Danny Franks August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 (edited) And Britain go up to third in the medal table, with the gold in the Men's Team Pursuit. World record set as well, and Bradley Wiggins becomes Britain's most decorated Olympian. Edited August 12, 2016 by Danny Franks 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2480763
Kromm August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 If for no other reason, I enjoy seeing Bradley Wiggins win, because it is such a ludicrous sounding English surname. Wiggins. Heh. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2480809
galaxygirl76 August 12, 2016 Share August 12, 2016 (edited) We're adding one more gold to our tally today, in women's rowing. Was expected because those two girls were the favorites. Another gold is coming but Dorian van Rijsselberghe doesn't have it yet officially. He can't be caught by the competition in wind surfing with one more race to go. He did the same at the London Olympics, which is wicked impressive. Edited August 12, 2016 by galaxygirl76 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2480981
Bill1978 August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 Jut before Day One of the Games started, the official broadcaster here in Australia showed a predicted medals table .It had Australia in about 4th with 17 Gold. When I saw it, I thought to myself that's a little bit ambitious and couldn't see how we could achieve that. My personal goal was to get 9 Golds just to beat the Gold Medal haul from London. Honstely don't know where we could get 4 more Golds from to beat London. But now I think I'm lowering my expectations to 'Just get enough Golds to stay ahead of Phelps on the table' I think I was spoiled with some quick early Golds that now it feels like it has been ages since our last one. I confess it may be my fault cause at one stage we had no silvers and I was wanting some silvers and now it seems that is all we are getting. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2481943
katisha August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 Well, Bill1978, there's always this medal tally. :) 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2482220
walnutqueen August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 33 minutes ago, katisha said: Well, Bill1978, there's always this medal tally. :) I LOVE this, katisha!!! It certainly puts the rankings into their proper perspectives, doesn't it? 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2482283
katisha August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 Sure does! China and the USA kick our butts at least partly because of their significantly larger populations. Having said that, though, we do have a really large team for a pretty small country because we're a bit sports-obsessed. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2482477
Daisy August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 Canada wins their obligatory medal a day! :) Bronze in team cycling pursuit. Women's naturally. i can now relax for the rest of the day LOL 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2482890
galaxygirl76 August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 An amazing surprise from the velodrome in the form of a gold medal for Elis Ligtlee in the Keirin(our very first gold ever in a sprinting event), that was such a gutsy ride from her and I can't believe it paid off! Also a bronze from the men's eight in rowing to add to our tally today and it's not over yet with chances in the pool and on the track. It's a good day for the Dutch so far :) 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2482973
Quof August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 Seriously, did the Canadian men just all go to the bar upon arrival and not show up for their events? How in the hell does Canada have 11 medals, and not a single penis among them? 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2483065
Daisy August 13, 2016 Share August 13, 2016 2 minutes ago, Quof said: Seriously, did the Canadian men just all go to the bar upon arrival and not show up for their events? How in the hell does Canada have 11 medals, and not a single penis among them? (laugh) It is getting kind of amusing now. but it is very simple. 1: 1/2 of those medals came from the Pool. we could have had 1 male medal from there but he was just edged out by everyone's favourite boyfriend Nathan Adrian (thanks a lot y'all :P ;) ) The girls really have been amazing and the CBC highlighted a lot of reasons why - the new national swimming centre is in Toronto (a gift from hosting the pan am games) they did pump a lot of money into the programme, and something I DIDN'T know, was they actually hired a new swimming coach that has an emphasis on the sprints - which we're now seeing the results. the US men still have a huge strangle hold on that, but we should see some difference in Tokyo. 2: Most of our guy events are in the 2nd week Canoe/Kayak, track and field, etc. 3: Rowing Canada screwed up big. they split up the mens 8 boat, to two boats (men sculls, and mens 4). but they didn't do well (this is an utter understatement). but yah i am surprised that out of eleven we don't have one male medal yet. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2483085
Daisy August 14, 2016 Share August 14, 2016 Canada wins another medal! by.. wait for it.. wait for it..... A Woman. (giggles) 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2483570
galaxygirl76 August 14, 2016 Share August 14, 2016 We can officially count Dorian van Rijsselberghe's gold medal in windsurfing, an event he also won in 2012. He was already certain of the gold before the medal race, but ended the tournament in style by also winning the medal race, in front of the King and Queen(she's Argentinian so the hockey game between the Dutch and Argentina should be fun in their household haha). 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2484446
Danny Franks August 14, 2016 Share August 14, 2016 (edited) Holy crap. Great Britain has moved level with China in the medal table, with the three golds today. And will go ahead of them when either Jason Kenny or Callum Skinner wins gold in the individual sprint cycling, later. And Andy Murray in the tennis final. I'm sure China will end up comfortably ahead, but it's still a hell of achievement for the British team. Edited August 14, 2016 by Danny Franks 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2484668
Daisy August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 #MedalADay! And a boy won it! Bronze (Canadian Gold :D ) in the 100m. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2485447
galaxygirl76 August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 I immediately thought of you when he won it @Daisy :) 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2485452
