Gold Coast Comm Games
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@rapido said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Historically, 95.4% of all rowing medals (G, S & B ) had been won by 4 countries.
Which is really the case for other sports as well. What is the breakdown for swimming for example? What would be cool with Rowing, kayaking etc. is that you can at least get multiple crews/competitors from the same country which I believe is not something you get at large international meets. How cool would it have been to see Drysdale and Waddell go at it for example.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@rapido said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Historically, 95.4% of all rowing medals (G, S & B ) had been won by 4 countries.
Which is really the case for other sports as well. What is the breakdown for swimming for example? What would be cool with Rowing, kayaking etc. is that you can at least get multiple crews/competitors from the same country which I believe is not something you get at large international meets. How cool would it have been to see Drysdale and Waddell go at it for example.
And those 4.6% of medals won, over 50 years, by countries others than those 4, were all bronzes.
Swimming. 87.5% of medals have been won by the top 4 countries (Aus, Eng, Can, Saf)
Freezing, frigid Scotland have a better record than NZ in Commonwealth swimming. -
It's Boxing, Weight Lifting, and Wrestling where you get the most even competition across the commonwealth.
Athletics pretty good. 65% won by the top 4 (which this time includes Kenya).
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https://www.gc2018.com/article/andrea-millers-amazing-journey-hurdles-weightlifting
Studied with her at Uni. Was training for Olympics in London and did her Hammy 6 weeks out. did crossfit for rehab then about 6 months later was at regionals....came like 9th or something thought she had bad asthma during the event. Turns out she was in hospital the next day with pneumonia!
Transitioned to weightlifting and apparently controversially missed out on the team after setting a new NZ record and would have really pushed close at the olympics.
Really hope she kills it at these games. Complete professional with her approach to training etc over the years.
In other news will get some insight behind the scenes at the games misses and I are both working as physio's at a couple of training facilities....she gets weightlifters and para weightlifters....I unfortunately get beach volleyball, netball and track I think.
Tough life!
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@magpie_in_aus Oh stop it, you smug bastard. Reminds me of my sister when she was at Otago, and oh poor thing got called in to help massage the All Blacks.
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Update:
India team doctor reprimanded for ‘no needles’ policy breach
GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — An Indian team doctor has been reprimanded for breaching the “No Needle” policy at the Commonwealth Games, ending an investigation that began when syringes were found in the athletes village. The Commonwealth Games Federation’s court on Tuesday ruled that a “strong written reprimand” was adequate for Dr. Amol Patil, who admitted giving a Vitamin B injection to a boxer without advance notice to games organizers. Syringes were discovered at the athletes village, triggering speculation about a pre-games doping case. But organizers had earlier said it wasn’t an anti-doping violation. For the games, medical practitioners or athletes with a condition requiring auto-injecting such as diabetes need prior approval to take needles into the village. “While the doctor did not file an Injection Declaration Form as required by the No Needle Policy, following the investigation into the discovery of the needles, and after due enquiry, he complied with the direction of the commission and emailed information which, in the Court’s view, is substantially similar to the information required on the injection declaration form,” the CGF’s court said in a statement. The court said Patil left the needles in a room at the village — contravening guidelines that mandate syringes are stored in a restricted secured location — while he went to the medical clinic to get an authorized waste bin to dispose of them. Patil provided information to the medical commission before noon the day after the needles were discovered, meaning he avoided any sanctions for a separate breach of the regulations. -
Is anybody else watching the opening ceremony? Bit slow... get on with the sports already!
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@shadowtrooper said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Is anybody else watching the opening ceremony? Bit slow... get on with the sports already!
I just want to see us march round the stadium....Ha, funny, I just saw this post and turned my head sideways at work to notice it was on one of the TVs.
Man, that looks cringeworty. Almost as bad as that giant kangaroo years ago at the Brisbane games. -
Things have started to get better with the introduction of Ricki-Lee....
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For chrissake introduction by continent!
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There is one bonus - at least we don't have to suffer godawful INXS music for the athletes entry into the stadium
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@crucial said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Do only white people go to the beach in Australia?
It's horrible isn't it? Don't think I saw any dwarves or handicapped people either.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
@crucial said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
Do only white people go to the beach in Australia?
It's horrible isn't it? Don't think I saw any dwarves or handicapped people either.
It is difficult for wheelchairs in the sand though, so that's excusable.
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I never understood why some countries are in national dress, whilst others wear tracksuits
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@shadowtrooper said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
I never understood why some countries are in national dress, whilst others wear tracksuits
Tracksuits ARE the national dress of some countries.
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Nice. You can't beat the black and white.
Rowing at the Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia
