 16:03:55 EDT 2004 CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada has launched a formal protest over the finish of the men's Olympic vault competition in which Calgary's Kyle Shewfelt finished fourth. Gervasio Deferr of Spain captured the gold medal and Evgeni Sapronenko of Latvia won the silver in the men's vault final Monday at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, but the controversy is over the bronze. Marian Dragulescu of Romania, who finished second to Shewfelt in the floor exercise Sunday, collected the bronze, despite falling on his second of two vaults. "We're protesting a couple technical irregularities that happened on vault," Canadian coach Tony Smith told CBC. "We're protesting the score of the Romanian gymnast Dragulescu who according to the technical regulations sustained more deductions than his score ended up. He had an impossible score." Adding to the controversy was the fact that the appeal was turned down by the men's technical director of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), who happens to be Romanian. Canadian officials pledged to keep fighting. However, it was unclear what their next step was. "I think he deserved the bronze," J.P. Caron, president and CEO of Gymnastics Canada, said of Shewfelt. Dragulescu left the crowd in awe with his opening vault, which earned him a whopping score of 9.900, the highest score of the competition. But just when it seemed like the Romanian had the gold medal wrapped up, he stunned onlookers when he landed awkwardly on his second vault, stumbling sideways and putting two hands down to prevent him from falling off the mat. For a moment, it looked like Shewfelt might stand on the podium for the second straight night. However, the judges awarded Dragulescu a generous 9.325, giving him an average of 9.612 and ending Shewfelt's hopes of a second medal in Athens. "We believe the score of Dragulescu was mathematically impossible," said Caron. "His start value is a 9.9 and based on what we've seen, a fall with two hands on the floor, plus he also has a few steps on top of that, would be at least a minimum of .7 deduction." Smith said the Canadian delegation would discuss its options now that the initial protest was turned down. "We think the judging at these Games has been a little subject. It's best for gymnastics around the world that [our sport] is judged fairly and according to the technical rules." Shewfelt scored 9.687 on his first vault and 9.512 on his second for an average mark of 9.599. He had small hops on both of his vault landings. The 22-year-old gymnast from Calgary became Canada's first medallist in artistic gymnastics Sunday with his gold-medal performance on the floor. Deferr defended his Olympic title in the event with an average score of 9.737, while Sapronenko was awarded a 9.706. It's the latest protest launched in the gymnastics competition at the Athens Games. South Korea is protesting a scoring error that gave American Paul Hamm the all-around title over Yang Tae-young. Shewfelt was gracious after the scores were handed out, telling CBC that even though he wanted a medal, he was still pleased with how his second Olympic experience went. "I'm a little disappointed because I thought I did two pretty good vaults and the last guy fell on one his vaults," he said. "That's the nature of sports. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I was lucky enough to win yesterday and that's what I'm going to focus on � my gold medal from yesterday." Despite having eight of the best vaulters in the world, the competition didn't go as many experts had expected. The first vaulter in the men's competition, Alexei Bondarenko of Russia, had two bad falls and appeared to suffer a back injury. He was taken away on a stretcher. Two vaulters later, Li Xiopeng, the current world champion, stutterstepped on his way to the beatboard and didn't get enough height on his first vault, resulting in a poor landing. Since his 12th place finish in the floor at the Sydney Games in 2000, Shewfelt has been one of the sport's rising stars. After a handful of World Cup medals over the past four years, Shewfelt put the gymnastics world on notice, winning bronze medals in floor and vault at the 2003 world championships and gold medals in floor and vault at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Shewfelt faced adversity leading up to the Athens Games. He injured his left ankle and foot at a World Cup in Germany in March, an injury that kept him from competing until the Canadian Olympic trials in July. Written by CBC Sports Online staff |
Canada always gets shafted.
I wish kyle started swearing or kicked marion off the podium during the award cermony.
they guy hopped outta the fucking fucking screen, utter bullshit.
becky scott, sele and peltier and i hope kyle gets his medal too.
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| Athens Shoots Past Sydney in Olympic Ratings Mon Aug 23, 8:02 AM ET By Andrew Wallenstein NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Midway through the race between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is outrunning its predecessor from four years ago. NBC has drawn to its Athens-based primetime broadcast an average of 26.6 million total viewers through Friday, up 15% from the audience that tuned in to the first eight days of the Olympics in Sydney. NBC's 16 rating/28 share in households is up 9% from the 2000 Summer Games. NBC's eight-day ratings are also 67% higher than the combined primetime rating of ABC, CBS and Fox over the same period. Among viewers 18-49, NBC is averaging 9.3 million and a 5.8 rating -- up 60% over the combined rating of its competitors in that demographic. This year's Olympics wasn't as fast out of the block as the 2000 edition, with the first two days of coverage finding fewer viewers than Sydney's opening nights. But NBC soon quickened its pace, running at top speed Thursday with 31.7 million tuning in. No single night of Sydney coverage topped that tally. On Friday, NBC drew 23.7 million, up 3% from the eighth night of coverage in Sydney. NBC's entire portion of Olympics coverage that evening, which lasted beyond primetime, drew 26.4 million, up 14% from the comparable period in Sydney. NBC is spreading its ratings wealth to its cable counterparts as well, with CNBC, MSNBC, USA and Bravo attracting 48 million total unduplicated viewers over eight days. Bravo's 5-8 p.m. coverage last week (Monday through Friday) posted the channel's highest-ever total-viewer average. Reuters/Hollywood Reporter |
Alright who is this goofball singing O Canada for the Steelback Red commercial at the skydome - looks like before an Argo's game??? 
He's so funny, every time I see him i roll on the floor laughing.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW talk about being ROOOOOBBED!!!! Forget Kyle Shewfelt, the LEGEND Alexey Nemov was absolutely ROOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBEEED of a medal at the high bar competition...the whole place was boing for over 10 minutes straight!!!
