Olympics Thread

[Billy Tell]

Take that Canada! You thought you are 11th best on the medal table. But you thought wrong. You werent counting on kiwi whup-ass.

[canefan]

Cycling to come later

[sparky]

Eight Gold Medals matches New Zealand's record haul from Los Angeles in 1984.

[canefan]

Is that our first gold medal standing up?

[sparky]

@canefan Rugby 7s.

[sparky]

Golf becomes the 12th different sport New Zealand have won a Gold Medal in at a Summer Olympics.

Or the 14th if you are including Winter Games.

[sparky]

Really fast 800 metres men's final.

[MiketheSnow]

Great race (800m)

Ingerbritsen jogs home comfortably to win the 5,000m

Fisher finishes strongly to take Bronze

[MiketheSnow]

Fantastic W 1,500m

Kipyegon with OR and Gold

[sparky]

Hamish Kerr clears 2.34.

[sparky]

Only four athletes still in the men's High Jump.

[sparky]

Hamish Kerr clears 2.36.

[sparky]

Shelby McEwan of the US has also jumped 2.36, a Personal Best.

[sparky]

Only three athletes left in the high jump. Hamish Kerr guaranteed a medal.

[sparky]

Hamish Kerr guaranteed Silver or Gold.

[Billy Tell]

So the Qatar lad is out and quietly weeps.

[sparky]

Mean has failed twice at 2.38.

[Billy Tell]

Ok yank has to get his 3rd jump otherwise it’s gold.

[Jailbreak7]

Come on Hamish!

[sparky]

Hamish Kerr failed his second attempt at 2.38.