Olympic Optimism
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<p>Tom Walsh (shot put), <strong>in the mix but not the clear favourite</strong><br><br>
Lisa Carrington (canoe 200m/500m), <strong>Clear favourite - expect 1 gold, hope for 2. </strong><br><br>
Cycling sprint team <strong>a good chance but not certainties</strong><br><br>
Lydia Ko (golf) <strong>the favourite but golf too random to expect gold</strong><br><br>
Women double sculls - Zoe Stevenson/Eve Macfarlane <strong>no idea</strong><br><br>
Women lightweight double sculls - Julia Edward/Sophie MacKenzie <strong>no idea</strong><br><br>
Mens rowing pair - Eric Murray/Hamish Bond <strong>very likely</strong><br><br>
Rugby sevens (men and women) <strong>Aus favourites for women, too close to call for men.</strong><br><br>
Mens 49ers sailing <strong>very likely</strong></p>
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<p>Still a chance that Val will improve enough to take gold, it wouldn't be a huge surprise as the distances aren't special.</p>
<p>Are there any other cyclists with a chance?</p> -
Here's the full list<br><br>
Athletics<br>
M Shot Put T. Walsh<br>
Canoe Sprint<br>
W K1 200m L. Carrington<br>
Canoe Sprint<br>
W K1 500m L. Carrington<br>
Cycling - Track<br>
M Team Sprint NZL<br>
Golf<br>
W Individual L. Ko<br>
Rowing<br>
W Double Sculls Stevenson/MacFarlane<br>
Rowing<br>
W Lightweight Double Sculls Edward/Mackenzie<br>
Rowing<br>
M Pair Murray/Bond<br>
Rugby Sevens<br>
M Team NZL<br>
Rugby Sevens<br>
W Team NZL<br>
Sailing<br>
M 49er Burling/Tuke<br><br>
Silver<br>
Cycling - Road<br>
W Individual time trial L. Villumsen<br>
Cycling - Track<br>
M Keirin E. Dawkins<br>
Rowing<br>
M Lightweight Four NZL<br>
Rowing<br>
W Pair Prendergast/Gowler<br>
Rowing<br>
M Single Sculls M. Drysdale<br>
Sailing<br>
W 470 Aleh/O. Powrie<br>
Swimming<br>
W 800m Freestyle L. Boyle<br><br>
Bronze<br>
Athletics<br>
W Shot Put V. Adams<br>
Cycling - Track<br>
M Team Pursuit NZL<br>
Rowing<br>
W Eight NZL<br>
Rowing<br>
W Single Sculls E. Twigg<br>
Sailing<br>
M 470 Willcox/Snow-Hansen -
Carrington got silver in the K1 500m at latest event, isn't this her main event? First loss (or not 1st) in a long time?
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<p>Carrington got silver in the K1 500m at latest event, isn't this her main event? First loss (or not 1st) in a long time?</p>
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<p>Nope. Her main event is the K1 200, which she won the day before and hasn't been beaten in a long time. Danuta Kozák has been the dominant paddler in the K1 500 for some time. I watched the race live and Carrington wasn't far behind and was gaining. The difficulty for Carrington will be juggling the two events.</p> -
<p>ah ok, that's cool then
I thought the longer even was her preferred one.</p>
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<p>Yeah I knew she had won the 200m the day before, just don't hear much news that this girl loses (well doesn't win)</p>
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<p>Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Our current team has been killed by injuries (and on a lesser note, the Ioane's going back and forth between forms). The NZRU hasn't ruled out adding new players even after the Super season ends so fuck it, send up the SOS and give that kid a parachute.</p>
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<p>His defence is fine. He's no Mils but he's also no Dagg or Barrett.</p>
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<p>In other Olympics news, Val's back! Great fucking news especially after last night's disaster:</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/304506/adams-wins-in-season-opener'>http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/304506/adams-wins-in-season-opener</a></p> -
<p>I reckon with the open space his pace would paper over any of the cracks in his defence.</p>
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<p>Would D.Macs brilliant attacking skills out way his woeful defence? Would 7s highlight this deficiency more, or could he get away with it?</p>
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<p>He'd defend as a sweeper surely, Serevei styles. Chase 'em down and drag them down.</p> -
<p>Huge amount of luck in 7's. We lost to the USA because in the 2nd half we couldn't even catch a kick off and had no ball. It wasn't the lack of an out and out freak. Fiji have been the best team all series but only won 3 out of the 10 tournaments so if that continues they only have a 30% of winning gold. We actually won 3 tournaments as well which is a promising sign.</p>
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<p>I'm amazed TR is commenting on this thread given it's origin.</p>
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<p>Fiji are a real shot to win their first EVER medal so would be decent for them if they could. I guess there's lot's of "crap countries" to quote Ali G who'll never get one so this is a massive chance for them.</p> -
<p>pretty sure I dont need to read anything written by your dad to know about the NZ Olympic prospects, but I appreciate your concern...</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Wurzel" data-cid="581748" data-time="1463959644"><p>He'd defend as a sweeper surely, Serevei styles. Chase 'em down and drag them down.</p></blockquote><br>He's not quick enough to do that. There's plenty of pace in 7s.
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<p>He's not quick enough to do that. There's plenty of pace in 7s.</p>
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<p>DMac would be quick enough. Cama was never lightning fast when he played as a sweeper and Kaka would not be any quicker than DMac either, and isn't a great defender himself.</p> -
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<p>His defence is fine. He's no Mils but <strong>he's also no Dagg or Barrett</strong>.</p>
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<p>In other Olympics news, Val's back! Great fucking news especially after last night's disaster:</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/304506/adams-wins-in-season-opener'>http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/304506/adams-wins-in-season-opener</a></p>
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<p>DMac currently misses one out of every three attempts. He actually makes Dagg and Barrett look like solid defenders.</p>
