Olympics Thread

[Damo]

@Chris-B said in Olympics Thread:

@Damo Can those Canadians not win anything else?

I've been taunting a Canadian friend that we were poised to strike.

We won the high jump - and those feckers came back with gold in breakdancing!

And that stupid C1 canoeing to match Lydia!

If we are tied on golds I think that means we win because the breakdancing is only worth half a medal.

[sparky]

Go Ellesse!

[Higgins]

Whoop whoop Gold

[sparky]

Gold for Ellesse Andrews!!!!

[Billy Tell]

Pesky Canada back to 12 spot on the medal table. What a games we’ve had.

[sparky]

Gold Medal Number 10!!!!!

[Damo]

Another gold! Amazing.

[KiwiMurph]

She smoked her. What a ride.

[sparky]

Five Million People.

Ten Gold Medals.

What an amazing performance by Team New Zealand.

[Pepe]

Boom!...

[sparky]

Has any country of New Zealand's population ever got into double figures in terms of Golds before?

[1kiwi]

Scary thing is she is only 24. She could totally dominate again come LA 2028

[SBW1]

Is this our final total?

[sparky]

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[SBW1]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/#google_vignette

[MiketheSnow]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

I struggle to run sub 3.3 minute 100 metres. (Might be exaggerating a tad)

Yeah. I'm tearing a hammy doing that

What's a hammy?

[SBW1]

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals?utm_campaign=dp_microsoft

[Kiap]

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Has any country of New Zealand's population ever got into double figures in terms of Golds before?

New Zealand very impressive!

Finland did well if you go back a while

[MiketheSnow]

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

Squash is for 80s stockbrokers

Losing wrestling and boxing is disgraceful. The nation directly behind us on the medal table will be furious.

You should be pushing for Squash. Paul Coll is a good bet for a medal. He's the Commonwealth champ. But he'll be 36 in 2028.

Might be a bridge too far for Joelle King unfortunately.

And I'm guessing you haven't seen squash since the 80s.

It's fast and furious.

And yes, losing the core sports for faddish fuckwittery is very disappointing.

[MiketheSnow]

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

I think the problem with boxing is that it is not the best athletes in the sport competing. The boxers at the Olympics are so far below the best that it is not all that interesting.

They could change that with eliminating the amateur status. Get the absolute top pros boxing it out for a gold medal and it would be worth keeping.

Fuck no

We need to preserve the amateur gateways to as many sports as possible

Golf would be so much better if it was amateur.