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OK, so maybe it was the wine (hey, I’m not in training), but I love Laval, PQ’s Jennifer Abel, who came in 13th in the three-metre springboard, narrowly missing the finals. She’s a total honey, and gave a really composed, charming interview for someone so young. Oh, she’s only 16… Watch for her in 2012. […]

All your whining has paid off. Carol Huynh has guaranteed Canada’s first Olympic medal. She defeated the tough-ass lookin’ Kazakhstan wrestler, advancing to the gold medal match of women’s freestyle 48-kilogram wrestling. Oh, and we’re beating the Americans in men’s baseball, 4-3, 6th inning… So can we stop talking about Phelps now? Please? Even though […]

Olympian Ryan Lochte eats McDonald’s all the time. He says nutrition is the last thing on his mind. Many professional soccer players are known smokers and drinkers. It’s enough to give you an eating disorder. That is, if you haven’t already got one from overeating to keep up with training, or starving yourself to stay […]

Usiah Bolt just got 9.69s in the 100M mens sprint. No kidding – the man’s got grace and speed. There was a wide spread between him and his competitors. The Coast: now your top source for intermittent, up to date Olympic results. The piped music in the stadium right now sounds like Augustus Pablo dub […]

This is a BBC guy doing streeters in Kingston, Jamaica, asking people who they think will win the 100m men’s: Usain Bolt or Asafa Powell, the two Jamaican men battling for gold. Bolt could have beaten Donovan Bailey’s 1996 record today, but he jogged the last 20 m. I am watching the women’s 100, qualifiers […]

Someone asked me yesterday, “What are the best olympic sports?” and I said “for Canada?” and I said “I don’t know. We’re not really winning anything.” and they said “No, dummy. What are your favourite olympic events?”Here’s what I would have said if I had thought about it then:1. Pole vault: Get over yourself, gravity. […]

Wow, I love Park Sung-hyun’s style. Sure, the Korean archer, who was fave to win, might have lost to the Chinese contender, but she’s a champ for her Hello Kitty! vests, cutie hats and pink equipment, proving that you can actually be fashionable and avoid fleece/khaki/lyrca options.

I always feel sick to my stomach during diving and hurdles (anything that involves a potential faceplant), but this Canadian/US soccer game is a new level of anxiety… Speaking of stress, Halifax sprinter Adrienne Power is blogging for CBC (oh la la, the mothership gets an actual athlete to write). Apparently she was suffering from […]