I liked how they had absolutely nothing left in the tank after they crossed the line. They basically fell on top of each other and could barely even take the bottles of water they were offered. The definition of giving everything.
I've already watched a couple of their golds (mountain biking and canoeing) where they clearly had a big home advantage from practicing on the Olympic course in advance. That's not to say they wouldn't have won gold without that advantage, but the margin of victory was big enough to suggest that...
From the CBC website:
"The International Olympic Committee organises the medal table by medal stature, placing in first that country with the most gold medals. CBC’s focus is on the athlete’s journey, so we rank countries by total medals won."
Oh, do f*** off. I think the "journey" to a gold...
It's all kicking off in the fencing. Cheung (Hong Kong) beat Machi (Italy) in the final but they're not taking defeat well. The Italian coach is hurling abuse at the judges and Machi has stormed off.