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    @mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

    Fuuuucked off with Ch7 not showing the end of the road race as promised. I blame this entirely on Hamish McLaughlin because he is a fluffybunny

    I saw it on TV. Maybe it was on 7Mate or something? Don’t you get it up there?

    The 7plus app shows every sport live.

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    @bones said in Olympics Thread:

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    @bones said in Olympics Thread:

    Clareburt wins his heat in the 400m medley with his fastest time in a heat this year. Classically not rated by the British commentator when asked her opinion on who to watch and led most of the race.

    He looked impressive. The Pom in his race probably won’t make the final.

    Fuck knows what he was doing in his start and turns but he seemed to gain an extra metre or two each time. Looks like he can put on a good spurt. Of pace.

    The Australian looked bloody good but the final is pretty open. Will be a cracker.

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    Bah. Looks like Reid misses out. Is there anyone else?

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    @mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

    Fuuuucked off with Ch7 not showing the end of the road race as promised. I blame this entirely on Hamish McLaughlin because he is a fluffybunny

    I watched it. Was on one of the 7 channels

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    Also I watched 3 on 3 basketball and it is some uni games shit.

    In-laws were over and wanted to watch the news. I was assured they would cut the news for the finish. They did not. I hate Ch7.

    Now I won't watch anything until the running starts.

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    NZ women not qualifying for softball seems like another good reason to cut funding for the most irrelevant of sports.

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    Went for a walk with the other half for a couple of hundred metres before we noticed it was happy hour at the local. We popped in and caught some of the air pistol shooting. As she rightly pointed out these guys were not athletes and how the fuck is this actually a sport ? I disagreed with the latter point, I mean having a steady hand and shooting takes hand eye co ordination and precision so I think it is a sport……just

    We did both agree that watching the fence we had painted that day drying would have been more of a spectacle though.

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    @mn5 said in Olympics Thread:

    Went for a walk with the other half for a couple of hundred metres before we noticed it was happy hour at the local. We popped in and caught some of the air pistol shooting. As she rightly pointed out these guys were not athletes and how the fuck is this actually a sport ? I disagreed with the latter point, I mean having a steady hand and shooting takes hand eye co ordination and precision so I think it is a sport……just

    We did both agree that watching the fence we had painted that day drying would have been more of a spectacle though.

    Shooting has been in the Olympics for ages. I guess it is the pinnacle for a sport that people rarely see. Terrible telly but I'm okay with it being in

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    @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

    @mn5 said in Olympics Thread:

    Went for a walk with the other half for a couple of hundred metres before we noticed it was happy hour at the local. We popped in and caught some of the air pistol shooting. As she rightly pointed out these guys were not athletes and how the fuck is this actually a sport ? I disagreed with the latter point, I mean having a steady hand and shooting takes hand eye co ordination and precision so I think it is a sport……just

    We did both agree that watching the fence we had painted that day drying would have been more of a spectacle though.

    Shooting has been in the Olympics for ages. I guess it is the pinnacle for a sport that people rarely see. Terrible telly but I'm okay with it being in

    The technology that the rifles/pistols appear to have is pretty OTT though.

    Like you I can’t disagree with it being there on merits as a sport however tenuous……

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    @mn5 said in Olympics Thread:

    @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

    @mn5 said in Olympics Thread:

    Went for a walk with the other half for a couple of hundred metres before we noticed it was happy hour at the local. We popped in and caught some of the air pistol shooting. As she rightly pointed out these guys were not athletes and how the fuck is this actually a sport ? I disagreed with the latter point, I mean having a steady hand and shooting takes hand eye co ordination and precision so I think it is a sport……just

    We did both agree that watching the fence we had painted that day drying would have been more of a spectacle though.

    Shooting has been in the Olympics for ages. I guess it is the pinnacle for a sport that people rarely see. Terrible telly but I'm okay with it being in

    The technology that the rifles/pistols appear to have is pretty OTT though.

    Like you I can’t disagree with it being there on merits as a sport however tenuous……

    All those guides they wear seem to make it difficult not to just pull the trigger. I'm sure it is much harder than it appears. Olympic paintball would be more exciting

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    @mn5 said in Olympics Thread:

    @canefan said in Olympics Thread:

    @mn5 said in Olympics Thread:

    Went for a walk with the other half for a couple of hundred metres before we noticed it was happy hour at the local. We popped in and caught some of the air pistol shooting. As she rightly pointed out these guys were not athletes and how the fuck is this actually a sport ? I disagreed with the latter point, I mean having a steady hand and shooting takes hand eye co ordination and precision so I think it is a sport……just

    We did both agree that watching the fence we had painted that day drying would have been more of a spectacle though.

    Shooting has been in the Olympics for ages. I guess it is the pinnacle for a sport that people rarely see. Terrible telly but I'm okay with it being in

    The technology that the rifles/pistols appear to have is pretty OTT though.

    Like you I can’t disagree with it being there on merits as a sport however tenuous……

    Archery is worse, they should have to make their own and shoot with a self bow

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    #2042

    Men's 400m Individual Medley Final on Sky Sport 6, now. (Tokyo Channel 4)

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    @stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

    Men's 400m Individual Medley Final on Sky Sport 6, now.

    Our boy is in a good lane. He finished strong in the heat

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    Kiwi leads after the half

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    leading after 200m

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    In second. The guy he beat in the heat is on fire

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    Come on Lewis!!

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    Clareburt turns for home in second. Go kiwi!

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    Great effort but got mowed down in the final 20

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    Bugger. No medal for Lewis Clareburt, who finishes 7th at 1:59.99.

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