Daisy August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 Just now, galaxygirl76 said: I immediately thought of you when he won it @Daisy :) I'm not going to lie to you @galaxygirl76, it was in serious jeopardy. I was skeered. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2485460
Quof August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 Yay, a Canadian peen makes it to the podium. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2485534
galaxygirl76 August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 Just won our 10th medal in the 10k open water swimming and it was another gold! Half of the Dutch medals are gold, which is fantastic. Shout out to our neighbors in the south, Belgium, who are having the best Olympics in 20 years! 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2486414
Daisy August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 10 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said: Just won our 10th medal in the 10k open water swimming and it was another gold! Half of the Dutch medals are gold, which is fantastic. Shout out to our neighbors in the south, Belgium, who are having the best Olympics in 20 years! way to go! :) 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2486433
Good Queen Jane August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 Yay, Canada won a medal in the 100m! I was getting worried about your one a day, Daisy, but they came through. Keep it up! And I've gotten 8 likes on my posts, so there are lots of Yanks rooting for Canada's streak. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2486579
legaleagle53 August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 For Canada and the Netherlands: 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2486961
Danny Franks August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 Charlotte Dujardin's Dressage gold today has taken Great Britain ahead of China (based on the system of weighing number of golds ahead of total medals). And we're still waiting for the Finn medal race, for Giles Scott to be awarded the gold he's already secured. A bronze for Sophie Hitchon in the Womens Hammer is a nice, unexpected little bonus. It's been a pretty fantastic games for Great Britain, and I'm so glad to see they're building on the success of 2012, rather than it looking like a flash in the pan, home nation success story. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2487124
mtlchick August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 The fact that Canada's women managed to get 6 medals in the pool when our swimming program has been a mess for decades is probably the highlight for me this Olympics. (And I don't care what Ryan Cochrane says about being disappointed in not winning a medal in the 1500m. The fact he managed to win medals in Beijing and London was probably the only reason I didn't write off the program off altogether.) 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2487208
galaxygirl76 August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 After Sanne Wevers' unexpected gold on the beam, TeamNL already has more gold medals than we did in London! 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2487513
legaleagle53 August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 2 hours ago, galaxygirl76 said: After Sanne Wevers' unexpected gold on the beam, TeamNL already has more gold medals than we did in London! Go ahead and play that beautiful Dutch anthem again! :) 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2487911
Daisy August 15, 2016 Share August 15, 2016 3 hours ago, mtlchick said: The fact that Canada's women managed to get 6 medals in the pool when our swimming program has been a mess for decades is probably the highlight for me this Olympics. (And I don't care what Ryan Cochrane says about being disappointed in not winning a medal in the 1500m. The fact he managed to win medals in Beijing and London was probably the only reason I didn't write off the program off altogether.) omg, i know. but i do know they pumped in a crap tonne of money (and the Pan Am Games in Canada, complete with new swimming complex, and all that comes with it - training, therapists etc), new coaches that specifically works with sprints + women.... paying off. (I am assuming the guys work with this coach too, but that's what CBC was stressing). considering that the USA generally averages around 30 medals getting 6 is amazing. my hope now for Tokyo is 10, and i think that's totally possible. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2487952
Daisy August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 Canada's Medal A Day streak is over. I'm sad. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2488445
photo fox August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 I'm so sad, @Daisy. I was rooting for the cute-as-pie ginger just for you. :-( 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2488459
mtlchick August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 3 minutes ago, Daisy said: Canada's Medal A Day streak is over. I'm sad. (sigh) poor kid. The delays sadly did him no favours. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2488466
Daisy August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, photo fox said: I'm so sad, @Daisy. I was rooting for the cute-as-pie ginger just for you. :-( Thanks @photo fox. I mean I'm sure he feels worse... but this is just such bad luck Just now, mtlchick said: (sigh) poor kid. The delays sadly did him no favours. i know. like the streaming people said he just did not look confident at all. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2488473
legaleagle53 August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 2 hours ago, Daisy said: Canada's Medal A Day streak is over. I'm sad. Play the Canadian anthem again. That will make you feel better. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2488860
Good Queen Jane August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 I know the one a day streak is over, Daisy, but Canada has averaged 1.3 medals a day so statistically you are doing better than a medal a day. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2489226
NutMeg August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 Singapore got its first ever gold medal (men, 100m butterfly). Schoolig beat Michael Phelps, his hero - of course!, beat an Olympic record and pocketed a cool 1 million Singapore dollars (around US$ 750k) given by the Singapore government for a gold medal. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2489319
galaxygirl76 August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 Got a little ahead of myself yesterday but after Ferry Weertman's gold medal in the open water 10k, the Dutch officially have more golds than in London! 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2489507
