Olympics Thread

[antipodean]

Well done Carrington. Fischer left too much to do in the last 250m.

[Donsteppa]

Awesomely and unsurprisingly, another gold for Carrington after soaking up the early pressure. Fisher left her run at bronze too late from the back of the race.

[antipodean]

That Hungarian has guns that would put a lot of men to shame.

[sparky]

That is Gold Medal number eight for Dame Lisa.

Time to put her on a bank note.

[WillieTheWaiter]

Lisa for ABs coach!

[canefan]

@WillieTheWaiter said in Olympics Thread:

Lisa for ABs coach!

At least mental coach...

[WillieTheWaiter]

Pretty noticeable Fisher absent from the congrats squad when rest of team there..

[1kiwi]

Bit of a fizzer in the end. So much for the Kiwi showdown.

[canefan]

@WillieTheWaiter said in Olympics Thread:

Pretty noticeable Fisher absent from the congrats squad when rest of team there..

Yeah. She has a reputation as a loner. And she doesn't appear to see eye to eye with Carrington's mentor and lead coach of the team reportedly. Basically trains on her own so I read

[canefan]

Lids and Metraux dropped shots on 1. They have come back and joined a large group tied at the top. If there is a tie at the end, will all of them get gold medals? Metraux dropped a shot on 2 as well.

[sparky]

@canefan There'll be a playoff.

[canefan]

Lids starting a little shaky. Metraux is bleeding right now, I think the pressure is finally getting to her

[1kiwi]

Dame Lisa has the seventh-most medals of any female in Olympic history. Also puts her 16th on the all-time list.

[MiketheSnow]

W Pentathlon heats were thrilling

[Billy Tell]

The climbing women’s final was great. Decent sport that.

[canefan]

Lids regains the outright lead, up one stroke at -9. But it's way early

[ACT Crusader]

@WillieTheWaiter said in Olympics Thread:

Pretty noticeable Fisher absent from the congrats squad when rest of team there..

My daughter asked why is her hair not braided like the rest of the NZ girls….

[sparky]

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

The climbing women’s final was great. Decent sport that.

Yeah, Climbing has been a welcome addition to the Olympics.

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

The climbing women’s final was great. Decent sport that.

Yeah, Climbing has been a welcome addition to the Olympics.

Great combo of athleticism, speed, intelligence

[canefan]

@ACT-Crusader said in Olympics Thread:

@WillieTheWaiter said in Olympics Thread:

Pretty noticeable Fisher absent from the congrats squad when rest of team there..

My daughter asked why is her hair not braided like the rest of the NZ girls….

I'm sure there are lots of loner types in sports like kayaking. Wasn't Drysdale a bit of a loner in the single sculls? And I seem to recall someone not seeing eye to eye with Stephen Ferguson back in the day