Olympics Thread
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@Chris-B said in Olympics Thread:
@SBW1 said in Olympics Thread:
Is this our final total?
Nope - Ally Woolaston grabs a bronze in the omnium.
Very smart ride - saved herself for the points race and stole two laps and still led the field home in the final sprint - aside from someone who was off the front.
What a ride.
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Leaving aside national loyalties, my moment of the Paris Olympic Games was Mondo Duplantis retaining his Pole Vault Olympic title and then breaking the World Record vaulting 6.25m.
As 70,000 Parisians screamed, he ran to the embrace of his absolutely gorgeous Swedish model girlfriend.
That's a guy who's living the dream!
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@SBW1 said in Olympics Thread:
That gives us 20 medals, when you factor in 10 Gold this is clearly our most successful games.
The contribution of our female Olympians has been overwhelming. 7s, paddling, rowing, mixed sailing, cycling, golf, the women have accounted for all but two of our gold medals (high jump, kayak cross) and many of the silver (shot put, cycling) and bronze. The men have to raise their game for next time!
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Inside Lydia Ko's tearful journey to Olympic glory and the Hall of Fame
Lydia Ko spent 2023 crying in hotel rooms. But in Paris on Sunday, after she'd won gold and a Hall of Fame spot, tears of joy followed.
With the monkey off her back, we might see Lids win some more sooner than later
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Who gets the halbergs?
Carrington and Andrews with 2 golds. But surely Kerr with the high jump gold.
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France needing 3 points with 3.9 s to go score but the foot was just in and it’s only 2 points. Total heartbreak.
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Fantastic W basketball final
USA win 67-66 with the last shot from Gabi Williams a 2 not the 3 needed
2 massive air balls from France when they had USA ready to roll killed their chance
Why wasn't Caitlin Clark involved?
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@MiketheSnow politics apparently
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@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:
Fantastic W basketball final
USA win 67-66 with the last shot from Gabi Williams a 2 not the 3 needed
2 massive air balls from France when they had USA ready to roll killed their chance
Why wasn't Caitlin Clark involved?
France really missed Stéphanie Curie to sink a few 3-pointers.
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One sport nz should do better in is mountain biking. Surely we have the tracks to become world class. I mean the brits are up there.
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@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
Five Million People.
Ten Gold Medals.
What an amazing performance by Team New Zealand.
Only 2 less Golds then Germany, and 4 Golds less the the UK
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Watching the Closing ceremony.....I can still hear the strains of Steve Allen's 'Join Together' somewhere in the distance....
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Very underwhelmed with the Closing Ceremony after what has been an electric Games
