Olympics Thread

sparky

Third Gold today. 9th overall.

MiketheSnow

Great High Jump competition

MiketheSnow

Yanks are on fire at the athletics

sparky

That breaks the record from Los Angeles.

This is New Zealand's most successful Olympics ever!!!!!!!

MiketheSnow

Congratulations

Billy Tell

That breaks the record from Los Angeles.

This is New Zealand's most successful Olympics ever!!!!!!!

Once again the Russians not there. Bloody Russians.

sparky

Team GB has hit the British Olympic Association's target for 60 medals with a day to spare. This is good news for sports funding in the UK.

Unlike previous recent games, there was no BOA target for Golds.

Damo

Watched the last hour of the high jump in bed. Great to see gold for Lydia.

Amazing night for the Kiwis.

Totally perfect and unblemished night for NZ sport.

MajorRage

Brilliant for Kerr!

I fucking love it when sports people prove me wrong. Good for him!

Billy Tell

Watching the basket now. Cmon France.

sparky

USA leading France 20-15 at the end of the first quarter.

Smudge

First medal for an NZ male in a field event with Kerr's gold.

We've got the faster with Snell, Lovelock, Halberg, and Walker. Now the higher.

Stronger: can we use Val?

Billy Tell

Watching the break dancing semis. Yeah, Robertson wouldn’t medal.

sparky

Stronger = Ted Morgan's Gold (NZ's first one) in Welterweight Boxing in Amsterdam in 1928.

sparky

USA 72 France 66 entering the final quarter of the Basketball final.

Billy Tell

Curry is just a machine at 3 pointers. Soul destroying for the French.

sparky

Steph Curry rather good.

SBW1

Do we still have a shot at more medals or does that look like our final total?

Billy Tell

France weren’t bad but their shooting percentage was too low.

sparky

USA 98 France 87 in the Men's Basketball Final.

Curry unbelievable.

The Silver Fern