Olympic Whitewater

old and in the way · Post by **old and in the way** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:22 pm

I see on the NBC Olympic website that Benn Fraker advanced to the Semis, Scott Parsons did not.

Anyone able to figure out when this might be on TV? I cannot for the life of me find that out.

As an aside - Martikan ran the course in 85 seconds. Putting on my geezer grumble hat again, remember when times were in excess of 200?

Post by **sbroam** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:28 pm

Can't tell either - someone on BT said they were on at 3:00.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/canoekayak/index.html

At this time, this shows "in progress"?

Sir Adam · Post by **Sir Adam** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:59 pm

I agree! Winning time the Derby is usually just under 10 minutes. Now THAT is a slalom run:)

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:12 am

In '00 the schedule was "subject to change" Looks like that's the case again. I didn't get it yesterday, but have set the VCR again today. Suposedly, every event will be available for download from NBC's web-site, whether it was broadcast on TV or not.

Here's today's canoe & kayak TV listing:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_onlin ... CA/tv.html

Don't look if you want to watch it first. Hat's off to Benn Fraker

Final results for C-1 are here:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/canoekayak/r ... index.html

If you want some insight to the games that you won't find anywhere else, go to I-Tunes & search for "InBetween Swims". There are free podcasts. I haven't finished listening to the Olympic preview, but it's been pretty interesting so far.

Mike W. · Post by **Mike W.** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:15 am

I found online video of the C-1 heats

I only got through the 1st heat before getting kicked off the computer

Guess I should have watched it instead of paddling this afternoon....nah

Looks like a real tough course.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share. ... 108-145502

Post by **sbroam** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:04 am

Thanks for posting that! For some reason, to me that looked like Kent Ford in the C-1 with the helmet cam?

cadster · Post by **cadster** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:28 pm

The C1 finals are online: http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share. ... _CSM_EN033

How does the difficulty of this course compare to past Olympics?

If somebody finds the C2 finals, please post the link.

eddyhops · Post by **eddyhops** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:04 pm

cadster wrote:How does the difficulty of this course compare to past Olympics?

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?s ... &type=lgns

cbcboat · Post by **cbcboat** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:15 pm

If somebody finds the C2 finals, please post the link.

I don't think the finals have happened yet but heres a link to the heats, hopefully it works.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player ... de=sportca

Enjoy
B

Keech · Post by **Keech** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:05 pm

The C2 Semis were run about 3:00 AM EDT Thursday morning but the K1W Semis and Finals plus the C2 Finals were postponed due to a sever lightning storm at the course. These runs will be reschedule for 3:00 AM EDT early Friday morning, 8/15. It appears that they will be live internet streamed in the nbcolympics.com web site. Here's the link to the C2 Semis: [url]http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player ... 408-145503[/url]

Most of the time "Rewind" streaming will be posted about two day after the event actually happens to allow NBC TV first chance to air the footage.

Keech

cadster · Post by **cadster** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:59 am

The C-2 final was exciting:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share. ... 508-145002

jim gross · Post by **jim gross** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:31 pm

This artificial course reminds me of the upper yough at 2.4. very fun. just i never had to do the yough with gates. JIM