And the Canadian judge gave him a 9.65 
She was later forced by the head judge to change her score but even that was shit!
Wow...unreal...what a shit crew of judges!!!
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| Originally posted by starsearcher WOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW talk about being ROOOOOBBED!!!! Forget Kyle Shewfelt, the LEGEND Alexey Nemov was absolutely ROOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBEEED of a medal at the high bar competition...the whole place was boing for over 10 minutes straight!!! And the Canadian judge gave him a 9.65 She was later forced by the head judge to change her score but even that was shit! Wow...unreal...what a shit crew of judges!!! |
Robbed!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOLD MEDAL FOR --- Lori-Ann Muenzer --- for cycling sprint (women) 
That's excellent!
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| Originally posted by starsearcher WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOLD MEDAL FOR --- Lori-Ann Muenzer --- for cycling sprint (women) That's excellent! |
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| Originally posted by St_Andrew Congrats catching up on sweden now |
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| Originally posted by starsearcher Yeah you guys just bursted out with 3 gold medals out of nowhere And thanks St_Andrew! |
actually they were all quite expected since all three of them who won are nr 1 in there sport and have won pretty much every competition this season (and seasons before that too) 
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| Originally posted by St_Andrew tssss, nowhere? actually they were all quite expected since all three of them who won are nr 1 in there sport and have won pretty much every competition this season (and seasons before that too) anyway, looks like we might have another doping scandal comming http://sport.guardian.co.uk/olympic...1289900,00.html |
It's a shame but I'm glad they are taking it so seriously and catching them at least!
What happened to Perdita?? Quick someone tell me!!!! I saw she didn't finish the race on the Athens2004 website 
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWKK!!!!
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| CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Perdita Felicien's gold-medal dreams died on Tuesday. She hit the first barrier and went down in the final of the 100-metre hurdles, the Olympic event most anticipated by Canadian sports fans. "I have no clue what happened," the shaken hurdler told the CBC. "This is my worst nightmare come true. That was my race to lose and I lost it." American Joanna Hayes won the gold with a time of 12.37 seconds, an Olympic record. Ukrainian Olena Krasovska (12:45) won the silver and American Melissa Morrison (12.56) took the bronze. Felicien's tumble was particularly shocking because she's renowned as one of the most technically proficient female hurdlers in the world. Felicien appeared to take off too close to the first hurdle and caught it with her lead leg. She fell to her right and crashed into Russian Irina Shevchenko, who was also knocked out of the race. Canadian Angela Whyte finished sixth with a time of 12.81. Felicien was considered a gold-medal favourite heading into the final, in part because some of the strongest competitors in this event didn't make it through preliminaries. While Hayes celebrated her gold medal, Felicien lay disconsolate on the track. Moments later, she was comforted on the sidelines by 1996 Olympic 100 m champion Donovan Bailey and Charmaine Crooks, a Canadian International Olympic Committee member and former track star. Jamaican Delloreen Ennis-London beat Felicien at a meet earlier this year, but finished fifth in their heat Monday with a time of 12.60. Ennis-London finished fourth at the 2000 Sydney Games. Spain's Glory Alozie, who won the silver medal in Sydney while competing for Nigeria, failed to qualify for the final. She finished sixth in Felicien's heat. Jamaican Brigitte Foster, who won the silver medal at last year's world championships, didn't line up for her heat Tuesday. Felicien's archrival, Gail Devers, pulled up injured in the first round. Many observers expected the final to be a showdown between the veteran American and Felicien, who have gone head-to-head in several meets over the past year. Written by CBC Sports Online staff |
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| Originally posted by starsearcher FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWKK!!!! |
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| Originally posted by timmyboy well perdita might actually get another chance at the gold the russians are protesting that shevchenko wasnt allowed to complete the race because of perdita's fall.. so theres a chance it might be re-run. i hvae no clue if the canadian will be allowed to take part in that one tho (assuming it happens which it prolly wont) |
I KNOW she could do it...everyone knows she could do it...that error means she wasn't mentally properly prepared and I blame bad coaching and media 
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| Originally posted by starsearcher Hmmmm the Russians have a good claim here...but I hardly believe they will re-run the race...I've never heard of this happening and I really don't think it will |
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| Originally posted by smuncky well u never know wat will happen. i remember the winter olypics where they gave out 2 gold medals when the silver was already awared to teh canadian pair in figure skating. so u never know, they just mite re run it if there is enuff presure on teh officials |
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| Originally posted by smuncky well u never know wat will happen. i remember the winter olypics where they gave out 2 gold medals when the silver was already awared to teh canadian pair in figure skating. so u never know, they just mite re run it if there is enuff presure on teh officials |
It's really sad though.
Well there'll be no re-run of the race...that's for sure now...too bad really I feel really horrible for both the women, and even more for the Russian girl cause it just wasn't her fault Perdita will be back you know it!
On a happier note - Alexander Despatie won a silver medal in 3m springboard diving YAY And our female cyclist won the gold medal in sprint . It's nice to see things picking up .
I'm totally extatic now too because Gal Friedman, the Israeli "sailor" - it's windsurfing actually - in mistral class just won Israel's first ever gold medal at the Olympic games!!! MAN there will be a big party down there tonight
Oh...and Iraq's superstar run in soccer is almost over They were defeated 3:1 in the semis and will now play for the bronze. Gotta give them credit though those guys are the real dream team
OMG how scarry is that picture 
russia finally tied China in the nedal totals at 52... still a ways to go to match their gold tally... but the last 2 days have been great
That's awesome Yahoo's slow today with updating medals...but good stuff 
I heard there are 13 different events today that will award medals...crazy
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