Canada and Rio: A Love Story

"The final guaranteed spot in the 49erFX came down to the protest room, in a protest between Ireland and Canada. The Irish crew were sitting in the third country position with the Canadians tied for 4th country position with the Norwegians. Canada protested the Irish for an incident in the first race of the day and won, leaving the Irish crew disqualified. Canada moved up to third country, claiming the guaranteed spot while the Irish move down to fifth in a tie with the United states. Norway and Ireland will now be watching continental qualifiers to see if there are vacancies, which there are likely to be in both Oceania and Africa."

WE ARE SUPER SUPER AMPED UP ABOUT CANADA GETTING A BERTH AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN RIO 2016. Cannot be more proud of Erin and Dannie for qualifying the country. This means good things for us, as we now have future Olympians in our midst. Whoever gets to represent Canada will obviously do us proud. This is proof that hard work pays off.

Check out the full article here: http://49er.org/blog/2015/11/21/day-6-and-the-olympic-berths-go-to/