KenyaJ August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 14 hours ago, Daisy said: Canada's Medal A Day streak is over. I'm sad. That wasn't the only streak that died yesterday. Team USA had won at least one gold medal for 29 straight Olympic days, dating back to Beijing. It ended yesterday, but hopefully Christian Taylor started a new streak by winning gold in the triple jump this morning. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2489680
Ceindreadh August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 Woo-hoo! A second silver medal for Ireland!! This time in sailing. Yay!! 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2489738
legaleagle53 August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 36 minutes ago, KenyaJ said: That wasn't the only streak that died yesterday. Team USA had won at least one gold medal for 29 straight Olympic days, dating back to Beijing. It ended yesterday, but hopefully Christian Taylor started a new streak by winning gold in the triple jump this morning. And Simone Biles is heavily favored to win gold for her floor exercise in Women's Artistic Gymnastics. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2489797
galaxygirl76 August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 And with Marit Bouwmeester's sailing gold we have now more gold medals than in Beijing! The record is 12 golds from the Sydney games. There hadn't been a Dutch gold medal in sailing since 1936. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2490597
Daisy August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 18 hours ago, legaleagle53 said: Play the Canadian anthem again. That will make you feel better. hehe i may or may not be playing "Olympian" and pretend i win a medal and belt out O'Canada at random intervals during the day. I love the Olympics :D 10 hours ago, Good Queen Jane said: I know the one a day streak is over, Daisy, but Canada has averaged 1.3 medals a day so statistically you are doing better than a medal a day. Well that's good to know! :) (I know some days we won 2 , so technically we're covered). Thanks Jane! 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2490961
Daisy August 16, 2016 Share August 16, 2016 2 hours ago, galaxygirl76 said: And with Marit Bouwmeester's sailing gold we have now more gold medals than in Beijing! The record is 12 golds from the Sydney games. There hadn't been a Dutch gold medal in sailing since 1936. Thanks Fantastic! :) i'm so excite for you :) I've got a lot of Dutch family, so I like to consider myself Orange sometimes :) 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2490970
Daisy August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 Canada gets a medal! And it's Gold from my BOYFRIEND DEREK DROUIN (not actually my boyfriend. but a girl can dream, right?) Canada now has the same amount of golds in Beijing - 3. (maybe we can re-start Medal-A-Day?) They're not going to let him jump for a record :( 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2491291
AimingforYoko August 17, 2016 Author Share August 17, 2016 With Jenni Simpson's Bronze in the 1500m, it looks very symmetrical for the U.S. right now: 28 Gold, 28 Silver, 28 Bronze. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2491374
Kromm August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 It is indicative of nothing, but interesting that as I type this the US medal count in total is exactly 28-28-28. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2491394
selkie August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 On 8/15/2016 at 9:11 AM, galaxygirl76 said: Shout out to our neighbors in the south, Belgium, who are having the best Olympics in 20 years! Sounds like Belgium is also now picking up a retroactive gold from Beijing- women's 4x100 on the running track- after anti-doping retests disqualified the Russian team that finished ahead of them. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2491466
Trey August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 10 hours ago, Daisy said: They're not going to let him jump for a record :( He waved them off and said he wasn't going to try it but then changed his mind and gave it a shot; he missed but he already had the gold so it's okay:) Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2491976
Good Queen Jane August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 Quote Canada gets a medal! And it's Gold from my BOYFRIEND DEREK DROUIN You have good taste in men, Daisy. He's a real cutie. I'd go after him if you hadn't already claimed him. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2492396
Bill1978 August 17, 2016 Share August 17, 2016 Well I've lowered my expectations for Australia from beating London's Gold Medal Count to equalling it. Just one more Gold to go to achieve that but I'm struggling to feel confident that it will happen. Especially since all our team sports (except Men's Basketball) have been knocked out. I'm not that fluent in understanding Sailing points, so not sure if we can pick up something there. But it looks like the only potential Gold would be in a Kayak event of BMX racing. I wouldn't be surprised if we don't finish in the Top 10 this year. Also wouldn't be surprised if Kenya and Jamaica beat us on the table LOL. I really think Australia needs to start focusing on the 2nd week of the Olympics if they intend to remain a Top 10 placegetter. And I feel this sums up how I am feeling right now about Australia's success on the Medal table at these Olympics 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2493543
Danny Franks August 18, 2016 Share August 18, 2016 Look out, USA. Great Britain is comin' for ya! Only ten golds and thirty nine total medals behind now. But really, this has been a tremendous Olympics for Britain, exceeding all expectations. Two more golds, two more silvers and a bronze today, across several events. We still suck at track and field, but in some events (like the triathlon), British athletes are the best in the world. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2495554
Daisy August 18, 2016 Share August 18, 2016 On 8/17/2016 at 11:40 AM, Good Queen Jane said: You have good taste in men, Daisy. He's a real cutie. I'd go after him if you hadn't already claimed him. hehe thanks! It's just a bummer that in 2011 i found out about him and I'm like wow. NO one is talking about him then he wins a medal and i'm like yaaaay then he's like the quietest winningest athlete we've got winning Gold in everything, but now i have to share him with the world because hehe Olympic gold kinda makes you well known :D And Canada also wins a bronze today in diving. (which is basically gold if you're not China - so that brings Canada's medal count to 14. 5 medals to go to hit the COC's hope for Rio). 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/46326-the-medal-count-digging-for-gold-in-rio/page/2/#findComment-2496014
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