The Olympics have already started! Canada's women's team is playing soccer as I write this, and several matches have already finished. Argentina had the biggest upset for today so far.
Archery had the ranking rounds earlier today. Of course being a former competitive archer, I follow this closely. Bit strange this year, because it's the first Olympics since 1996 where I do not personally know the competitors for Canada, or the coach. My friend Shawn coached the Tokyo team, but found the travel involved in being the national coach to be too much, so he's back working in the private sector again.
We have 1 male and one female archer there - Virginie is 33rd after the ranking round and Eric is 36th. Was hoping they would end up a bit higher, but c'est la vie. Eric is currently ranked 5th in the world, and is the current silver medalist at the World champs, so he can do very well in the head to head matches under that specific pressure.
Very much looking forward to watching a ton of the Olympics...
