Olympics Thread

canefan

@bovidae did you see this dude

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/paralympics/300392394/tokyo-paralympics-the-silver-medalwinner-who-swam-backstroke-with-no-arms

Yup. Amazing. Him and the table tennis player with no arms who held the bat in his mouth

Bovidae

@canefan Just to reiterate what I was saying.

"I'm extremely ecstatic," says Pascoe. "Originally, I wasn't coming into this meeting doing 100 breaststroke, but was a last-minute entry.

"The reason behind it was to get myself into race mode and blow the cobwebs out before my four favoured events, coming up in three days.

"I came in ranked third, breaststroke is not my favoured event, but it's Ellen's favoured. All power to her, she got me in the last 10 metres and that's when it really hurt - I gave it absolutely everything.

"It was an unexpected race and an unexpected result. I will stand on the podium with pride that I gave it absolutely everything."

canefan

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan Just to reiterate what I was saying.

"I'm extremely ecstatic," says Pascoe. "Originally, I wasn't coming into this meeting doing 100 breaststroke, but was a last-minute entry.

"The reason behind it was to get myself into race mode and blow the cobwebs out before my four favoured events, coming up in three days.

"I came in ranked third, breaststroke is not my favoured event, but it's Ellen's favoured. All power to her, she got me in the last 10 metres and that's when it really hurt - I gave it absolutely everything.

"It was an unexpected race and an unexpected result. I will stand on the podium with pride that I gave it absolutely everything."

Use an Olympic race as a warm up. Hardcore

KiwiMurph

Swimming Para gold for Tupou Neiufi - how good!

gt12

Adams gets gold.

That’s neat.

Two gold medalists from the same family is fucking choice.

Edit: Paralympics record too, and her worst throw would have still won gold.

Bovidae

A silver medal to 20 yr old Danielle Aitchison in the 200 m. She was never going to beat the Chinese WR holder so great to be the best of the rest.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/paralympics/126218334/tokyo-paralympics-sprinter-danielle-aitchison-nabs-200m-silver-at-first-games

Stargazer

https://twitter.com/ParalympicsNZ/status/1432258678208430087

https://twitter.com/ParalympicsNZ/status/1432308828469530626

mariner4life

I am an evil horrible person who will burn in hell

But I just watched the dudes do no arm backstroke and it made me laugh out loud. Wiggle racing.

Tim

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

I am an evil horrible person who will burn in hell

But I just watched the dudes do no arm backstroke and it made me laugh out loud. Wiggle racing.

LOL. Agreed on both counts.

Bovidae

A smile at last from Pascoe. Also, you could see the emotion on her face when she realised she had won.

Cyclops

Sophie Pascoe might be my favourite NZ Olympian. What a beast.

Bovidae

Thumbs up!

Bovidae

Sophie Pascoe just does enough to win gold in the 200 m IM. That's 4 in a row in this event. :clapping_hands:

canefan

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Sophie Pascoe just does enough to win gold in the 200 m IM. That's 4 in a row in this event. :clapping_hands:

The impression we have is that she's had a trying year to say the least, with a far from ideal buildup. Nice to get some rewards now

Bovidae

@canefan Yes, the emotion after winning last night was telling. Hopefully she has one more big race in her for the butterfly.

I didn't see the race but Nikita Howarth finished 4th in her 100m breaststroke final swimming with a fractured arm.

Danielle Aitchison backs up her silver in the 200 m with a bronze in the 100 m.

Stargazer

Another athletics medal. After finishing first in her heat, Danielle Aitchison won a bronze medal on the 100m track (T36). Only 0.02s behind the silver medallist.

That's her second medal after her silver on the 200m. Only 20 years old.

Stargazer

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan Yes, the emotion after winning last night was telling. Hopefully she has one more big race in her for the butterfly.

I didn't see the race but Nikita Howarth finished 4th in her 100m breaststroke final swimming with a fractured arm.

Danielle Aitchison backs up her silver in the 200 m with a bronze in the 100 m.

Ah, missed the last sentence. :man_facepalming_medium_skin_tone: