MIne; Canadian Men's 4X100 relay when they kicked American ass!!!, American wouldn't admit they lost , LOL, it was the first time they lost fair and square (no disqualification)
Your Favourite Canada Summer Olympic moments
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Vince Carter's dunk over Frédéric Weis of France:
Vince was still a Raptor then so I count it as Can Con.
Or Penny Oleksiak tying for the gold medal in the women's 100 meter freestyle final, 2016:
Vince was still a Raptor then so I count it as Can Con.
Or Penny Oleksiak tying for the gold medal in the women's 100 meter freestyle final, 2016:
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Greatest race ever! Ben could have gone faster, he eased up at end. Everyone was juiced up, only Ben got caught
Greg Joy winning Silver Medal in the high jump beating out the favoured to win gold, American Dwight Stones in 76
By far my favorite Olympics was Seoul '88. Leading up to that 100m race it was a tense drama. The final was so fast compared to the preliminaries with 3 runners running sub 10 seconds. A loaded field represented by 3 Americans, 2 Canadians a Brit a Jamaican and a Brazilian. Celebrities were in attendance it was quite the showcase. I don't care what anyone says Ben won that race - the entire field was dirty and everyone knows it. Johnson obliterated the field easing up in the last 10 metres and putting up a 9.79. I remember watching the race with my pops and we went ballistic when Ben won. It was a great father son moment as I'm sure it was in many households across the country. That day Canada was KING. I still have all the newspaper clippings.
Also that Olympics I watched the boxing closely. It was marred with controversy of course with the hometown Korean being awarded the gold over Roy Jones Jr. in one of the worst decisions in boxing history. And lets not forget the Canadians - Lennox Lewis defeating Riddick Bowe in the Super Heavyweight gold match and Toronto's Egerton Marcus boxing with a broken hand and putting in a valiant effort coming up short in he gold medal final against the heavily favored East German Henry Maske.
Also that Olympics I watched the boxing closely. It was marred with controversy of course with the hometown Korean being awarded the gold over Roy Jones Jr. in one of the worst decisions in boxing history. And lets not forget the Canadians - Lennox Lewis defeating Riddick Bowe in the Super Heavyweight gold match and Toronto's Egerton Marcus boxing with a broken hand and putting in a valiant effort coming up short in he gold medal final against the heavily favored East German Henry Maske.
This provided me with my best Olympic moment, especially when they posted 9.79. It also led to my most disappointing Olympic moment the very next day.
88 where Ben demolished Lewis
96 Donovan taking the gold in WR time
4x100 men beating the cocky US squad
96 Donovan taking the gold in WR time
4x100 men beating the cocky US squad
Shawn O'Sullivan of Toronto should have won gold in boxing at the '84 games in the light middle weight div.
He took American Frank Tate to 2 standing 8 counts and almost a 3rd , but the corrupt judges gave Tate the Gold medal. The crowd booed Tate at the medal ceremony.
He took American Frank Tate to 2 standing 8 counts and almost a 3rd , but the corrupt judges gave Tate the Gold medal. The crowd booed Tate at the medal ceremony.
