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Boomers win by 12. Impressive

It was a good win in the end. They did miss Exum and his stability with the ball though. Lots of turnovers.

Jack McVeigh made a real difference.

canefan

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

Boomers win by 12. Impressive

It was a good win in the end. They did miss Exum and his stability with the ball though. Lots of turnovers.

Jack McVeigh made a real difference.

McVeigh was a real spark plug. Seemed to instill belief in the rest of the team when things for tight

canefan

France sweep SA aside to make the men's 7s final

sparky

Athletes told to vacate their rooms 48 hours after their events finish. Cardboard beds to discourage sex. It's a real shame the Olympics Village isn't what it used to be.

sparky

Erika Fairweather in the Women's 400m Freestyle Final.

sparky

Lots of other great swimmers in this race too.

sparky

Good Kiwi presence in the La Defense Arena crowd.

sparky

Erika in 3rd after 50m.

sparky

Erika still third after 100m.

sparky

Erika down in 5th at 200m. It's World Record pace.

sparky

Erika Fairweather finished 4th.

sparky

Australia's Ariarne Titmus won.

booboo

Poo. 4th.

Titmus had it under control the whole way

Billy Tell

Came back strongly but couldn’t get 3rd. Bugger.

sparky

@booboo I thought Erika through sheer guts was going to pip Katie Ledecky for the Bronze right at the end.

But the top two, especially Titmus, were different class.

sparky

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sparky

Another Aussie Gold in the Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay. Their 4th in a row in the event.

sparky

Australia top of the medal's table with three gold on day one.

booboo

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Australia top of the medal's table with three gold on day one.

Not unexpected they do well early ecause swimming.

booboo

At least these were proper swimming events. Get from here to there as fast as you can, not using weird artificial construct where you're obliged to swim slow.

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