Olympics Thread
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Well the Paralympics has started:
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Some results from the Paralympics, with already two medals for New Zealanders:
Women's long jump T47 (athletics) - GOLD for Anna Grimaldi
Women's 100m backstroke S7 (swimming) - BRONZE for Rebecca Dubber and Nikita Howarth finishes 6th
Women's 3km (C4) individual pursuit (cycling) - Kate Horan finishes 4th in the finalMen's 200m freestyle S5 (swimming) - Cameron Leslie qualified 5th fastest for tonight's final.
All these athletes set personal best performances.
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It's really pretty stupid the Paralympics takes place after the Olympics, it just makes it seem like an afterthought (and gives the host the opportunity to fuck them over with their budget).
Put it in front of the Olympics and you've basically got your warm-up and I think it'd draw a lot more eyes that way. Maybe even combine the two together and do something like: Opening Ceremony -> Paralympics -> Olympics -> Closing Ceremony
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Anyone got a good source for seeing when NZ athletes are competing? No app for the NZ paralympics team which is a shame, surely they could have just added it to the NZ olympics app. Sophie Pascoe up next in the pool.
@Rembrandt said in Olympics Thread:
Anyone got a good source for seeing when NZ athletes are competing? No app for the NZ paralympics team which is a shame, surely they could have just added it to the NZ olympics app. Sophie Pascoe up next in the pool.
I haven't been able to find a good schedule. This is all I found: http://www.tvnz.co.nz/paralympics2016/schedule and this doesn't give details about when NZ athletes are competing. For that, probably following social media is best, such as the FB account of the NZ Paralympic team: http://www.facebook.com/paralympicsnewzealand
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Results from Paralympics:
Women's 100m backstroke S11 (swimming) - GOLD and world record for Mary Fisher
Women's 50m freestyle S10 (swimming) - SILVER for Sophie Pascoe
Men's 100m T44 (athletics) - SILVER for Liam Malone
Men's javelin F44 (athletics) - BRONZE medal for Rory McSweeney
Women's B 1000m time trial (cycling) - Emma Foy and Laura Thompson 4th place and Amanda Cameron and Hannah van Kampen 6th place and pb
Men's 100m T34 (athletics) - Jacob Philips finishes 8th
Men's 1000m time trial Cf-5 (cycling) - Byron Raubenheimer finishes 11th and pb -
I love this stuff. Nothing puts dust in my eyes like young people dealt a really shit hand saying fuck it, you won't stop me. Totally inspirational.
High fives to all of them. Go hard.
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So, Bach cops a little bit of controversy for not attendibg the Paralympics. Seen as a snub.
But reasons why he's not going near Brazil are hinted at: Brazillian police want to talk to him about the Irish ticket scalping scandal ...
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From the NZ Paralympic team's FB account:
In just under 5 minutes time 10.21am, Paralympian Liam Malone will contest the Men's 200m T44 Final - thanks to TVNZ, you can watch this AND the Para-Swimming Finals live by visiting: www.tvnz.co.nz/ondemand/paralympics-swimming www.tvnz.co.nz/ondemand/paralympics-athletics GO KIWIS - IS IT A GOLD RUSH?! #SpiritofGold #Rio2016 #ParalympicsHope the links will work outside quote:
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and he won it!
@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
and he won it!
And removes Oscar Pistorious' name from the record books.
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