Robin and I ventured out to the Olympic Oval in Richmond on the hopes of finding someone selling tickets at face value, or close to it. There were not many sellers but we did manage to get a couple of tickets at a reasonable price. The oval is big, but the seating is actually not as extensive as I'd imagined. There were a good number of orange-clad Dutch supporters in the crowd. The specific event we were watching was team pursuit. Three skaters from each country race against three skaters from another country. They start on opposite sides of the oval. It's tournament style so we watched the men's quarter-finals, the women's quarter-finals and then the men's semi-finals. In the men's quarter-finals Canada beat Italy, setting an Olympic record in the process. The women did not fare as well, losing to the US by four one-hundredths of a second. In the men's semi-finals the Canadian men beat Norway, again setting an Olympic record. They'll face the US for the gold tomorrow. Afterwards we walked to the "O-Zone" and tried to look at Heineken House, but the lineup was too big. We're off to Sue & Tim's tonight to watch Canada vs. Slovakia in men's hockey on the tv.
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