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awhom111
02-11-2016, 10:14 PM
I figured it would be a good idea to have a thread for Duke athletes trying to make the Olympics in various sports.

Ibtihaj Muhammad has already qualified in the Sabre for Fencing.

Rebecca Quinn is with Canada right now trying to make it to the final for CONCACAF to qualify. She did not make it into the game for their opener.

CrazyNotCrazie
02-12-2016, 10:46 AM
Great idea. Nice article earlier this week in the NYT about Ibtihaj Muhammad the fencer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/sports/olympics/olympic-fencer-a-muslim-settled-on-a-sport-without-alteration.html?ref=international

Tom B.
02-12-2016, 01:15 PM
I figured it would be a good idea to have a thread for Duke athletes trying to make the Olympics in various sports.

Ibtihaj Muhammad has already qualified in the Sabre for Fencing.

Rebecca Quinn is with Canada right now trying to make it to the final for CONCACAF to qualify. She did not make it into the game for their opener.

Can we include Dukies who have graduated? I believe that Nick McCrory and Abby Johnston (both medalists in 2012) are training and will try to make the U.S. diving team for the 2016 Olympics.

awhom111
02-12-2016, 09:31 PM
Can we include Dukies who have graduated? I believe that Nick McCrory and Abby Johnston (both medalists in 2012) are training and will try to make the U.S. diving team for the 2016 Olympics.

Of course. It seemed like a good idea to wait until actual qualifying events to give an update on them. There was a great feature on Abby not that long ago.

awhom111
02-18-2016, 12:42 AM
Rebecca Quinn started Canada's third game and went the distance, delivering an impressive hat-trick in a 10-0 drubbing of Guatemala as she was deployed further up the field than she usually is at Duke. The key game is on Friday against Costa Rica, where a win will give them the Olympic berth. Of course, even with a win, Rebecca will have to keep battling for a spot on the roster.

awhom111
02-20-2016, 01:26 AM
Rebecca Quinn came in as a late substitute for Canada as they qualified for the Olympics with a 3-1 win over Costa Rica. They will play the United States on Sunday.

awhom111
02-21-2016, 08:30 PM
Rebecca Quinn got the start against the United States, but Canada lost 2-0 and she was subbed out at the hour mark. Hopefully she has impressed enough to get a good shot at the final roster when Rio rolls around!

awhom111
06-08-2016, 12:39 AM
I guess this could also go in other threads.

Marty has been named to the preliminary squad for Lithuania after taking last summer off.

Lindsey Harding has taken a break from the WNBA to try to help Belarus qualify next week. She had 8 points in a 78-68 exhibition win over Poland.

awhom111
06-09-2016, 12:30 AM
Marty Pocius will probably not make it to the Olympics. The team named a training camp roster that did not include the entire preliminary roster and he was one of the players left off the list. If there is an emergency, he would probably be in contention, but he will more likely spend another summer resting.

Lindsey Harding had 8 points in another exhibition win over Poland. As expected, she was named to the final roster as they head to France for the qualification tournament.

Bike4Fun
06-09-2016, 07:59 AM
Can we include Dukies who have graduated? I believe that Nick McCrory and Abby Johnston (both medalists in 2012) are training and will try to make the U.S. diving team for the 2016 Olympics.

Nick McCrory retired in 2015. Don't believe he unretired. http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/03/03/david-boudia-diving-olympics-platform-springboard-nick-mccrory-retires/http://

awhom111
06-19-2016, 10:32 AM
Lindsey Harding punches her ticket by leading all scorers with 17 points in 35 minutes in a 56-39 win over Belarus over South Korea. Tatyana Troina had 11 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/oqtwomen/2016/1906/Belarus-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

awhom111
06-21-2016, 01:27 AM
Rebecca Quinn has been named to Canada's team:
http://www.canadasoccer.com/canadian-women-s-national-soccer-team-nominated-for-rio-2016-p159642

Abby Johnston and Mackenzie Willborn start qualifying on the 3m Springboard on Tuesday. NBCSN has coverage of the semifinal round starting at 7:00pm ET.

nmduke2001
06-21-2016, 09:02 PM
Three Duke divers about to participate in the diving Olympic trials in the men's platform semis on NBC Sports.

awhom111
06-22-2016, 01:16 AM
Mackenzie bowed out after the quarterfinals, but Abby is still in the hunt after qualifying for the finals in second place. First is the only guaranteed Olympic spot, but second might be enough as there is a big gap behind the leader.


