Olympics Thread

[Hooroo]

Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented sister.

It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

[canefan]

@hooroo said in Olympics Thread:

Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented sister.

It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes

[Hooroo]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@hooroo said in Olympics Thread:

Anyone see the doco on Dame Valerie Adams' sister? She has Cerebral Palsy and has become a shotputter late in life under the stewardship of her reasonably talented sister.

It's a great watch. Massive family. I didn't realise that were that big

The dad got around a lot, but he has great genes

Fully!!!

[Stargazer]

Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.

The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.

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New Zealand's second game of wheelchair rugby is against Great Britain at 11.00pm.

GB narrowly beat Canada yesterday, 50 - 47.

[Bovidae]

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Sophie Pascoe finished second in her heat.

The Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 Final is at 10.40pm tonight.

I was reading that the tactic was to just qualify for the final and not expend too much energy trying to win her heat.

[Stargazer]

@bovidae Maybe the opposition isn't great. She finished 0.04s behind the winner of her heat. All the other swimmers that qualified for the final, were at least 5 seconds slower.

[canefan]

Sophie Pascoe racing her first final about 10.30pm NZT

[Stargazer]

@canefan 10.40pm (as posted above).

She'll be swimming in lane 5.

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-women-s-100m-breaststroke-sb8-fnl-000100-.htm

[KiwiMurph]

Great swim by the Irish lady to beat Sophie.

Those two were miles ahead of the competition.

[Stargazer]

Sophie Pascoe wins SILVER.

The swimmer from Ireland, who beat her earlier in heat 2, won gold.
The difference 0.39s.

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph Yeah, the bronze medallist didn't even come close. Finished at 4.84s from the winner. Number 4 took a second longer.

[Bovidae]

I'd love to know how they classify these athletes. In some swimming events having two functional legs would be an advantage, and the same for having two arms in other events.

[Stargazer]

@bovidae It's in this pdf. Swimming starts at page 27.

https://gtimg.tokyo2020.org/image/upload/production/n4fd9qx81mgkd9hjllgd.pdf

[canefan]

Nz vs England in wheelchair basketball/ rugby is pretty physical!

[Stargazer]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

Nz vs England in wheelchair basketball/ rugby is pretty physical!

And we're losing!

[KiwiMurph]

Who's the kiwi commentator?

[canefan]

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

Who's the kiwi commentator?

No idea

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph His voice sounds familiar, but I don't know.

[Bovidae]

@stargazer It's more about how the classification can change when the athlete's disability hasn't. I know that matching the athlete's ability to swim won't be an exact science.

Pascoe used to be an SB9 in the breaststroke but is now an SB8.

[canefan]

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Sophie Pascoe wins SILVER.

The swimmer from Ireland, who beat her earlier in heat 2, won gold.
The difference 0.39s.

I assume Pascoe has a few more medal chances