We saw both men's and women's matches, including two Canadian women's. I thought that our women played better than our men, were more organized, used the whole field by passing miles to each other. They always looked like they were in control. The Canadian men came within a squeek of losing to the Chileans and they only saved the day with about 15 seconds on the clock, then in sudden death overtime. They came within a hair of being eliminated in the quarter finals by, what looked like, a far better Chilean team. Anyway, they got their act together later. The Canuck women were never anything but the best out there (and the Americans were none too shabby, either,)
Canada leads Pan Am Games medal standings
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We saw both men's and women's matches, including two Canadian women's. I thought that our women played better than our men, were more organized, used the whole field by passing miles to each other. They always looked like they were in control. The Canadian men came within a squeek of losing to the Chileans and they only saved the day with about 15 seconds on the clock, then in sudden death overtime. They came within a hair of being eliminated in the quarter finals by, what looked like, a far better Chilean team. Anyway, they got their act together later. The Canuck women were never anything but the best out there (and the Americans were none too shabby, either,)
Canada wins three gold medals in single day of rowing at Pan American Games
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Canada's rowers earned their third gold medal of the day on Tuesday, winning in men's quadruple sculls at the Pan American Games.
Matthew Buie of Duntroon, Ont., Julien Bahain of Sherbrooke, Que., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C., and Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont. led the entire race and won with a time of five minutes 42.22 seconds.
Cuba won silver in 5:44.39 and Argentina won bronze in 5:47.14.
Canada now has a total of five golds and two bronze medals in rowing.
Earlier, Liz Fenje and Katherine Sauks were victorious in the women's lightweight double sculls at Royal Henley Island.
Fenje, from Victoria and Sauks, from Owen Sound, Ont., won with a time of six minutes 57.23 seconds.
Cuba took silver in 7:00.36 and the United States won bronze in 7:03.86.
Also, Carling Zeeman of Cambridge, Ont. won gold in the women's single sculls.
Zeeman was more than seven seconds ahead of the competition with a winning time of seven minutes 30.86 seconds.
Katherine McFetridge of the United States took silver in 7:38.21 and Soraya Jadue of Chile won bronze in 7:43.34.
The Canadian Press
Canadian Medal Count as of 1:52PM PST: 22 Gold, 16 Silver, 13 Bronze for a total of 51.
Canada is rockin' big time at these games. :canada:
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Canada's rowers earned their third gold medal of the day on Tuesday, winning in men's quadruple sculls at the Pan American Games.
Matthew Buie of Duntroon, Ont., Julien Bahain of Sherbrooke, Que., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C., and Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont. led the entire race and won with a time of five minutes 42.22 seconds.
Cuba won silver in 5:44.39 and Argentina won bronze in 5:47.14.
Canada now has a total of five golds and two bronze medals in rowing.
Earlier, Liz Fenje and Katherine Sauks were victorious in the women's lightweight double sculls at Royal Henley Island.
Fenje, from Victoria and Sauks, from Owen Sound, Ont., won with a time of six minutes 57.23 seconds.
Cuba took silver in 7:00.36 and the United States won bronze in 7:03.86.
Also, Carling Zeeman of Cambridge, Ont. won gold in the women's single sculls.
Zeeman was more than seven seconds ahead of the competition with a winning time of seven minutes 30.86 seconds.
Katherine McFetridge of the United States took silver in 7:38.21 and Soraya Jadue of Chile won bronze in 7:43.34.
The Canadian Press
Canadian Medal Count as of 1:52PM PST: 22 Gold, 16 Silver, 13 Bronze for a total of 51.
Canada is rockin' big time at these games. :canada:
Surprisingly, you don't hear that one. It doesn't have the same cache as those bullnecked jar heads turning purple on the face yelling "U-S-A ! U-S-A !" and looking like they're about to drop a log. That's become one of these planet's ugly images right up there with jihadists firing their Kalashnikovs into the air.
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Those aren't jarheads. Jarheads are Marines.
Aside from that, when I'm looking for aesthetics, I'll look somewhere with less plaid and stupid hats.
Day 4 - Update on Canadian Medal Count: 25 Gold, 21 Silver, 17 Bronze for a total of 63 medals. And we are still enjoying it Juan. :smile:
Day 5 Medal Count for Canada as of 3:20PM PST - 31 Gold, 24 Silver, 18 Bronze for a total of 73. The US has overtaken us in overall medals with 74. But it is Gold where Canada is shining, ahead of the US by a count of 8 medals.
Canada's Ellie Black wins gold in balance beam, fourth medal of Pan Am Games
TORONTO — Canada's Ellie Black has added another medal to her haul at the Pan Am Games.
Black won gold in the women's balance-beam competition Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Halifax native also won gold in the all-around, bronze in the vault and helped Canada earn silver in the team event.
Black, who nailed her balance-beam routine at the highest difficulty level, has a medal to show for each of her past four days of competition.
Canada's Victoria Woo won the bronze medal, while Megan Skaggs of the United States got silver.
The Canadian Press
Canada's Ellie Black wins gold in balance beam, fourth medal of Pan Am Games
TORONTO — Canada's Ellie Black has added another medal to her haul at the Pan Am Games.
Black won gold in the women's balance-beam competition Wednesday.
The 19-year-old Halifax native also won gold in the all-around, bronze in the vault and helped Canada earn silver in the team event.
Black, who nailed her balance-beam routine at the highest difficulty level, has a medal to show for each of her past four days of competition.
Canada's Victoria Woo won the bronze medal, while Megan Skaggs of the United States got silver.
The Canadian Press
I guess to figure out who's really ahead, golds should be worth 3 points, silvers worth 2 and bronzes worth 1 point and add them up! 
Wow... he bit on that didn't he!
He's so insecure.
lol... That is a great post!
It must be that high IQ of yours that you've been telling everyone you have.
It's interesting and I have to say that even I was really surprised. There were something between 15,000-20,000 watching those Rugby matches. The American men and women both played various others during that grouping. Every time the Americans scored ... and I mean every time ...nothing. There was no clapping, booing. There was no acknowledgement at all that anything had happened (except for one pathetic quartet in glittery Uncle Sam hats). There was nothing. It was as if someone had farted in an elevator. The Brazilians were noisy, loud and proud.The Canadian fans cheered for all sorts of other countries when our teams weren't playing but not a peep out of a whole stadium when our neighbours 45 minutes down the highway were playing. I was shocked, actually. I guess it's because we're so "nationalistic" (read not rabidly pro-American).
The damage that's been done over the last decade and a half and along comes these internet knuckle walkers to amplify and exacerbate the growing "dislike". If what I saw on Sunday is any indication, "growing" is what is happening. You should really pay more attention and think about it. Do you really want the whole planet to despise each and every one of you? Just keep up this positive P.R. campaign that you're on.
Day 5 Medal Update: 33 Gold, 29 Silver, 19 Bronze for a total of 81 medals for Canadian athletes as of 6:30PM PST.
For a list of all results - see below
http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/general/medallist-canada.htm
For a list of all results - see below
http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/general/medallist-canada.htm
We don't mind none. We're used to the envy and resentment of the client states.
Speaking of knuckle-draggers, I was enthusiastically cheering Canada's superb performance when you horned in with your anti-U.S. tirade. So spare me your BS. You were the one who turned a nice, supportive, admiring discussion into your pet hate.
Re-read Posts 24 and 25 and tell me who's the jerk here.