Three Duke divers about to participate in the diving Olympic trials in the men's platform semis on NBC Sports.

Not quite. There's a Duke Diving Club, but the divers themselves are not affiliated with Duke the University.

Edouble
06-22-2016, 08:59 AM
There's a Duke Diving Club, but the divers themselves are not affiliated with Duke the University.

I'm just glad Marques Bolden is affiliated with the University of Duke.

SoCalDukeFan
06-22-2016, 09:09 AM
Leona Maguire has a good chance of representing Ireland and grad Laetitia Beck Isreal in golf.

nmduke2001
06-22-2016, 10:59 AM
Not quite. There's a Duke Diving Club, but the divers themselves are not affiliated with Duke the University.

That's confusing. I only saw the introduction (I changed it to the USMNT soccer game) and they introduced the divers as "so and so from Duke" and the coaches were wearing Duke gear.

MCFinARL
06-24-2016, 10:15 AM
That's confusing. I only saw the introduction (I changed it to the USMNT soccer game) and they introduced the divers as "so and so from Duke" and the coaches were wearing Duke gear.

It's pretty common for college swim and dive coaches to also run USA Swimming or Diving programs using their college facilities. The head diving coach for the Duke University team is Nunzio Esposto, who is also the coach of the "National Team" (i.e., the elite senior divers) at Duke Diving Club. And the Duke Diving Program Director, Katie Hazelton, is also a volunteer assistant coach for the Duke University team. This kind of symbiotic relationship usually works out pretty well for everyone involved.

https://www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=103010&team=zzdd -- Duke Diving Club coaching staff

http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&SPID=2182&SPSID=27950&DB_OEM_ID=4200 -- Duke Swim and Dive coaching staff

awhom111
06-26-2016, 01:06 AM
NBC starts coverage of the diving trials finals at 4:30pm ET on Sunday. It was just announced that the United States will get an extra qualification place, so Abby is currently sitting in a place that would advance her.

The USA Swimming Trials will start on Sunday. Preliminaries will be streaming on NBC Sports Live Extra starting at 11:00am ET and tape delayed coverage will be on NBCSN at 6:00pm ET. Finals will be on NBC at 8:00pm ET.

Michael Miller and Roger Kriegl will compete in the 400IM. Verity Abel will also compete in the 400IM. Leah Goldman, Maddie Hess, Maddie Rusch, Kylie Jordan, and Alyssa Marsh will compete in the 100 Fly. Judd Howard, Dylan Payne, and Michael Seaberg compete in the 100 Breast.

hughgs
06-26-2016, 10:26 AM
NBC starts coverage of the diving trials finals at 4:30pm ET on Sunday. It was just announced that the United States will get an extra qualification place, so Abby is currently sitting in a place that would advance her.

The USA Swimming Trials will start on Sunday. Preliminaries will be streaming on NBC Sports Live Extra starting at 11:00am ET and tape delayed coverage will be on NBCSN at 6:00pm ET. Finals will be on NBC at 8:00pm ET.

Michael Miller and Roger Kriegl will compete in the 400IM. Verity Abel will also compete in the 400IM. Leah Goldman, Maddie Hess, Maddie Rusch, Kylie Jordan, and Alyssa Marsh will compete in the 100 Fly. Judd Howard, Dylan Payne, and Michael Seaberg compete in the 100 Breast.

I believe that Max St. George will compete in the 100 back at the Olympic Trials.

Ima Facultiwyfe
06-26-2016, 03:56 PM
I'm just glad Marques Bolden is affiliated with the University of Duke.

Still waiting for that T-Shirt!
Love,Ima

johnb
06-26-2016, 07:21 PM
NBC starts coverage of the diving trials finals at 4:30pm ET on Sunday. It was just announced that the United States will get an extra qualification place, so Abby is currently sitting in a place that would advance her.

