Olympics Thread

[Stargazer]

The referral fails. The goal stands.

[Stargazer]

Ah f*ck. Penalty corner Spain. Not sure I agree with that.

[Stargazer]

Phew.

[Stargazer]

The Black Sticks win!!

Final score: NZL 4 - 3 Spain.

Awesome game. Intense until the end.

[Yeetyaah]

First time I've watched hockey properly and it didn't disappoint. I feel like the Spaniards are quite disrespectful to the refs?

[Stargazer]

@yeetyaah I think they were starting to get desperate and their emotion just took over, but yeah, it looked that way.

[canefan]

@yeetyaah said in Olympics Thread:

First time I've watched hockey properly and it didn't disappoint. I feel like the Spaniards are quite disrespectful to the refs?

So just like footballers then?

[canefan]

Team USA men go ice cold shooting in the final 5 minutes, set to lose their opener vs France

[ACT Crusader]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

Team USA men go ice cold shooting in the final 5 minutes, set to lose their opener vs France

Deserved win to France. Fournier was excellent.

A couple of deers in the headlights in that US side. Lillard didn't want to shoot. Taytum was poor on the offensive end. Too many 3s.

Jrue Holiday was the only one keeping US in it.

Refs must like their croissants, because there was a bit of French cooking with some calls and no-calls.

[Donsteppa]

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@stargazer she was basically 2nd the whole race and then really powered home in the last 50.

The ODT is reporting she took nearly 4 seconds off her personal best. She's certainly brought her form at the right time.

Jul 25, 2021

Fairweather into Tokyo final

Kavanagh College pupil Erika Fairweather will swim for an Olympic medal this afternoon.

[Donsteppa]

Lap 3 of 4 on the run leg in the Triathlon, and Hayden Wilde is with the front group of three.

[Donsteppa]

Sitting in third on the last lap...

[Donsteppa]

First medal of the Games for New Zealand - Hayden Wilde - Bronze medal in the mens triathlon.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

I won’t ever claim to know skateboarding but when did they start wearing 90s tennis fashion? Some of these outfits would put Andre Agassi to shame.

[canefan]

@donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@stargazer she was basically 2nd the whole race and then really powered home in the last 50.

The ODT is reporting she took nearly 4 seconds off her personal best. She's certainly brought her form at the right time.

Jul 25, 2021

Fairweather into Tokyo final

Kavanagh College pupil Erika Fairweather will swim for an Olympic medal this afternoon.

I saw an interview clip last night. She was saying 2024 had been the plan then she got an opportunity to race in 2020. She said she would grab the opportunity and she is certainly racing like someone with nothing to lose

[Stargazer]

A bit of emotion ...

Is there a way of getting rid of those annoying boxes (with the next YT clip) at the end of the video?

[canefan]

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

A bit of emotion ...

Is there a way of getting rid of those annoying boxes (with the next YT clip) at the end of the video?

Love to see the passion

[Bovidae]

Titmus beats Ledecky in the 400 m freestyle. Erika Fairweather finished 8th but a great effort to make the final.

[KiwiMurph]

@bovidae she's 17, it's not her favoured event - what a gun to make the final! She swims the 200 heats tonight.

Paris in 3 years time must be the target surely

[Bovidae]

@kiwimurph The Canadian is only 14, and a Chinese is also 17, so a young field.