[Hyack]

The Canadian women's soccer team will kick off the 2008 Beijing Games, against Argentina on Wednesday. Soccer is the only sport that will begin before the Olympic opening ceremonies on Friday. The game will be shown on CBC at 4:45 a.m. ET

[Hyack]

First blood to Canada (Candice Chapman) at the 26 minute mark!

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Kara Lang at 71 minutes in, the team has been playing a great game....so far....

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Canada wins 2-1, although the game could have easily been another 5-0 win.

[dog77_1999]

There is a girl at my university who is on the Canadian swim team.

[Hyack]

It's now official....CANADA HAS ARRIVED....


The Canadian flag is raised at a ceremony at the Olympic Athletes village in Beijing, China on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008.

[Hyack]

Olympics' opening ceremony

$1:

More than 20,000 performers will spend more than three hours on Friday evening bringing 5,000 years of Chinese history to the world as the Games of the 29th Olympiad begin at the Beijing National Stadium.

Here in Canada, the show will begin at 7 a.m. ET on Friday, hosted by CBC Television's Ron McLean and chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge. There will also be a pre-ceremony show at 5:45 a.m. ET on CBCSports.ca.

[Blue_Nose]

Anyone up early enough to see the opening ceremony this morning?

Watched almost the whole thing, and it's amazing - really, really well done.

[Bacardi4206]

My cousin use to be on the Team Canada Soccer Woman's team, she isn't anymore though. It's tough for them because they do not get paid, they got to work a job and then travel to a different country on there own money to go to these events and there boss's don't look to lightly to that, so they get constant shit from them.

I think shes going to back, or shes on it for a different sport because I remember my mom telling me she still does the whole part-time job and going to these events.

Anyways, Go Team Canada!!

[Hyack]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Anyone up early enough to see the opening ceremony this morning?

Watched almost the whole thing, and it's amazing - really, really well done.

Sorry, 4 a.m. was just a little too early....but....

Canada at the opening ceremony..

[dog77_1999]

Does anyone know where I can watch the opening cerimony over the internet? I have a feeling it'll be a while before anyone tops this Olympics.

[Scape]

Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:

Anyone up early enough to see the opening ceremony this morning?

Watched almost the whole thing, and it's amazing - really, really well done.

PVR's are great.

[Blue_Nose]

I won't give it away, but apparently those involved (thousands and thousands, and that's not even considering the people behind the scenes) in the ceremony were training for the last 10 months, and it really shows.

[Hyack]

dog77_1999 dog77_1999:

Does anyone know where I can watch the opening cerimony over the internet? I have a feeling it'll be a while before anyone tops this Olympics.

You might want to try CBC...

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/livevideo/

[Hyack]

Canadians in action on Day 1
(Saturday)

ARCHERY

Marie-Pier Beaudet of Levis, Que., Crispin Duenas of Toronto, Jason Lyon of Winnipeg and John David Burnes of Toronto in the ranking round

BADMINTON

. Anna Rice of North Vancouver, B.C., in the round of 64.

CYCLING

. Michael Barry of Toronto, Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria and Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., in the individual road race.

EQUESTRIAN

. Calgary's Kyle Carter and Sandra Donnelly, Michael Winter of Toronto and Selena O'Hanlon of Elgin, Ont., race on Day 1 of the three-day event.

FENCING

. Julie Cloutier of Repentigny, Que., Olga Ovtchinnikova of Toronto and Sandra Sassine of Montreal in the individual sabre fencing event.

GYMNASTICS

. Adam Wong, Grant Golding Kyle Shewfelt, and Nathan Gafuik - all of Calgary - Brandon O'Neill of Edmonton and David Kikuchi of Fall River, N.S., in the qualification round for individual competition.

JUDO

. Frazer Will of Star City, Sask., in the extra lightweight category.

ROWING

The men's and women's coxless pair begin heats.

SAILING

. Open finn and women's yngling classes, races 1 and 2.

SWIMMING

Men

. Brian Johns of Richmond, B.C., and Keith Beavers of London, Ont., in the 400-metre individual medley.

. Mathieu Bois of Longueuil, Que., and Mike Brown of Perth, Ont., in the 100-metre breaststroke

. Ryan Cochrane of Victoria in the 400-metre freestyle.

Women

. Alexandra Komarnycky of Toronto and Tanya Hunks of Brantford, Ont., are in the 400-metre individual medley.

. Audrey Lacroix of Pont-Rouge, Que., in the 100-metre butterfly.

. Women's 4x100m freestyle heats.

TRAP SHOOTING

. Giuseppe Di Salvatore of Surrey, B.C., qualification round.