The USA Swimming Trials will start on Sunday. Preliminaries will be streaming on NBC Sports Live Extra starting at 11:00am ET and tape delayed coverage will be on NBCSN at 6:00pm ET. Finals will be on NBC at 8:00pm ET.

Michael Miller and Roger Kriegl will compete in the 400IM. Verity Abel will also compete in the 400IM. Leah Goldman, Maddie Hess, Maddie Rusch, Kylie Jordan, and Alyssa Marsh will compete in the 100 Fly. Judd Howard, Dylan Payne, and Michael Seaberg compete in the 100 Breast.

Congrats to Abby Johnston... She's apparently planning to attend Duke's medical school and she's dating a grad assistant for the football team, so I'd count her as a Dukie.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/kassidy-cook-abby-johnston-qualify-individual-spots-rio-olympics

sagegrouse
06-26-2016, 07:28 PM
Not quite. There's a Duke Diving Club, but the divers themselves are not affiliated with Duke the University.

Back in the day, when Duke track team members competed in AAU events or Olympic trials, I believe they did so as a member of DUAC, the Duke U. Athletic Club. Maybe something similar is going on.

awhom111
06-27-2016, 12:48 AM
Monday coverage of the USA Swimming Trials will be streaming live on NBC Sports Extra at 11:00am ET again. Prelims will be shown on delay on NBCSN at 6:30pm ET and finals will be on NBC at 8:00pm ET.

Maddie Hess, Alyssa Marsh, and Mickayla Hinkle will compete in the 100 Back as well as Max St. George. Ashley Twichell and Verity Abel will compete in the 400 Free.


I believe that Max St. George will compete in the 100 back at the Olympic Trials.

Sorry. Yes, there are quite a few more swimmers at the trials. I was just listing them on a day to day basis in case people wanted to watch specific ones so they would know when to watch.


Congrats to Abby Johnston... She's apparently planning to attend Duke's medical school and she's dating a grad assistant for the football team, so I'd count her as a Dukie.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/kassidy-cook-abby-johnston-qualify-individual-spots-rio-olympics

More impressively, she is already at Duke Medical School, concurrently a full student and in full time training for this. It must be a Duke thing, because Jess Foley was still playing basketball full time when she started medical school and then also went into coaching.


Back in the day, when Duke track team members competed in AAU events or Olympic trials, I believe they did so as a member of DUAC, the Duke U. Athletic Club. Maybe something similar is going on.

Some of the divers in question are alums of other schools who moved to Durham after graduation to train at Duke and others are still high school divers and many will not attend Duke.

MCFinARL
06-27-2016, 09:11 AM
More impressively, she is already at Duke Medical School, concurrently a full student and in full time training for this. It must be a Duke thing, because Jess Foley was still playing basketball full time when she started medical school and then also went into coaching.



Good story about Abby Johnston (http://espn.go.com/espnw/athletes-life/article/14376035/how-abby-johnston-manages-olympic-training-med-school) and how she has balanced med school and diving on ESPN W. I think maybe it IS a Duke thing. First, as the article points out, Duke Medical School was willing to allow Abby to switch her second year (clinical rotations) and third year (research) so she could keep up her training leading into the Olympics. Second, it's probably not an accident that she came through the CAPE program (http://sites.duke.edu/cape/), Duke's innovative pre-med program for female athletes.

awhom111
06-27-2016, 09:51 PM
The same general pattern for swimming will continue on Tuesday. Prelims live on NBC Sports Live Extra at 11:00am ET, delayed TV coverage on NBCSN at 7:00pm ET, and finals live on NBC at 8:00pm ET.

Michael Miller will compete in the 200 Fly and Leah Goldman will compete in the 200 Free.

awhom111
06-28-2016, 09:33 PM
The Swimming Trials still follow the same schedule. Prelims live on NBC Sports Live Extra at 11:00am ET, delayed TV coverage on NBCSN at 7:00pm ET, and finals live on NBC at 8:00pm ET.

