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  • StargazerS Offline
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    Tomorrow at 2.05pm NZT, Sophie Pascoe will swim her first distance, the 100m breaststroke. (heat 2)

    https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-women-s-100m-breaststroke-sb8-heat-000200-.htm

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      Wheelchair rugby
      We lost 35 - 63 to the USA! :astonished_face:

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      #4443

      @stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

      Wheelchair rugby
      We lost 35 - 63 to the USA! :astonished_face:

      We've not been at the Olympics for this for 12 years, USA have silver, bronze, gold in that time period. It's not rugby in any shape or form, they just needed a more PC name than murder ball and football would'nt have gone down well. Oh and these guys are a million times tougher than soccer wimps

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        Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented 🙂 sister.

        It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

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          Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented 🙂 sister.

          It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

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          @hooroo said in Olympics Thread:

          Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented 🙂 sister.

          It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

          The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes

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          • canefanC canefan

            @hooroo said in Olympics Thread:

            Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented 🙂 sister.

            It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

            The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes

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            @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

            @hooroo said in Olympics Thread:

            Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented 🙂 sister.

            It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

            The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes

            Fully!!!

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            • StargazerS Offline
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              Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.

              The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.


              New Zealand's second game of wheelchair rugby is against Great Britain at 11.00pm.

              GB narrowly beat Canada yesterday, 50 - 47.

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              • StargazerS Stargazer

                Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.

                The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.


                New Zealand's second game of wheelchair rugby is against Great Britain at 11.00pm.

                GB narrowly beat Canada yesterday, 50 - 47.

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                @stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

                Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.

                The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.

                I was reading that the tactic was to just qualify for the final and not expend too much energy trying to win her heat.

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                • BovidaeB Bovidae

                  @stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

                  Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.

                  The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.

                  I was reading that the tactic was to just qualify for the final and not expend too much energy trying to win her heat.

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                  @bovidae Maybe the opposition isn't great. She finished 0.04s behind the winner of her heat. All the other swimmers that qualified for the final, were at least 5 seconds slower.

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                    Sophie Pascoe racing her first final about 10.30pm NZT

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                      Sophie Pascoe racing her first final about 10.30pm NZT

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                      @canefan 10.40pm (as posted above).

                      She'll be swimming in lane 5.

                      https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-women-s-100m-breaststroke-sb8-fnl-000100-.htm

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                        Great swim by the Irish lady to beat Sophie.

                        Those two were miles ahead of the competition.

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                          Sophie Pascoe wins SILVER. :2nd_place_medal:

                          The swimmer from Ireland, who beat her earlier in heat 2, won gold.
                          The difference 0.39s.

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                            Great swim by the Irish lady to beat Sophie.

                            Those two were miles ahead of the competition.

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                            @kiwimurph Yeah, the bronze medallist didn't even come close. Finished at 4.84s from the winner. Number 4 took a second longer.

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                              I'd love to know how they classify these athletes. In some swimming events having two functional legs would be an advantage, and the same for having two arms in other events.

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                                I'd love to know how they classify these athletes. In some swimming events having two functional legs would be an advantage, and the same for having two arms in other events.

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                                @bovidae It's in this pdf. Swimming starts at page 27.

                                https://gtimg.tokyo2020.org/image/upload/production/n4fd9qx81mgkd9hjllgd.pdf

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                                  Nz vs England in wheelchair basketball/ rugby is pretty physical!

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                                    Nz vs England in wheelchair basketball/ rugby is pretty physical!

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                                    @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

                                    Nz vs England in wheelchair basketball/ rugby is pretty physical!

                                    And we're losing!

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                                      Who's the kiwi commentator?

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                                        Who's the kiwi commentator?

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                                        @kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

                                        Who's the kiwi commentator?

                                        No idea

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                                        • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                                          Who's the kiwi commentator?

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                                          @kiwimurph His voice sounds familiar, but I don't know.

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