Olympics Thread

[canefan]

5th ranked Australia have 5 minutes to go to beat 2nd ranked Spain. Aussie playing typical physical ball, excellent defence and dominating the O glass. Golden opportunity up 7

[canefan]

Boomers win by 12. Impressive

[canefan]

Just watching the highlights of the Oly whites vs Guinea. Paulsen was a wall. I didn't realise that was only our second ever win in an Olympic games football match

[ACT Crusader]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

Boomers win by 12. Impressive

It was a good win in the end. They did miss Exum and his stability with the ball though. Lots of turnovers.

Jack McVeigh made a real difference.

[canefan]

@ACT-Crusader said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

Boomers win by 12. Impressive

It was a good win in the end. They did miss Exum and his stability with the ball though. Lots of turnovers.

Jack McVeigh made a real difference.

McVeigh was a real spark plug. Seemed to instill belief in the rest of the team when things for tight

[canefan]

France sweep SA aside to make the men's 7s final

[sparky]

Athletes told to vacate their rooms 48 hours after their events finish. Cardboard beds to discourage sex. It's a real shame the Olympics Village isn't what it used to be.

[sparky]

Erika Fairweather in the Women's 400m Freestyle Final.

[sparky]

Lots of other great swimmers in this race too.

[sparky]

Good Kiwi presence in the La Defense Arena crowd.

[sparky]

Erika in 3rd after 50m.

[sparky]

Erika still third after 100m.

[sparky]

Erika down in 5th at 200m. It's World Record pace.

[sparky]

Erika Fairweather finished 4th.

[sparky]

Australia's Ariarne Titmus won.

[booboo]

Poo. 4th.

Titmus had it under control the whole way

[Billy Tell]

Came back strongly but couldn’t get 3rd. Bugger.

[sparky]

@booboo I thought Erika through sheer guts was going to pip Katie Ledecky for the Bronze right at the end.

But the top two, especially Titmus, were different class.

[sparky]

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[sparky]

Another Aussie Gold in the Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay. Their 4th in a row in the event.