Olympics Thread

canefan

GBR appear to not know that they jumped the gun. They are just racing. Seems to be that we are almost locked on for medal now.

We just have to not screw up, have a decent crack at the Argies

canefan

What a shame we won't get to see these boats foiling

Damo

We are trailing the Argies in the race though. We need to beat them by 3 places to get silver. Early days but that will be a struggle from here.

canefan

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

We are trailing the Argies in the race though. We need to beat them by 3 places to get silver. Early days but that will be a struggle from here.

Sounds too much in these conditions

antipodean

Heptathlon. Naffisatou Thiam from Belgium just cleared 1.92m in the high jump easily. American Anna Hall is worth keeping an eye on too

https://www.instagram.com/annaa.hall/

Damo

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

We are trailing the Argies in the race though. We need to beat them by 3 places to get silver. Early days but that will be a struggle from here.

Sounds too much in these conditions

Don't speak too soon. We are now ahead of the Argies at the next mark.

canefan

Wow that was tight. NZ get around, leave barely enough room for Sweden to get through in front of Argentina. Still too far a bridge to cross I think 😉

canefan

In the end, it was a shame that the GBR team didn't hear the call and go back. That would have given us a chance to chase earlier

sparky

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

We are trailing the Argies in the race though. We need to beat them by 3 places to get silver. Early days but that will be a struggle from here.

I'm not sure if the BBC coverage I'm watching is live but I'm seeing a good battle between NZ and Argentina for Silver at the moment, albeit in very light winds.

Canes4life

@canefan that’s sailing though. It’s not up to the chase boats to tell them they are over. I’ve done plenty of racing in my time in Lasers and if the start gun goes twice it’s the sailors responsibility to go back if they think they are over or risk it and carry on. GBR risked it and lost out. They would have known it was close so that will cost them a medal.

Damo

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

We are trailing the Argies in the race though. We need to beat them by 3 places to get silver. Early days but that will be a struggle from here.

I'm not sure if the BBC coverage I'm watching is live but I'm seeing a good battle between NZ and Argentina for Silver at the moment, albeit in very light winds.

We need to beat them by 3 boats to get silver though. Looks unlikely unless some boats crap out.

Canes4life

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

We are trailing the Argies in the race though. We need to beat them by 3 places to get silver. Early days but that will be a struggle from here.

I'm not sure if the BBC coverage I'm watching is live but I'm seeing a good battle between NZ and Argentina for Silver at the moment, albeit in very light winds.

We need to beat them by 3 boats to get silver though. Looks unlikely unless some boats crap out.

Won’t happen from here. Bronze for NZ.

sparky

And the BBC cut away from the race for more sofa chat. 🤮

canefan

Having started the day in 4th, nice to get a bronze

sparky

Apparently there's more heart-break at the Olympics than joy.

Damo

Another medal. Good job.

sparky

Italy Gold, Argentina Silver, NZ Bronze.

Canes4life

Awesome job, out of all the fleets that was probably one event we weren’t favoured to medal in so awesome.

canefan

Surprises are nice 🥉

Bovidae

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

Heptathlon. Naffisatou Thiam from Belgium just cleared 1.92m in the high jump easily. American Anna Hall is worth keeping an eye on too

I noticed her in the 100 m hurdles. Her teammate Chari Hawkins was in the same heat.

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