Australian skipper Cameron Smith says we havent seen the last of Andrew Fifita and Semi Radradra in the green and gold jumper.Smith says he hopes to see Fifita and Radradra in the Australian squad in the near future despite the trouble-plagued pair back being blacklisted for the Four Nations tour.Fifita was left out after creating a storm of controversy for writing a message of support for convicted one-punch killer Kieran Loveridge on his wrist strapping.Radradra has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges and management were concerned it would prove a distraction.Smith said he supported coach Mal Meninga and the NRLs decision not to consider the pair for selection, however he believed they could earn back their spots in the squad.Those two guys, they have issues away from football that they need to sort out, Smith said.I think its the correct decision thats been made by the NRL for those guys not to be available for this tour. And the (Rugby League Players Association) have backed it as well.Im hopeful that theyll have the opportunity to represent Australia again because theyre both very talented footballers - weve seen that this season.Im sure that if they work hard, then theyll get an opportunity to play again.Fifita and Radradra both have an uphill battle to earn back their spots after Meninga selected a 24-man squad with an eye to the future.Meninga showed his hand by not selecting veteran Corey Parker and Paul Gallen and Smith said he hoped to keep this squad together until next years World Cup.Twelve months away, were not sure where all these players are going to be at physically and form-wise. You need to be playing well first and foremost, Smith said.The best thing about Mal is he likes stability. I like stability. If you can have a successful tournament this year, then Id like to think we can go on and keep this group together and start building. Hydro Flask Bottiglia . 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Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. RIO DE JANEIRO -- After almost two hours in the waters off Copacabana Beach, six men bore down on the finishing chute of Tuesdays Olympic 10-kilometer swim in a thrashing knot. World champion Jordan Wilimovsky of the U.S. was in the thick of it, aiming half-blindly toward the arch with the elevated touchpad.I knew Ferry would be good, Wilimovsky said, referring to Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands. The 22-year-old Northwestern University student paused. He won, right?At least 20 minutes had elapsed since the end of the race, but a water polo-style scramble for the podium, a controversial disqualification, and a photo finish took a while to sort out. Weertman found out he had beaten veteran Spiros Gianniotis of Greece via a call from a friend while riding up from the beach in an official golf cart. When Weertmans phone rang again, it was the prime minister of the Netherlands, who let the swimmer listen as other officials applauded in the background.I had a perfect finish, said Weertman, whose coach improvised a proxy for a touchpad at the end of a fishing pole and held it in front of him during training in the pool like a carrot so he could refine his technique.The Dutch reclaimed the sea over two days of open water competition at Fort Copacabana in calm conditions. Weertmans teammate, Sharon van Rouwendaal, won the womens race Monday ahead of a tumultuous battle for silver and bronze that also featured a disqualification at the finish. Wilimovsky and Haley Anderson were the top U.S. finishers, fifth respectively in the mens and womens races.And months of speculation and concern about pollution levels in the waters off Fort Copacabana took a back seat on race day, as athletes and officials had predicted. Testing done by both governmental and independent entities, including The Associated Press, showed the venue did not have the same level of bacteria and viruses as garbage-engorged Guanabara Bay or the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. One swimmer mentioned a stray plastic bag. None said the water betrayed any smell, taste or other worrying characteristic.Organizers got lucky with the lack of wind and rain, which could have upped the chances of poor water quality due to urban runoff.Of course, the worst water-borne agents can be invisible, and only the next days and weeks will tell whether any athletes will fall ill. Many, including the U.S. swimmers, took prophylactic doses of antibiotics and probiotics. We took every precaution we could, said U.S. open water coach Catherine Vogt. The USOC and USA Swimming prepared us for the worst possible outcome. We came down [to Rio] in January, and that helped.The water quality in Barcelona [for world championships] in 2013 was probably worse than it was here.A different definition of foul and fair arose as the race built to its conclusion.Australias Jarrod Poort surged away from the rest of the pack and soloed in front for three of the 2.5-kilometer laps, extending his lead to more than a minute at one point before the rest of the field reeled him in.Weertman was the first to overhaul Poort, closely followed by a small group of men including Wilimovsky, who eventually duked it out at the finish. British swimmer Jack Burnell was infuriated at being disqualified for his second yellow warning flag. The first was delivered early in the race a couple minutes after he scrapped with another swimmer, and the second was imposed in the chaotic final seconds.Burnell said 2012 10k gold medalist Ous Mellouli of Tunisia -- who declared this race would be his last -- slowed him by grabbing one of his legs in the chute and hanging on for several strokes. I had to turn around to get [Mellouli] off, Burnell told reporters. What am I meant to do? We are all at top speed and I am stopped dead.The results first showed Burnell thirdd, then fifth, then nowhere.dddddddddddd When officials reviewed footage of the finish after a British appeal, there was no visual evidence of a hold by Mellouli, who has been based in Southern California since his college days at USC. But the video did show Burnell punching him, according to chief referee Sid Cassidy of the United States.Medal standings also remained in question until midafternoon Tuesday. Weertman and Gianniotis finished with identical times of 1:52.59, but the Greek veteran was bumped into second place by officials who ruled he had missed the touchpad by a fraction with one hand before hitting it with the other. The Greek team asked officials to reconsider, but withdrew their protest after viewing the video.I acknowledge the frustration of the swimmers, but I believe we got [the rulings] right, Cassidy said.One logistical issue affected race preparations, including the way swimmers entered the water. The athletes originally were supposed to dive off a floating dock, but it broke free from its mooring in blustery weather over the weekend and washed up on the beach. Organizers worked with local authorities to secure another pontoon positioned further from shore for the coaches to monitor, feed and hydrate their athletes during the races.Both the women and men entered the water from the beach and lined up for the official start in 7-foot-deep water.Theres always last minute changes with open water, so were used to going with the flow, Anderson said. When they changed the start, we said, Lets not freak out about it, lets adapt.American Sean Ryan, the Club Wolverine swimmer who joined Wilimovsky at last years world championships in qualifying for Rio, was briefly bewildered when a DSQ appeared next to his name in the official results.I was like, did I miss a buoy, or what? a relieved Ryan said after Vogt informed him it was a timing system error. Ryan, a mechanical engineering major at the University of Michigan who has accepted a job with Detroit Diesel, finished 14th.Sean and Jordan did an amazing job, said Wilimovskys coach, Dave Kelsheimer. It was an extremely physical race with a lot of contact. As the level of open water swimming continues to rise and it becomes more popular, people are going to get a lot more competitive. Obviously, the challenge is for the officials to be able to monitor that, and theyve done a pretty good job of doing that.For the most part, the guys at the top are good pool swimmers. The days of this being an adventure sport are passing.But Vogt said theres no substitute for actual open water experience, which she believed was a factor in the 2016 all-European podium. This year, this Olympic Games, this course, even though we had relatively flat seas, still went to the people that are savvy racers, she said. European countries have a lot more opportunities to swim, and thats something that does benefit their athletes.You have to learn in the races, because going up and down a pool on a black line, fast, does not win a m