Today
is the third day of competition at Rio
2016!
The following sports activities (preliminaries and
reprechages OR semi-finals OR finals) are running today, so far:
·
Men’s rowing --> lightweight men’s fours reprechage
o
(Canada came fourth and will not advance
to the semi-finals)
·
Women’s beach volleyball --> Argentina vs. Brazil
·
Women’s gymnastics --> I saw the USA team compete in the qualification on TSN
--> of the 5 competitors, only Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas made it to the
individual all-around event FINAL (and, maybe one other)
·
Women’s rowing --> lightweight women’s double sculls reprechage
o
(Canada will advance to the semi-finals)
·
Men’s basketball --> Canada vs. USA à (?)
·
Women’s rowing --> women’s pair event
o
(Canada came fourth and will not advance
to the semi-finals)
·
Women’s rugby sevens --> Canada vs. Australia
o
(Canada lost and will advance to the
Bronze medal game vs. Great Britain --> Canada won the BRONZE medal!)
·
Men’s
swimming --> 200 m butterfly heats (semi-final
is tomorrow)
o
(incl.
Michael Phelps of the USA!)
·
Women’s
swimming --> 200 m freestyle heats (semi-final
is tomorrow)
o
(incl.
Katerine Savard and Brittany MacLean of Canada)
o
(both
Canadians advance to the semi-final)
o
(neither
Canadian will advance to the final)
·
Women’s
swimming --> 200 m IM heats (semi-final is
tomorrow)
o
(incl.
Sydney Pickrem and Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson of Canada)
o
(both
Canadians will advance to the semi-final)
·
Men’s diving --> 10 m synchro FINAL
o
(China was first, USA was second, and
Great Britain was third)
·
Women’s basketball --> Canada vs. Serbia
o
(Canada won)
·
Women’s tennis -->
o
(Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard was
eliminated from singles competition by Angelique Kerber of Germany, but is
still in doubles competition)
·
Men’s gymnastics TEAM FINAL -->
o
(JPN was first, RUS was second, and CHN
was third)
·
Men’s beach volleyball --> Canada vs. Italy
o
(Italy won)
·
Women’s
swimming --> 100 m backstroke (FINAL)
o
HUN
is first, USA is second, and CAN is third
o
(Kylie
Masse of Canada won her first BRONZE medal!)
·
Men’s
swimming --> 100 m backstroke (FINAL)
o
USA
is first, CHN is second, and USA is third
·
Women’s
swimming --> 100 m breaststroke (FINAL)
o
USA
is first, RUS is second, and USA is third
o
(Rachel
Nicol of Canada was fifth)
·
Men’s
swimming --> 200 m butterfly (semi-final --> FINAL is tomorrow)
o
HUN
is first, USA is second, and RSA was third
o
(Michael
Phelps of the USA came second)
It’s just as easy to go to Scarborough Town Centre (STC)
from this hotel, so I think I could go there for dinner from now on if I go
out. Tomorrow (Tuesday August 9th),
I am going to see Jason, my chiropractor, for a treatment and to get a pair of
orthotics ordered. So, while I’m doing
that, I could also shop for a pair of running shoes and a new novel to read and
then see if I can locate the travel agency at the STC “Flight Centre” and make
an appointment to see someone there soon.
I must start planning my European trip!
As it turns out, I owe Sentinel Storage in Ajax my
storage fee for August and for the next five months (until January 2017). I must also pick up the rest of my
prescription that I’d ordered in Oshawa last week - I have to do that this
week. Dave says he’ll help me by driving
me to Sentinel Storage and to the Shoppers Drug Mart store in Oshawa. So, I’ll have to do my shopping for shoes and
a novel this Thursday or Friday. After
that, I am getting myself ready to go back up to Brent’s place in Janetville on
Sunday August 14th to do one more stint of babysitting James this
summer.
Living in a hotel is pretty good – you get maid
service every day. But, I have to go out
for lunch (if I want to eat) and dinner.
That’s the downside. The upside
is that if you came here to live at the right time of year (a non-peak time),
for a long enough time (more than one month), you could get a weekly rate and
it might actually be a rate you could afford.
This hotel (Holiday Inn Express) is nice, but Homewood Suites was nicer. This hotel offers its guests not just a room
(for me, a king-bed room), but also free Internet, free breakfast, and a coffee
maker, but there is no kitchen, no microwave oven, and no fridge. Also, there are no laundry facilities on
site. You need to send your laundry out
to get it done and it costs you money to do that. Otherwise, this hotel is clean, neat, and
comfortable, and has a nice lobby and common areas.
copyright 2016 - Anne Shier
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