Saturday, August 9, 2008

Some Semi-Sporadic Olympic Coverage

Canada and China in pole position after sharing spoils. The two countries drew 1-1 earlier today, leaving both sides on track for the quarterfinals. Canada will take on Sweden on Tuesday at the Workers' Stadium and China will play Argentina at the same time.

A few Canadians to keep an eye on:

- Swimmer Brent Hayden (24, Vancouver, BC)http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/olympians/story/2008/05/23/f-olympics-swimming-feature-hayden.html
His events are scheduled Monday, Aug 11 after 10pm-

Triathlete Simon Whitfield (33, Victoria, BC), a good group event and medal hopeful for Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/olympians/story/2008/05/20/f-olympics-triathlon-whitfield.html
Triathlon is scheduled Monday, Aug 18 10pm-

BMX Sam Cools (22, Airdrie, Alt), girl power biker from the west with 5 world titles:http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/olympians/story/2008/05/20/f-olympics-cycling-cools.html
Women's BMX is scheduled Wednesday, Aug 20 at 9:30pm

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