Anna Quinn competes in the 200 Fly and Judd Howard competes in the 200 Breast.

awhom111
06-29-2016, 09:56 PM
The same general pattern for Swimming trials holds again on Thursday. Prelims live on NBC Sports Live Extra at 11:00am ET, delayed TV coverage on NBCSN at 6:30pm ET, and finals live on NBC at 8:00pm ET. Bradley Cline and Michael Miller compete in the 200 IM.

awhom111
06-30-2016, 10:26 PM
The Swimming Trials still follow the same schedule. Prelims live on NBC Sports Live Extra at 11:00am ET, delayed TV coverage on NBCSN at 6:00pm ET, and finals live on NBC at 8:00pm ET.

Michael Seaberg and Eric Strickland compete in the 50 Free. Ashley Twichell and Verity Abel compete in the 800 Free. Michael Miller competes in the 100 Fly. Maddie Hess and Maria Sheridan will compete in the 200 Back.

The Track and Field trials start on Friday too. Abby Farley and Anima Banks will run the 800 at 7:45pm ET. The live feed will be online while NBC may show some highlights alongside their coverage starting at 9:00pm ET.

MCFinARL
07-01-2016, 12:27 PM
Duke grad Ashley Twichell just finished a strong swim in the 800 free at the Olympic Trials to return for tomorrow night's final as the 3rd seed after Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith. Twichell dropped two seconds from her entry time and jumped a few spots above her seeding. Ledecky swam almost 5 seconds off her world record and still beat everyone by an enormous margin.

MCFinARL
07-01-2016, 12:54 PM
Michael Miller dropped over a second from his 100 butterfly time this morning to move up 61 places and come very close to returning for semifinals, finishing in 19th place.

awhom111
07-01-2016, 09:57 PM
Stefanie Fee has been named to the final roster for Field Hockey:
http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Field-Hockey/Features/2016/July/01/Parnham-Names-Nations-16-Top-Outstanding-Athletes-to-2016-US-Olympic-Womens-Field-Hockey-Team

Given the role she played in getting the team there, that was no surprise.

Track and Field trials continue on Saturday with streaming only coverage at 12:45pm ET, NBC taking over at 2:00pm ET, and NBCSN taking the last leg at 5:00pm ET. Anima Banks runs in the 800m semifinals at around 2:43pm ET. Curtis Beach will be in action all day long in the Decathlon and there is supposed to be plenty of coverage on that last televised portion.

Swimming trials will be streamed again on Saturday at 11:00am ET and Finals will be on NBCSN at 8:00pm ET.

Besides Ashley Twichell in the Finals, a number of swimmers will compete in the 50 Free with Leah Goldman, Maddie Hess, Maddie Rusch, and Alyssa Marsh participating.

awhom111
07-02-2016, 09:28 PM
Curtis Beach will finish out the Decathlon on Sunday.

awhom111
07-06-2016, 09:54 PM
Shannon Rowbury looks to return to the Olympics in the 1500 on Thursday. NBCSN has coverage and the event starts at 9:26pm ET. Someone made a graphic of all of the people in the last Olympics 1500 field who were later caught doping... What could have been if they had not competed.

Tom B.
07-07-2016, 11:02 AM
Here's a piece from CNN (http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2016/07/07/first-olympic-muslim-athlete-to-wear-a-hijab.cnnmoney/index.html) on Duke's Ibtihaj Muhammad, who will compete in fencing at the Olympics.

awhom111
07-08-2016, 12:20 AM
Shannon Rowbury does enough to move on to Friday's semifinals at 8:03pm ET. NBCSN has coverage at 6:00pm ET and then NBC takes over at 8:00pm ET. It is unclear how much coverage they will have of field events as Megan Clark competes in the Pole Vault and Tanner Anderson competes in the High Jump.

awhom111
07-09-2016, 12:47 AM
Shannon Rowbury advances to the finals on Sunday.

Megan Clark also cleared the required height to move on to Sunday.

Tanner Anderson's trials are finished.

In Canada, Maddy Price is competing in the 400m and advanced to Saturday's final.

awhom111
07-10-2016, 12:38 AM
Maddy Price finished fifth, which was not good enough to qualify. Now she moves on to the 200m on Sunday.

