Olympics Thread
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Very underwhelmed with the Closing Ceremony after what has been an electric Games
@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:
Very underwhelmed with the Closing Ceremony after what has been an electric Games
Meandered in the middle but the beginning and end were decent. The LA beach looked more enticing for a dip than the Seine I must say.
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With the monkey off her back, we might see Lids win some more sooner than later
@canefan I wouldn't be surprised to see her retire earlier than expected maybe even after the Womens Open.
She's always said she won't be playing golf in her 30's. She's now the youngest HOF er ever. What's thye incentive to keep on what clearly for her is an emotional roller coaster.
Doesn't seem that long ago she was a chubby little kid with Mr Magoo specs
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@canefan I wouldn't be surprised to see her retire earlier than expected maybe even after the Womens Open.
She's always said she won't be playing golf in her 30's. She's now the youngest HOF er ever. What's thye incentive to keep on what clearly for her is an emotional roller coaster.
Doesn't seem that long ago she was a chubby little kid with Mr Magoo specs
@dogmeat said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan I wouldn't be surprised to see her retire earlier than expected maybe even after the Womens Open.
She's always said she won't be playing golf in her 30's. She's now the youngest HOF er ever. What's thye incentive to keep on what clearly for her is an emotional roller coaster.
Doesn't seem that long ago she was a chubby little kid with Mr Magoo specs
Mrs CF said that (about the specs and chubs). Yeah she should feel free to do whatever she wants now, with her legacy assured. My take was that getting to the LPGAHoF was negatively affecting her performance, so now that she has made the cut she can continue to play if she still enjoys it. I expect her to be made Dame in the near future, she has earned the right to ride off into the sunset with the thanks of a grateful nation
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good games! watched heaps, and a lot of different stuff (some good, some shit). Stan coverage definitely helped. Great venues. Paris is the best fucking city, love it.
Great results, great races, lots of high achievements.
Some seriously good meme-worthy moments.
Turkish shooter guy
Dude losing the pole vault cause his cock was too big
Ray Gun!!I will miss it. Watching sport every single night really is brilliant.
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oh, and looking at these venues really rammed home just how absolute shit 2032 in Brisbane is going to be.
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Yes the use of eternal Parisian landmarks in events will be hard to replicate in Brisbane.
Hats off to the French though. I read somewhere that if the photos were black and white you'd think it was part of the 1904 World's Fair or something.
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@Windows97 said in Olympics Thread:
Hmm - how long before Russia is allowed back into the Olympics?
It's funny, I haven't noticed their absence at all. Don't know what that means.
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@Windows97 said in Olympics Thread:
Hmm - how long before Russia is allowed back into the Olympics?
It's funny, I haven't noticed their absence at all. Don't know what that means.
It struck me because I saw you guys in third (an awesome achievement btw, really well done) and I thought to myself "Isn't there normally another big sporting nation up there in the Olympics"
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M4L has hit on a point for me that has reoccurred throughout the games: nobody remembers the medal counts, but they remember the moments.
To take an example, Australia won 17 golds in the Sydney 2000 Olympics, but Jai Taurima our long jumper who won silver while smoking between jumps* would be a top 3 memory in people's minds.
So the things I will remember, in no order:
Raygun the breakdancer
Fox sisters in the drink after the Slalom cross racing
Cam McEvoy 50m freestyle win
Surfing big barrels in Tahiti
Dupont winning 7s gold
Curry, Lebron and KD winning it one last time
Evenopoel posing after winning Men's Road Race by 500m*I don't think he did smoke between jumps but the urban legend has incorporated that in the decades since. In another 5-10 years he will have a cig out the side of his mouth mid-jump.
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oh, and looking at these venues really rammed home just how absolute shit 2032 in Brisbane is going to be.
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
oh, and looking at these venues really rammed home just how absolute shit 2032 in Brisbane is going to be.
Just wait until we have to pay for it all. Coates in his great wisdom has said spending $2 billion updating the QSAC stadium is the right approach. You know, the thing that's almost never used with no public transport?
He also said "just trust us, we know what we're doing". Which screams this thing requires massive governance and oversight.
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I'm not a huge Olympics guy (usually just watch the 100/200m) but I enjoyed watching all the highlights and following how NZ was going this year. I watched a lot more than usual as we had the feed running at work, and then when I'd get home I'd watch all the NZ highlights because it was Aussie Aussie Aussie all day on the CH9 feed.
Was especially good this weekend to balance out the 1 out of 3 results for my teams in the rugby and bogan rugby.
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One sport nz should do better in is mountain biking. Surely we have the tracks to become world class. I mean the brits are up there.
@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
One sport nz should do better in is mountain biking. Surely we have the tracks to become world class. I mean the brits are up there.
And it’s another sport sitting down
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I'm not a huge Olympics guy (usually just watch the 100/200m) but I enjoyed watching all the highlights and following how NZ was going this year. I watched a lot more than usual as we had the feed running at work, and then when I'd get home I'd watch all the NZ highlights because it was Aussie Aussie Aussie all day on the CH9 feed.
Was especially good this weekend to balance out the 1 out of 3 results for my teams in the rugby and bogan rugby.
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
oh, and looking at these venues really rammed home just how absolute shit 2032 in Brisbane is going to be.
Just wait until we have to pay for it all. Coates in his great wisdom has said spending $2 billion updating the QSAC stadium is the right approach. You know, the thing that's almost never used with no public transport?
He also said "just trust us, we know what we're doing". Which screams this thing requires massive governance and oversight.
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
oh, and looking at these venues really rammed home just how absolute shit 2032 in Brisbane is going to be.
Just wait until we have to pay for it all. Coates in his great wisdom has said spending $2 billion updating the QSAC stadium is the right approach. You know, the thing that's almost never used with no public transport?
He also said "just trust us, we know what we're doing". Which screams this thing requires massive governance and oversight.
So I understand the IOC's perspective. They have been scarred by cities like Rio spending billions of taxpayer dollars on facilities that turn into white elephants. They realised that host city model is now unsustainable.
The QSAC option is clearly a bad one, but the IOC are now red hot on the idea of utilising existing infrastructure. They can't be seen to be backing another 2B+ new stadium regardless of the arguments that clearly point to it being the right option for Brisbane.
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there is no plan yet because both parties are staying very very quiet until after the election.
The QSAC plan is just the worst, and watching the athletics at SdF rammed that home sans lube.
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
there is no plan yet because both parties are staying very very quiet until after the election.
The QSAC plan is just the worst, and watching the athletics at SdF rammed that home sans lube.
I look forward to the Queensland premier holding a press conference in about 2 years saying they've pulled the plug, it's too expensive.
It's extra interesting since Paris has apparently covered its costs and LA is planning on reusing existing infrastructure, so Brisbane bucking the trend a bit by buying a ton of new kit.
