Olympics Thread

MiketheSnow

@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

The climbing women’s final was great. Decent sport that.

Yeah, Climbing has been a welcome addition to the Olympics.

Great combo of athleticism, speed, intelligence

canefan

@ACT-Crusader said in Olympics Thread:

@WillieTheWaiter said in Olympics Thread:

Pretty noticeable Fisher absent from the congrats squad when rest of team there..

My daughter asked why is her hair not braided like the rest of the NZ girls….

I'm sure there are lots of loner types in sports like kayaking. Wasn't Drysdale a bit of a loner in the single sculls? And I seem to recall someone not seeing eye to eye with Stephen Ferguson back in the day

SBW1

Great news, how are we tracking, any more?

canefan

Lids still leads. Fighting hard, her long game has been hot and cold, but she's getting up and down really well. Lots of movement behind her. Still most of the round to go so anything could happen

canefan

@SBW1 said in Olympics Thread:

Great news, how are we tracking, any more?

We have cyclists racing in finals later

Canes4life

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@SBW1 said in Olympics Thread:

Great news, how are we tracking, any more?

We have cyclists racing in finals later

High Jump final at 5am, and when is the Weight lifter kicking off?

canefan

@Canes4life said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@SBW1 said in Olympics Thread:

Great news, how are we tracking, any more?

We have cyclists racing in finals later

High Jump final at 5am, and when is the Weight lifter kicking off?

6:30am

canefan

Lydia is on fire inside 100 yards. Which is just as well, because her long shots are inconsistent right now. Meanwhile the overnight leader took a triple bogey, she's +5 over the first 5 holes. Brutal

sparky

Hannah Green of Australia is on some sort of crazy charge in the final round of the golf.

canefan

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Hannah Green of Australia is on some sort of crazy charge in the final round of the golf.

Hopefully she stalls when she gets close, like most of the other chasers so far.

Nice tee shot ln 7 for Lids. This seems like her kind of course. It's not especially long, she isn't penalized for a lack of length off the tee

canefan

Wow. Lids left her approach a long way from the flag. But she knocks her 40 door putt right in the heart of the hole to lead by 2 at -10 after 7. Her playing partners have fallen back

Billy Tell

Finally got to see the K500. Machine-like from Carrington

canefan

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Hannah Green of Australia is on some sort of crazy charge in the final round of the golf.

She's in trouble now, takes a double bogey on 10 to stall her charge

canefan

Lids with a 3 shot lead, 10 holes to play

canefan

Lids with another birdie! Goes to -11, four shots ahead at the turn. Her nearest rival is putting to save par, could be a 5 shot lead soon. Looking serene at the moment

Edit, the Chinese golfer missed her par putt, Lids 5 ahead!

canefan

Lids is deadly close in. Just has to play percentages, all the chasers have stalled at the moment. Jeez I wish I had a swing tempo like hers. She’s locked in right now

canefan

Side note, Morgane Metraux is easy on the eye

canefan

Lids grazes the hole on her birdie putt. Almost grabbed another shot on the field.

canefan

Lids slides her par putt in the side door of the hole to preserve her 5 shot lead, after 12. Come on Lids!

canefan

Lids makes her first significant mistake. Put an easy approach into the water to likely drop a stroke. Uncharacteristic from Lids, just had to fire it into the heart of the green

The Silver Fern

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