NBC will have coverage of Shannon Rowbury at 8:00pm ET. There should be some Pole Vault coverage starting at 5:30pm ET on NBC's streaming coverage.

Mike Corey
07-10-2016, 07:56 PM
Shannon's getting ready to run!

peloton
07-10-2016, 08:53 PM
...and Shannon makes the team with ease. Her form looked great coming down the stretch and finished strong - mission accomplished!

sagegrouse
07-10-2016, 09:04 PM
...and Shannon makes the team with ease. Her form looked great coming down the stretch and finished strong - mission accomplished!

Finshed second. Going to Rio! Great day for the Blue Devils!

jimsumner
07-10-2016, 09:48 PM
Rowbury's poise and experience really stood out on the final lap. She was really close to being boxed in on several occasions. But she never panicked, just kept probing for some running room. When she found it, she made a confident move, with authority.

Kudos.

awhom111
07-11-2016, 12:42 AM
Megan Clark gave a good effort, but came up short in the Pole Vault.

Maddy Price finished fourth in the 200m, but that's not quite enough. I have no idea if she might have a shot at the relay team or not.

MCFinARL
07-12-2016, 05:23 PM
Leona Maguire has a good chance of representing Ireland and grad Laetitia Beck Isreal in golf.

Here is a nice story about Laetitia Beck (http://espn.go.com/espnw/sports/article/16673814/laetitia-beck-hopes-make-name-israel-olympic-golf) from the ESPN website--she will, in fact, represent Israel in Olympic golf.

awhom111
08-02-2016, 09:31 PM
Rebecca Quinn and Canada open up play tomorrow in the infamous Day -2 against the Matildas at 2pm ET and can be seen on NBCSN.

awhom111
08-03-2016, 09:47 PM
Rebecca did not start, but her versatility was a big plus with an early red card as she entered the game in the 23rd minute in Canada's 2-0 win over Australia.

Wander
08-05-2016, 03:46 PM
Well, apparently we just missed out (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-fencer-ibtihaj-muhammad-finishes-second-1470247067-htmlstory.html) on a Dukie being the flagbearer for the USA. Would have been cool.

awhom111
08-05-2016, 09:45 PM
Lots of Duke athletes in action on Saturday.

Stefanie Fee and the Field Hockey team open against Argentina at 4:00pm ET and can be seen on USA.

Rebecca Quinn and Canada continue against Zimbabwe at 2:00pm ET and will be on NBC's soccer-specific channel.

Lindsey Harding and Belarus start their tournament against Japan at 6:45pm ET, but will only be live online.

CrazyNotCrazie
08-05-2016, 10:28 PM
Well, apparently we just missed out (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-rio-2016-fencer-ibtihaj-muhammad-finishes-second-1470247067-htmlstory.html) on a Dukie being the flagbearer for the USA. Would have been cool.

I think she would have been a much better choice. Coach K would have been perfect but I don't think coaches are eligible. That would have made Calipari's head explode!

BandAlum83
08-05-2016, 11:38 PM
Is there a consolidated listing of Dukies in the Olympics with name, country and sport?

awhom111
08-06-2016, 12:06 AM
Is there a consolidated listing of Dukies in the Olympics with name, country and sport?

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211103098&DB_OEM_ID=4200

The list is not as long as some other schools so it is not too much to keep track of, relatively speaking.

awhom111
08-07-2016, 12:00 AM
Rebecca Quinn went the full 90 minutes as Canada beat Zimbabwe 3-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Stefanie Fee and the United States beat Argentina 2-1.

Lindsey Harding had 12 points and 8 rebounds in 30 minutes before fouling out as Belarus lost to Japan 77-73.
http://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/0608/Belarus-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

I suppose Kyrie can be covered in the other thread.

Lindsey is back in action on Sunday at 6:45pm ET and the game will be live online only.

awhom111
08-08-2016, 12:18 AM
Lindsey Harding had 12 points and 8 assists in 36 minutes, hitting a pair of free throws to give Belarus the lead late, but France scored the final basket to win 73-72. The team has a tough path to try to get a quarterfinal place.
http://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/0708/France-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Ibtihaj Muhammad starts her Olympics early Monday morning. NBCSN and USA are supposed to have coverage starting at 9:00am ET as I figure that they will try to fit her in around other coverage.

