Olympics Thread

Bovidae

Awesome. Looked liked she was fading at the end. Silver clawed back the lead.

Remember she had never won the Olympic gold in this event. Just listening to her interview, her strategy is to start fast and empty the tank.

Rancid Schnitzel

@windows97 said in Olympics Thread:

I like her style and approach as well, goes out all guns blazing at the start and just trusts her strength, condition and training to get her through to the finish. It seems a little braver to lead from the front and back yourself to stay there than what it does to try and run people down in the home straight...

Amazing guts to do that. So much respect

Stargazer

Brown/Imrie not going to make it ...

Stargazer

Fifth place for Brown/Imrie.

Great race for gold between the Aussies and Germans, with the Aussies claiming gold.

Donsteppa

Need one more gold medal from someone to equal LA in 1984.

ACT Crusader

@machpants said in Olympics Thread:

Skateboarding is funny, 12, 13 year olds competing with 40+ year olds with grey beards

An Olympic sport for the ages

Windows97

@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

Need one more gold medal from someone to equal LA in 1984.

Need one more gold medal from ~~someone~~ Lisa Carrington to equal LA in 1984.

Rancid Schnitzel

@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

Need one more gold medal from someone to equal LA in 1984.

This will be more impressive because there has been no boycott. No disrespect to the 1984 cohort but would we have had that haul if the East Germans and Hungarians had been there?

Donsteppa

@windows97 said in Olympics Thread:

@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

Need one more gold medal from someone to equal LA in 1984.

Need one more gold medal from ~~someone~~ Lisa Carrington to equal LA in 1984.

Excellent, there is another category to race in?

mariner4life

so basically we are really good at things in really small boats.

Stargazer

@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

Need one more gold medal from someone to equal LA in 1984.

Women's Kayak Four 500m (Carrington, Hatton, Hoskin & Regal)? Starts tomorrow.

Nick Willis? His semi-final on the 1500m is tonight at 11.00pm.

Machpants

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

Need one more gold medal from someone to equal LA in 1984.

This will be more impressive because there has been no boycott. No disrespect to the 1984 cohort but would we have had that haul if the East Germans and Hungarians had been there?

If they were clean, maybe

Billy Tell

8th on the medal table! Have we ever been so high?

JK

Lydia playing well so far over the opening 9 holes of 2nd round and -5 for the day (-6 overall). Even started the day with a bogey so great going

Stargazer

Rancid Schnitzel

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

so basically we are really good at things in really small boats.

So basically without boat sports our only hope is rugby and shot out.

JK

@jk said in Olympics Thread:

Lydia playing well so far over the opening 9 holes of 2nd round and -5 for the day (-6 overall). Even started the day with a bogey so great going

And another birdie on 10......shes playing some amazing golf today

Machpants

We won't need there for long, I guess, but still, 8th!

mariner4life

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

so basically we are really good at things in really small boats.

So basically without boat sports our only hope is rugby and shot out.

skinny boats, the national game, and throwing heavy things. seems right.

even the throwing things is looking shaky with Val retiring.

Machpants

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

so basically we are really good at things in really small boats.

So basically without boat sports our only hope is rugby and shot out.

skinny boats, the national game, and throwing heavy things. seems right.

even the throwing things is looking shaky with Val retiring.

2 women in the final, better than most countries

The Silver Fern

Olympics Thread