Olympics Thread

Stargazer

Yesss, the Black Sticks win again! Close and entertaining game.

Full time score: NZL 2 - 1 Japan

Rancid Schnitzel

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

antipodean

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

Another shit medal.

Machpants

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

Another shit medal.

Synchronised diving, sounds like what happens in soccer

Cyclops

Totally random thought spurred by someone pointing out that the road race isn't the pinnacle of cycling.

Would an Olympic tour event work? Two weeks is a bit short (three weeks for the grand tours), but other events start early. Dunno if it would be practical and goes against the 'host city' idea. But might be cool to see national teams competing in multi stage race.

NTA

Some Aussie girl just won Gold, and getting interviewed by the side of the pool was asked what she'd like to say to her Mum and sister back home: "FUCK YEAH!" followed by "oops"...

#straya

Bovidae

I've just been watching those swimming finals. Small margins amongst the top swimmers. The Russian 100 m backstroker lost out to his compatriot by messing up his final stroke and touch.

Stargazer

Black Sticks men v Japan at 2.45pm (Tokyo 2020 ch 6).

Snowy

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Black Sticks men v Japan at 2.45pm (Tokyo 2020 ch 6).

Thanks. Recording. Been enjoying the hockey.

WillieTheWaiter

my fav moment of olympics so far - watching mates daughter swim last night... 1500m so long race. They started talking up her famous parents - wondered what the 's' was on there for cause Mum fair enough former olympic medalist at 15 but Dad? Anyway I dunno who he paid off but they said he was a 'famous rugby player'.. senior B's must be a fukin good standard in his hood! ha.

Rancid Schnitzel

@nta said in Olympics Thread:

Some Aussie girl just won Gold, and getting interviewed by the side of the pool was asked what she'd like to say to her Mum and sister back home: "FUCK YEAH!" followed by "oops"...

#straya

Lost her dad to cancer last year. She can say what she wants. Great win.

Just shows how Covid has impacted. I don’t think either of the Aussie girls would have won in 2020.

Rancid Schnitzel

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

Another shit medal.

What’s shit about it?

Rapido

@williethewaiter said in Olympics Thread:

my fav moment of olympics so far - watching mates daughter swim last night... 1500m so long race. They started talking up her famous parents - wondered what the 's' was on there for cause Mum fair enough former olympic medalist at 15 but Dad? Anyway I dunno who he paid off but they said he was a 'famous rugby player'.. senior B's must be a fukin good standard in his hood! ha.

It is a bit weird getting neutral commentary. A bit vanilla. Or wrong, like your famous rugby dad .. during the triathlon medal ceremony the comms said it was NZs first medal in this event. Dude, historically we'd won 2o% of gold medals in that event.

I miss the old TVNZ days.

But also like the 8 channels, if you want to veer off piste.

antipodean

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

Another shit medal.

What’s shit about it?

Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.

Rapido

Bermuda's victory in the women's triathlon will be sending shockwaves through the per-capita community.

Devastated.

Stargazer

It's 1 all in the Blacks Sticks v Japan game.

Rancid Schnitzel

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

Another shit medal.

What’s shit about it?

Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.

Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.

Stargazer

Half time in the men's hockey game: NZL 1 - 1 Japan.

voodoo

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

Another shit medal.

What’s shit about it?

Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.

Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.

Come on, it's bullshit. Just because something is hard, doesn't mean it should be in the Olympics. As a mate said yesterday, I think magicians are fucking amazing, but I'm not giving one a gold medal.

Synchronised anything can piss off. Taking an event that exists already, then transforming it to see if your mate can match your movements is a joke. Why isnt there synchronised hurdles? Javelin? Don't get me started on "walking" (and yes, I see the parallels to swimming events). 3 x 3 basketball can bugger off too.

I think I actually prefer the skateboarding/surfing/breakdancing to that stuff.

antipodean

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

Great morning for GB

Silver in Men's Triathlon
Gold in swimming; diving; mtn biking

Silver or Gold on the way in Women's Taekwando

I thought Tom Daly had retired. That’s terrific that he finally won gold. Remember him as a 14 year old at the 2008 Olympics.

Another shit medal.

What’s shit about it?

Synchronised. Even more pathetic than normal subjective crap.

Not everyone’s cup of tea perhaps but pathetic seems rather harsh.

It may be harsh given they no doubt put in a tremendous amount of effort, but I'm still wedded to the Olympic motto whereas these days the Olympics appear to be trending towards the "participation medal" end of the spectrum.

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