Also on NBCSN at 9:00am ET is Stefanie Fee in a Field Hockey game against Argentina.

If it is not clear from the other thread, Kyrie and Coach K face Venezuela at 6:00pm ET and can be seen on NBCSN.

awhom111
08-09-2016, 12:00 AM
Ibtihaj Muhammad lost in the Round of 16.

Stefanie Fee and the United States had another great game and beat Australia 2-1.

On Tuesday, Rebecca Quinn and Canada finish the group stage against Germany at 3:00pm ET and can be seen on NBCSN.

Lindsey Harding and Belarus face Brazil at 2:30pm ET and will only be live online.

awhom111
08-09-2016, 11:55 PM
Lindsey Harding and Belarus got their first win 65-63 over Brazil as Lindsey had 12 points and 6 assists in 36 minutes.
http://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/0908/Brazil-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Rebecca Quinn went the full 90 minutes as Canada beat Germany 2-1 to be the only team to win all three games so far.

Duke goes back to back on Wednesday on NBCSN. Stefanie Fee and Field Hockey look to continue their momentum against Japan at 4pm ET and then Kyrie faces the country of his birth at 6pm ET.

awhom111
08-11-2016, 12:03 AM
Stefanie Fee and the United States beat Japan 6-1 to continue their impressive tournament.

You can't say enough about Kyrie.

Field Hockey is back in action on Thursday against India at 6:30pm ET and can be seen on NBCSN.

Lindsey Harding and Belarus face Turkey at 11:15am ET and can be seen on the specialty basketball channel if your provider carries it.

awhom111
08-12-2016, 12:06 AM
Lindsey Harding and Belarus were eliminated after a 74-71 loss to Turkey although she did have 17 points in 38 minutes. They have one more game to play.
http://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/1108/Belarus-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Stefanie Fee and the United States are still rolling after a 3-0 win over India.

Kyrie will be back on Friday in the now traditional 6:00pm ET NBCSN slot against Serbia.

Rebecca Quinn and Canada have a rather tricky quarterfinal matchup against France at 6:00pm ET and can be seen in full on the soccer specialty channel and in part on CNBC.

Two more athletes get to return on Friday.

Abby Johnston starts her prelims at 5:30pm ET. It will be live online and then NBC will probably pretend that they are covering it live in primetime.

Shannon Rowbury will be in the third heat of the 1,500m at approximately 7:46pm ET. Again, NBC may cover it "live" in primetime while it can be watched actually live online.

awhom111
08-12-2016, 11:45 PM
Kyrie's exploits have been covered on the other thread.

Rebecca Quinn returned to the bench and entered the game with about 10 minutes left to preserve the lead as Canada beat France 1-0.

Shannon Rowbury was second in her heat and moves on to Sunday's semifinals.

Abby Johnston sits in 6th after prelims. She returns on Saturday for the semifinals at 3:00pm ET. They will be live online and then NBC will mysteriously sprinkle them through primetime.

There are other athletes in action too as Ibtihaj Muhammad is in the Team Sabre competition. Quarterfinals start around 8:00am ET and will be online and included in the NBCSN coverage. The medal round is around 4:00pm ET and will be online and part of the MSNBC coverage.

Lindsey Harding and Belarus end their tournament against Australia at 11:15am ET and can be seen on the basketball specialty channel.

Stefanie Fee and the United States play for the top spot in the group against Great Britain at 5:00pm ET and can be seen on CNBC.

Olympic Fan
08-13-2016, 06:21 PM
Abby Johnston apparently finished 5th in the semifinal round of the 3-meter springboard.

sagegrouse
08-13-2016, 06:35 PM
Abby Johnston apparently finished 5th in the semifinal round of the 3-meter springboard.

