the mad sports man

Another gold and silver this evening. The gold won by the synchro swim team clinched another olympic spot there (duet and team). Sweeeeet. That is now 11g, 22s and 18b for 51 medals. Yippee.

6 more medals won today so far. 2g, 2s and 2b. One of those gold in synchro swimming by Jaquelyn Simoneau and Claudia Holzner. They also qualified a spot in the Olympics in duet. Nice. Plus a bronze last night and Canada has 10g, 21s and 18b for 49 medals.

Ellie Black won bronze in uneven bars. Dorian Llewellyn won a gold in waterskiing overall, a silver in tricks and a bronze in jump. Whitney McClintock took a silver in overall, jump and tricks. And Paige Rini has a bronze in all three. I believe that is now 8g 19s and 15b for 42 medals.

Yesterday one of the golds was claimed by the equestrian dressage team. That gold got an Olympic spot in next year's games.

Ellie Black won gold and Shallon Olsen won bronze here. That is 7g, 18s, and 13b for 38 medals.

First a gold in the women's K2 500 event. The second is also a gold by Dominic Crete in the K1 200m event. And the third is a silver by Andreanne Langlois in the Women's K1 200m event. That is now 6g, 18s and 12b for 36 medals.

Came in the individual all around. I forget who picked up the bronze. That is now 4g, 17s and 12b for 33 medals.

First the power was out here for 6 hours. In that time Canada won 16 medals. Not going to list them all. Today they won 2g, 9s and 5m. That brings the total to. 4G,17s, and 11b for 32 total.

This was in the mens team all around in gymnastics. The team of Zachary Clay, Rene Cornoyer, Justin Karstadt, Corey Paterson, and Sam Zakurnet picked up the bronze. Day 2 finishes with 2g, 8s, and 6b for 16 medals.

First in squash. Men's doubles team took a silver here. In taekwondo a silver in Kyorugi event by Skylar Park on the womens side and a bronze by Hervan Nkogho in Kyorugi on the mens side. That is now 2g, 8s, and 5b for 15 medals. Yes.

2 in rugby 7s. The women won the first of two golds and the men won the silver. In canoe/kayak the women's K4 team won the 2nd gold in the 500 race. The women's doubles won silver in squash and in taekwondo the Poomsae event-two silvers. One in the mixed pairs and one in the mixed team. That is now 2 golds, 6 silvers and 4 bronze for 12 medals. Yiye.

The team of Brooklyn Moore, Shallon Olsen, Isabela Onyshko and Victoria-Kayen Woo won a silver in artistic gymnastics. Woo-hoo. That is now 2 silvers and 4 bronze for 6 medals. Pretty good first day.

A trio in Squash and all bronze. Hollie Naughton picked up one as well as Samantha Cornett in women's singles. Naughton and Andrew Schell picked up a bronze in mixed doubles. That is now a silver and 4 bronze for 5 medals.

First in the canoe. The men picked up a silver in the C2 1000m event. The second in taekwondo. AJ Assadian picked up a bronze in Poomsae. So far so good.

The 2019 Pan American games are officially on. Parade of Nations were awesome. 16 days of action begins tomorrow. Some of the events will serve as olympic qualifiers. Who will shine at these games? Find out starting tomorrow. Here is the logo for these games.

This swimming spot is the women's 4x200m relay. They picked up a bronze in Gwangzhu in qualifying for the Olympics.

Another swimming spot clinched for next years summer games, this time in the 4x100m mixed relay. Awesome for one year to go.

One more year to the Tokyo summer games. One more year to world records, personal bests, many medals handed out and inevitable heartbreak. While we're on medals they have been unveiled. Here they are.

Scott Tupper will be carrying the Canadian flag at the 2019 Pan American games in Lima Peru. The games start Friday.

The 4x100m team of Penny Oleksiak, Taylor Ruck,Kayla Sanchez and Maggie MacNeil not only qualified a spot in the Olympics but set a national record doing so. Sweet. More to come.

50 years ago this morning "the Eagle has landed." Few hours later Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on its surface. "That's one small step for [a] man. One giant leap for mankind."

Vincent Riendeau clinched it in the mens 10m platform. I think that is now 4 spots in diving at the 2020 Olympics. Nice.

First the 10m platform. Meghan Benfeito and Cae McKay qualified a spot in the 2020 Olympics by making the final 8n this event. 2. Pamela Ware and Jennifer Abel qualified a spot at the 2020 Olympics by making the final in the 3m springboard.

Jen Abel and Melissa Citrani-Beaulieu are heading for the Olympics after taking a silver in the 3m synchro event at the FINA world championships. Excellent. Stay tuned for more.

3 pitchers threw no hitters didn't throw a strike out. They are: 1. Earl Hamilton of the St. Louis Browns on August 30 1912. 2. Sam Jones of the Yankees on September 4 1923 3. Ken Holtz man of the Cubs on August 19 1969. Information credit goes to Alex Cheremeteff on twitter.

First in beach volleyball. Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes qualified a women's team for the 2020 games. Second in rugby 7s. The men's team qualified after steamrolling though the RAN tournament. They beat Jamaica in the final and will have a team at the 2020 Olympics. A good day for Canada going to the Olympics.

The U.S are champions after beating the Netherlands 2-0. It is their 4th title. That is it for another world cup. Until 2023.

Sweden beat England 2-1 and will finish 3rd in the tournament. Tomorrow has the U.S vs the Netherlands for the championship. Should be a good one.

Netherlands scores the only goal of the game in extra time beating Sweden 1-0. Netherlands will play the U.S for the championship on Sunday while Sweden will play England for third on Saturday.

Juan Marichel and Warren Spahn pitched two of the impressive performances in MLB. Marichel pitched 16 innings, threw 10 strike outs, walked 4 gave up 4 hits, no runs and threw 227 pitches. Spahn threw 15.1 innings, 2 strikeouts, 10 walks, 9 hits and 1 earned run. Giants beat the Braves 1-0 in 16 innings. Spahn is the last starter to lose game when pitching 15 innings.

The U.S beat England 2-1 and will play either Sweden or Netherlands for the championship. England will play for 3rd place.

Happy 152nd birthday Canada. Enjoy the day. Time to party, camp and do whatever else.