Olympics Thread

Billy Tell

Silver and bronze for Aussie in high jump is a great effort.

MiketheSnow

Silver and bronze for Aussie in high jump is a great effort.

Especially when they have to clear the bar from down under

Billy Tell

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

Silver and bronze for Aussie in high jump is a great effort.

Especially when they have to clear the bar from down under

Gold medal for the dad joke goes to wales.

sparky

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

Ukrainian high jumper is sooo much better than anyone else. Cruising to gold.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the Gold.

93 people in her home town of Dnipro have been killed in Russian missile attacks since February 2022.

Rapido

Was watching badminton semis last night with a Spanish woman cruising into the final. Left the room for a few minutes and when came back in the she was lying on the floor screaming and crying. Injured. She was doing it for a few minutes. Could really feel that "it's just not fair" pain.

MajorPom

It really is bloody amazing how well Aussie do in the Olympics. Blows my mind every time.

Just seem to be in competitive across the board

sparky

@MajorRage

Looks like China and USA will battle it out to be top of the medal table.

Then France, the UK and Australia will battle it out for 3rd, 4th and 5th. Japan will probably be 6th.

Australia punching way above its population and GDP.

sparky

Ethan Katzberg of Canada wins the Hammer.

Every Athletics Gold awarded so far in these Games has been won by an athlete from a different country.

Billy Tell

100 m seems sooo slow without bolt. Like treading water. Athlete of the century.

sparky

I'm glad the South African Akani Simbane chose Track and Field rather than Rugby Union.

sparky

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

100 m seems sooo slow without bolt. Like treading water. Athlete of the century.

I dunno. They are rather quick.

Billy Tell

Winning time 9.79. Bolt 2012 London 9.63.

sparky

Noah Lyles won the 100m in 9.79 in a photo finish ahead of Thompson.

sparky

Lyles came from 4th to 1st in the last 10 metres.

MiketheSnow

@Rapido said in Olympics Thread:

Was watching badminton semis last night with a Spanish woman cruising into the final. Left the room for a few minutes and when came back in the she was lying on the floor screaming and crying. Injured. She was doing it for a few minutes. Could really feel that "it's just not fair" pain.

Yeah that sucked

sparky

Simbane ran 9.82, but didn't win a medal. A ridiculously fast race. Noah Lyles had to run a PB to win it.

sparky

And the US overtakes China at the top of the medal table.

MiketheSnow

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Simbane ran 9.82, but didn't win a medal. A ridiculously fast race. Noah Lyles had to run a PB to win it.

Fastest 100m of all time (combined times)

canefan

@MajorRage said in Olympics Thread:

It really is bloody amazing how well Aussie do in the Olympics. Blows my mind every time.

Just seem to be in competitive across the board

It did not go unnoticed to me that they are one of the countries that are near the top of the actual medal table and the per capita table as well

sparky

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Simbane ran 9.82, but didn't win a medal. A ridiculously fast race. Noah Lyles had to run a PB to win it.

Fastest 100m of all time (combined times)

Seven runners under 9.90 and one other at 9.91.

A really great standard, although still behind what Usain Bolt achieved.

The Silver Fern

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