Olympics Thread
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Its a shame the woman's sculls cant also do a 1000m, 500m, 2500m, forward, backwards as well...then we could clean up in the medals like the other countries do in swimming...
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@virgil said in Olympics Thread:
Its a shame the woman's sculls cant also do a 1000m, 500m, 2500m, forward, backwards as well...then we could clean up in the medals like the other countries do in swimming...
At least we have the kayaking to come, Lisa "Big guns" Carrington must be a serious contender again
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@virgil said in Olympics Thread:
Its a shame the woman's sculls cant also do a 1000m, 500m, 2500m, forward, backwards as well...then we could clean up in the medals like the other countries do in swimming...
They kind of have that in the kayaking.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@virgil said in Olympics Thread:
Its a shame the woman's sculls cant also do a 1000m, 500m, 2500m, forward, backwards as well...then we could clean up in the medals like the other countries do in swimming...
They kind of have that in the kayaking.
They do, but not 6 or 7 gold medal opportunity kind.
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@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:
What a 100m freestyle final.
Dressell wins it with an Olympic record whilst Aussie Kyle Chalmers only swam .06 seconds behind in trying to defend his Rio gold.
Thought he had him but Dressel held on. Dressel will clean up after this.
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@virgil said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@virgil said in Olympics Thread:
Its a shame the woman's sculls cant also do a 1000m, 500m, 2500m, forward, backwards as well...then we could clean up in the medals like the other countries do in swimming...
They kind of have that in the kayaking.
They do, but not 6 or 7 gold medal opportunity kind.
They need to throw in some team versions, backwards, and about another 4 or 5 distances...A relay would be cool.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
A relay would be cool.
It really would. I'd watch that. They could ditch a few of the other sports to accommodate.
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The NZ swimmers who have to date set new PB's or broken a NZ record have done a fucking great job.
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@virgil said in Olympics Thread:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@virgil said in Olympics Thread:
Its a shame the woman's sculls cant also do a 1000m, 500m, 2500m, forward, backwards as well...then we could clean up in the medals like the other countries do in swimming...
They kind of have that in the kayaking.
They do, but not 6 or 7 gold medal opportunity kind.
They need to throw in some team versions, backwards, and about another 4 or 5 distances...Well the simplest way to do it would be to hand out gold medals for every 500m section of the race. That way if you lead from start to finish you could win 4 gold medals!!
Or simply hold individual races in 500m increments up to say 3km - that'll do it!
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@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
China have just set a WR to win the women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay ahead of the USA and Australia.
USA and Australia both beat the previous WR with their times too. Crazy! Huge upset for Aus not to win after how dominant they were entering the final.
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@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:
@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
China have just set a WR to win the women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay ahead of the USA and Australia.
USA and Australia both beat the previous WR with their times too. Crazy! Huge upset for Aus not to win after how dominant they were entering the final.
And they didn't look happy to finish with a bronze. Another 5 m and Ledecky would have touched first.
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Ozzie playing with a yanks pole means all Australian athletics isolating
Tokyo Olympics as it happened: Jess Fox wins gold; Titmus, Ledecky make 800m freestyle final; Hockeyroos beat the Kiwis
There are five finals in the pool today and Australia has medal hopes in every one of them. And Jessica Fox has a shot at another medal in the canoe slalom.
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In the past I've been critical of the Olympics adding sports, or keeping sports in that may not 'belong'.
Maybe it's lockdown, maybe it's the 2020/1 vibe, but I've found that melting away this games and I'm genuinely enjoying every part of it.
Yeah surfing and skateboarding aren't traditional athletic pursuits, but I bloody loved both events. Seeing how much a gold medal meant to them was really cool. It gave them all such a rush.
I've watched pretty much every sport, and it's not all my cup of tea. But maybe that's what the Olympics of the future is going to be - a whole bunch of sports and you just pick and choose what you want and like. With more sports, there's going to be a wider audience but maybe not quite as deep.
Athletics and swimming will still be the central sports, but will I get into sport climbing? Hell yeah. Karate? Why not. BMX? Of course. I won't love it all but if there's a gold medal on the line then it at least gets my interest.