On to the finals. Go Duke!

chrishoke
08-13-2016, 07:01 PM
Give em hell Abby. Coverage today included many mentions of her studies in Duke Medical School and several shots of her assistant Duke football coach fiance. So cool.

awhom111
08-14-2016, 12:33 AM
Lindsey Harding finished with 16 points and 6 rebounds in 37 minutes as Belarus ended their tournament with a 74-66 loss to Australia.
http://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/1308/Australia-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Ibtihaj Muhammad and the rest of the Sabre team won the bronze medal.

Stefanie Fee and the United States lost 2-1 to Great Britain, but can still look forward to the quarterfinals.

As mentioned, Abby made the finals, which will start at 3:00pm ET on Sunday. Coverage will be live online again while NBC will pretend that it is live during primetime.

Kyrie and the team will face France at 1:15pm ET and will be on NBCSN.

Shannon Rowbury has her 1,500m semifinal starting around 8:30pm ET. Full coverage will be online, but I would expect it also to be shown on NBC, but you never know with them.

dukelifer
08-14-2016, 08:38 PM
Lindsey Harding finished with 16 points and 6 rebounds in 37 minutes as Belarus ended their tournament with a 74-66 loss to Australia.
http://www.fiba.com/olympicswomen/2016/1308/Australia-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Ibtihaj Muhammad and the rest of the Sabre team won the bronze medal.

Stefanie Fee and the United States lost 2-1 to Great Britain, but can still look forward to the quarterfinals.

As mentioned, Abby made the finals, which will start at 3:00pm ET on Sunday. Coverage will be live online again while NBC will pretend that it is live during primetime.

Kyrie and the team will face France at 1:15pm ET and will be on NBCSN.

Shannon Rowbury has her 1,500m semifinal starting around 8:30pm ET. Full coverage will be online, but I would expect it also to be shown on NBC, but you never know with them.

Rowbury looked very strong. Into the finals.

Furniture
08-14-2016, 11:52 PM
There was a very nice interview of Ibtihaj on NBC right on copacabana talking about her success as a women, a Muslim and an African American.

awhom111
08-15-2016, 12:24 AM
Abby finished her career with a 12th place performance.

Shannon stayed in control in her race and qualified in relative comfort.

Kyrie's situation seems to be adequately covered elsewhere.

Monday's schedule is light with Stefanie Fee and the United States facing Germany in a quarterfinal at 11:30am ET on NBCSN.

awhom111
08-15-2016, 11:40 PM
Stefanie Fee and the United States lost 2-1 to Germany in the quarterfinals.

Tuesday action starts with Rebecca Quinn and Canada facing Germany in the semifinals at 3:00pm ET and can be seen on NBCSN.

Shannon Rowbury's 1,500m final is scheduled for around 9:30pm ET and will be live on NBC, except for in places like her and my hometown of San Francisco, where we can see it delayed if not online.

dukelifer
08-16-2016, 10:33 PM
Stefanie Fee and the United States lost 2-1 to Germany in the quarterfinals.

Tuesday action starts with Rebecca Quinn and Canada facing Germany in the semifinals at 3:00pm ET and can be seen on NBCSN.

Shannon Rowbury's 1,500m final is scheduled for around 9:30pm ET and will be live on NBC, except for in places like her and my hometown of San Francisco, where we can see it delayed if not online.

Rowbury with a 4th place finish. The other American- Jennifer Simpson with the bronze- first ever medal in the 1500 for US women

awhom111
08-16-2016, 11:35 PM
Rebecca Quinn did not play as Canada lost 2-0 to Germany and will now try to get the Bronze Medal.

Women's Golf finally starts on Wednesday for Laetitia Beck and Leona Maguire. GOLF Channel has coverage starting at 6:30am ET with some live pre-round coverage too, running through the whole round with live post-round coverage ending at 5:00pm ET.

Kyrie takes the court at 5:45pm ET and will be on NBCSN again.

Troublemaker
08-17-2016, 12:47 AM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqAsl8kWAAAa0Sl.jpg:large

Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
08-17-2016, 07:50 AM
Thanks for that - great pic.

JasonEvans
08-17-2016, 10:15 AM
"Have you seen the basketball coach and the fencer?"

"Yeah, they are at the golf course."

"Makes sense to me."

awhom111
08-17-2016, 11:49 PM
Kyrie's game is obviously being covered in the other thread.

