Olympics Thread
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
Lol 1 min first lap.
Ugandan at the front s setting too quick a pace. No one's going with him. He should dial it back a smidge.
Pacemaker is a strange
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Kick should come this lap.
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Look at that acceleration!
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
Barega going backwards at a rate of knots. Can't understand why he went so hard to catch Kissa.
Seems he did it for shits and giggles. Imagine doing that twice!
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Those 10km dudes are insane. Need a feed though. Look like they’ve been through Dachau.
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@nta said in Olympics Thread:
Aussie guy his the wall with 50 to go.
And the winner looked liked he could run another 3 k’s
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Aussie Opals lose again. They won’t make the quarter finals. Ouch!
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@act-crusader said in Olympics Thread:
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
I thought it was 5 sets like normal tennis! but its over!
Doubles is never 5 sets, only men’s grand slam matches are 5 sets.
Great win. An unexpected medal for sure.
Every day's a school day 👍🏻
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@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@act-crusader said in Olympics Thread:
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
I thought it was 5 sets like normal tennis! but its over!
Doubles is never 5 sets, only men’s grand slam matches are 5 sets.
Great win. An unexpected medal for sure.
Every day's a school day 👍🏻
Olympic doubles isn't even 3 sets, it's two sets and a first to 11 super tie break!
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Not if this has been posted elsewhere, Men's 7s welcome the rowers with thier medals with Waiata and Haka
1.3M views · 46K reactions | NZ Men's Sevens team welcome back NZ...
"We're all so proud" 🥇🥈🥇 #WATCH The New Zealand’s Men’s Sevens team welcome back NZ's returning rowers, bearing their medals, with a heartfelt waiata.
Then Eric Murray watching Twigg and the Mens 8
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I hope Venus and Daniell got a nice welcome home too. Winning the first tennis medal at an Olympics for NZ since Anthony Wilding in 1912 is special
Bronze for Daniell and Venus
Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus have won New Zealand's first ever Olympic medal in tennis with a 7-6 6-2 win over Americans Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren in Tokyo.
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
I hope Venus and Daniell got a nice welcome home too. Winning the first tennis medal at an Olympics for NZ since Anthony Wilding in 1912 is special
Bronze for Daniell and Venus
Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus have won New Zealand's first ever Olympic medal in tennis with a 7-6 6-2 win over Americans Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren in Tokyo.
Time to be pedantic. Anthony Wilding did not win his bronze medal in 1912 for New Zealand as we did not field a team that year. All New Zealanders that went to those games competed as part of the team called Australasia. Shades of the current Russian competitors not being part of the Russia Team by being designated stateless and consigned to represent the Russian Olympic Committee rather than the country called Russia!!!
On a more serious note ne sacrificed his life at the Battle of Aubers Ridge at Neuve Chapelle in northern France when aged just 31.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/kiwi-wimbledon-winner-killed-battle
