Olympics Thread
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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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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.
@Mokey said in Olympics Thread:
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.
Might want to be a bit sensitive with your wording there @Mokey
https://www.facebook.com/elihudi.urassa.5/videos/1477632275615099/
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Some of today's results at the Paralympics:
Women's 200m IM SM7 (swimming) - GOLD for Nikita Howarth
Women's 100m Freestyle S10 (swimming) - SILVER for Sophie Pascoe -> five medals in five days!
Women's Javelin F46 (athletics) - SILVER and pb for Holly RobinsonMen's 400m Freestyle S6 (swimming) - 16 year old Hamish McLean finishes 7th and swims a pb
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Interesting videos with and about Liam Malone:
http://twitter.com/nzherald/status/775176334687375361
This is the documentary they are talking about:
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Another story on Liam...
Listened to him being interviewed on RS yesterday, seems a pretty laidback fella.
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Some of today's results:
Women's Shot Put F34 (athletics) - BRONZE for Jessica Hamill
Women's 400m Freestyle S7 (swimming) - Rebecca Dubber finishes 4th
Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 (swimming) - Nikita Howarth finishes 7th
Women's Time Trial C4 (road cycling) - Kate Horan finishes 8thMen's KL3 sprint (para-canoe) - Scott Martlew qualifies for the final (tomorrow) after finishing 4th in the semi-final
Men's 400m T44 (athletics) - Liam Malone qualifies as 2nd fastest for the final (tomorrow)
Sonar (Three-person keelboat - Sailing) - Chris Sharp, Andrew May and Richard Dodson sit in third place after 6 races (out of 11 races) -
<p>The pools for the Olympic Sevens in Rio have been announced:</p>
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<p><strong>Women's</strong> - 6-8 August (seeding in brackets)</p>
<p>Pool A: Australia (one), USA (six), Fiji (seven), Colombia (12)</p>
<p><strong>Pool B: New Zealand (two), France (five), Spain (eight), Kenya (1</strong>1)</p>
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Canada (three), Great Britain (four), Brazil (nine), Japan (10)<br><br><strong>Men's</strong> - 9-11 August (seeding in brackets)</p>
<p>Pool A: Fiji (one), USA (six), Argentina (seven), Brazil (12)</p>
<p>Pool B: South Africa (two), Australia (five), France (eight), Spain (11)</p>
<p><strong>Pool New Zealand (three), Great Britain (four), Kenya (nine), Japan (10)</strong></p>
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<p>In both competitions, the top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed sides, progress to the quarter-finals.</p>
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<p>The New Zealand Men's and Women's Olympic Sevens squads will be named this Sunday in Auckland.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.allblacks.com/News/29383/pools-confirmed-for-rio-2016'>http://www.allblacks.com/News/29383/pools-confirmed-for-rio-2016</a></p> -
An interesting stat. The winning time, and that of the first 4 placegetters, in the visually-impaired mens 1500 m final were all faster than Centrovitz's time at Rio.
@Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
An interesting stat. The winning time, and that of the first 4 placegetters, in the visually-impaired mens 1500 m final were all faster than Centrovitz's time at Rio.
Yes, the Olympic race may have been relatively "slow" for able-bodied athletes, but these Paralympians have shown what a quality athletes there are at the Paralympics!
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well, lets not over-egg it. This new record for the paralympics is 22 seconds slower than the real world record. The last time the world record was 3.48 was 1934.
It's a great time, and there are some seriously good displays on offer, but comparing middle distance races purely on time alone doesn't mean much except for a great headline.
