Olympics Thread
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
Didn’t get close on his second attempt. I’d say he’s all done.
Didn’t have nearly the speed on the run that he did on the 1st attempt.
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Holy moly, the Swedish pole vaulter is going for the WR.
Misses. Can he try again?
I think I'm about 10mins behind your feed!!!
Edit, sorted, the Foxtel app is behind, the 7app is good
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Holy moly, the Swedish pole vaulter is going for the WR.
Misses. Can he try again?
He set the WR already last year 6.18m at 20 years old, he's amazing
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@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
The Swede with French name is only 21, so he'll get that WR in the near future.
Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised to see him do 6.30
He cleared it by a good margin on his first attempt if he had a little more horizontal separation.
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@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Holy moly, the Swedish pole vaulter is going for the WR.
Misses. Can he try again?
He set the WR already last year 6.18m at 20 years old, he's amazing
That explains why everyone was so relaxed about him smashing it, I assume he was a pretty much locked-in gold?
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@gt12 said in Olympics Thread:
@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:
@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:
Holy moly, the Swedish pole vaulter is going for the WR.
Misses. Can he try again?
He set the WR already last year 6.18m at 20 years old, he's amazing
That explains why everyone was so relaxed about him smashing it, I assume he was a pretty much locked-in gold?
Ye he passed at 5.87m entirely, when there were only the two other medalists still going at that height. Gangster.
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NZ really is awesome at sport. 11th on the table with our piddling little population. Great stuff altogether!
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@billy-tell said in Olympics Thread:
NZ really is awesome at sport. 11th on the table with our piddling little population. Great stuff altogether!
Only San Marino and Bermuda in front per capita, We won't catch them, pop 33k, 63k. Second in gold per capita, Sam Marino doesn't have a gold (1 BR, 1 s).
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@machpants said in Olympics Thread:
@billy-tell said in Olympics Thread:
NZ really is awesome at sport. 11th on the table with our piddling little population. Great stuff altogether!
Only San Marino and Bermuda in front per capita, We won't catch them, pop 33k, 63k. Second in gold per capita, Sam Marino doesn't have a gold (1 BR, 1 s).
My kids go to school in Switzerland. I really wish at times they had the sporting exposure nz kids get. In continental Europe sport is done in your own time with a club and costs money. School sports teams simply do not exist. It’s the best part of school in NZ. I spent hours after school playing tennis, cricket, rugby etc.
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Ladies golf starts this morning
Lydia is off at 11.41 NZ time and playing with Inbee Park, so a couple of good medal chances there.
My fav Gaby Lopez is off just after 1pm and grouped with Jessica Korda so should also get a fair bit of TV time.
Another good grouping is the one just before Lydia with Lexi Thompson and Brook Henderson.
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@jk said in Olympics Thread:
Ladies golf starts this morning
Lydia is off at 11.41 NZ time and playing with Inbee Park, so a couple of good medal chances there.
My fav Gaby Lopez is off just after 1pm and grouped with Jessica Korda so should also get a fair bit of TV time.
Another good grouping is the one just before Lydia with Lexi Thompson and Brook Henderson.
Gaby. Lexi. Brook. It’s definitely the Olympics channel you’re watching, right?
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@billy-tell said in Olympics Thread:
@machpants said in Olympics Thread:
@billy-tell said in Olympics Thread:
NZ really is awesome at sport. 11th on the table with our piddling little population. Great stuff altogether!
Only San Marino and Bermuda in front per capita, We won't catch them, pop 33k, 63k. Second in gold per capita, Sam Marino doesn't have a gold (1 BR, 1 s).
My kids go to school in Switzerland. I really wish at times they had the sporting exposure nz kids get. In continental Europe sport is done in your own time with a club and costs money. School sports teams simply do not exist. It’s the best part of school in NZ. I spent hours after school playing tennis, cricket, rugby etc.
One of the things my wife noticed on moving to NZ from UK is the number of grubby kneed kids wandering around town Sat lunchtime onwards!
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Kiwis in action today
GOLF
11.40am: Lydia Ko (women’s individual strokeplay – round one)
CANOE SPRINT
1.54pm: Caitlin Regal (women’s K1 500m, heat 3)
2.15pm: Lisa Carrington (women’s K1 500m, heat 6)
2.22pm: Max Brown & Kurtis Imrie (men’s K2 1000m, heat 1)
3.50pm: Lisa Carrington, Caitlin Regal (women's K1 500m quarterfinals if they don’t finish top two in their heats)
4.18pm: Max Brown & Kurtis Imrie (men's K2 1000m quarterfinals if they don’t finish top two in their heat)
SAILING:
5.33pm: Paul Snow-Hansen & Dan Willcox (Men’s 470 medal race)
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@taniwharugby and for tonight
CYCLING – TRACK 6.30pm: Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster (men's sprint qualifying, round of 32 if qualified, round of 16 if qualified) 7.25pm: Ellesse Andrews (women's Keirin first round, heat 4) 8.59pm: Aaron Gate, Regan Gough, Jordan Kerby, Campbell Stewart & Corbin Strong (men’s team pursuit bronze medal race) EQUESTRIAN – SHOWJUMPING 10pm: Daniel Meech (individual final) WEIGHTLIFTING 10.50pm: David Liti (men's +109kg) -
