Olympics Thread

[1kiwi]

Men's Four sitting in second at the halfway mark

[Damo]

Mens 4 comfortably in second but seem to be slightly falling back off the Yanks.

[ACT Crusader]

We are looking good. USA had a huge second 500

[1kiwi]

Come on lads!

[Bones]

Love the British commentator saying NZ were gone and USA were out of sight. Dick

[1kiwi]

Kiwis making a move!

[Higgins]

Another close run thing, this time a silver for the Mens Four

[ACT Crusader]

USA with a 2nd gear

[Billy Tell]

Médaille d’argent!

[ACT Crusader]

Awesome to get the silver

[antipodean]

Wow. That last 250m from the Americans. I would've sworn with 500m to go they were going to be overtaken.

[MiketheSnow]

@Bones said in Olympics Thread:

Love the British commentator saying NZ were gone and USA were out of sight. Dick

was she wrong?

[KiwiMurph]

Nicely done lads. Great rowing session for NZ

[Bones]

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

@Bones said in Olympics Thread:

Love the British commentator saying NZ were gone and USA were out of sight. Dick

was she wrong?

Fuck that's a she? And at the time, yes. NZ came back level.

[MajorPom]

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

Wow. That last 250m from the Americans. I would've sworn with 500m to go they were going to be overtaken.

Absolutely. We flew that 500-250 to go to get neck and neck then the yanks just took off.

Brilliant morning. One of each out of 4 races. Can't complain.

[1kiwi]

Meanwhile NZ Men got hammered in the hockey 5-0 to Australia

[MajorPom]

@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:

Meanwhile NZ Men getting hammered in the hockey down 3-0 to Australia

Rowing is where it's at mate. We just annihilated them in the mens 4. Thats all that counts ....

Seriously though, that is expected isn't it? Hockeyroos (or whetever they're called) are fairly handy.

[Bovidae]

That Olympic medal-winning performance was Brooke Francis and Lucy Spoors' first race win since teaming up in the double scull.

Timing eh.

[1kiwi]

NZ now sitting 11th on the medal table. Not bad for a country of just over 5 million

[Higgins]

@1kiwi Which got even worse to finish five nil. They do reasonably ok against most other teams but the Aussies seem to always demolish us. Except for 1976 of course!