Leona sits at +3 and Laetitia is at +4 after the first round with the leader at -6 and the next two in medal position at -5.

GOLF Channel has coverage of the whole round again, with a 90 minute show at 5:00am ET before the action and then running live coverage all the way until 5:00pm ET.

nmduke2001
08-18-2016, 01:26 PM
Leona with a really good 6 under 65 today. She's put herself in good position heading into the final two days. She's now 5 shots out of medal contention.

duke79
08-18-2016, 02:51 PM
Leona with a really good 6 under 65 today. She's put herself in good position heading into the final two days. She's now 5 shots out of medal contention.

Fantastic news !! Good luck to Leona and to Letitia too. Any more word on whether or not Leona is turning pro? Is she coming back to Duke this Fall?

awhom111
08-19-2016, 12:22 AM
Leona with a really good 6 under 65 today. She's put herself in good position heading into the final two days. She's now 5 shots out of medal contention.

Laetitia was -1, which leaves her at +3 for the tournament.

Their third rounds will be covered on GOLF Channel from 5am ET to 5pm ET.

Rebecca and Canada try to beat the hosts to win a medal at 12pm ET and can be seen on MSNBC.

As usual, Kyrie and team can be seen on NBCSN at 2:30pm ET.

burnspbesq
08-19-2016, 04:40 PM
Rebecca Quinn collects bronze as Canada beats Brazil, 2-1.

awhom111
08-20-2016, 12:37 AM
Leona was +3, which dropped her back to even par. Laetitia was at par on the day and still sits at +3.

The final round will be covered on Saturday on GOLF Channel from 5am ET to 1pm ET.

awhom111
08-20-2016, 05:56 PM
Leona was -2 to finish tied for 21st. Laetitia was -1 to move to +2, which is good for a tie for 31st.

In mentioning the Men's Basketball game tomorrow, at least NBC has decided to air daytime coverage on these two days live in all timezones.

Olympic Fan
08-21-2016, 01:22 PM
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I came across this editorial about Ibtihaj Mugammad on a political website I visit. I hesitate to post it, since we discourage partisan political discussion on these boards. But since it's about a Duke Olympian -- and very laudatory towards her -- I thought some here might want to read it. Just be warned, it is a very liberal view, using Mohammad as a counterbalance against Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric:

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/21/1560721/-Inspiring-Olympian-Ibtihaj-Muhammad-does-more-to-combat-ISIS-than-anything-Trump-proposes

PS If the mods think this crosses the line, please delete this post.

Saratoga2
08-21-2016, 05:01 PM
Did anyone else notice how coach K went around to each of the players and coaches and thanked them for the fine effort they made in winning the gold medal. It occurred just as the game was coming to a conclusion. A real touch of class and what endears coach K to some many of his fans.

Rich
08-21-2016, 06:51 PM
Did anyone else notice how coach K went around to each of the players and coaches and thanked them for the fine effort they made in winning the gold medal. It occurred just as the game was coming to a conclusion. A real touch of class and what endears coach K to some many of his fans.

Wasn't that when he told Kyrie to take a seat? :rolleyes:

It was fun watching the guys able to enjoy the last few minutes.

Troublemaker
08-21-2016, 08:27 PM
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flyingdutchdevil
08-22-2016, 09:40 AM
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Did Coach K tell Irving to stand up and smile? ;)

phaedrus
09-10-2016, 11:28 AM
Shannon Rowbury broke the U.S. 5000m record yesterday in Brussels, finishing in 14:38. She now holds national records in the 1500m, 5000m, and 2 mile (infrequently run). She is the first to simultaneously hold the 1500m and 5000m national records since Mary Slaney in the 1980s.

DevilHorse
08-16-2020, 07:57 AM
Thought I'd point out that Shannon Rowbury is competing (again) in the European Diamond League. She finished a very nice 5th, just 20 seconds behind the winner in the 5000 meters in a field of 13 on a very hot night in Monaco. Her coach says she is in good shape! In this COVID-19 warped - Olympic-less 2020, it is nice to see the Duke Alum in the game.

Larry
DevilHorse