Olympics Thread
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Fantastic win for the Black Sticks over Australia.<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83203535/rio-olympics-2016-black-sticks-women-to-play-for-medal-after-australia-upset">http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83203535/rio-olympics-2016-black-sticks-women-to-play-for-medal-after-australia-upset</a>
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<p>Am I looking right that Dylan Kennet is now first equal in the omnium?</p>
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<p>Stuff is still saying eighth.</p>
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The Cycling boss gave Kennet a serve on national news for losing his motivation during the Elimination race - if Kennet wins a medal, it will be a bit awkward back at HQ...<br><br>
Edit: apparently the Cycling judges/referees agreed with Kennet and have upgraded him to fifth place in the Sprint. -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bones" data-cid="605593" data-time="1471247510"><p>Inverdale was a cockhole in the pairs as well, a few times throughout the race just saying to ignore the kiwis.</p></blockquote>
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Andy Murray shut him down as well apparently. Said Murray was the first person to win 2 golds, and Murray told him Serena and Venus Willams had 4 each. Inverdale really is a shitbag. -
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<p>The Cycling boss gave Kennet a serve on national news for losing his motivation during the Elimination race - if Kennet wins a medal, it will be a bit awkward back at HQ...<br><br>
Edit: apparently the Cycling judges/referees agreed with Kennet and have upgraded him to fifth place in the Sprint.</p>
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<p>Yeah - I saw both those things. Hopefully given Dylan some motivation!</p>
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<p>He's won both of today's events, so far. Needs to do the trifecta in the points race.</p> -
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<p>The Cycling boss gave Kennet a serve on national news for losing his motivation during the Elimination race - if Kennet wins a medal, it will be a bit awkward back at HQ...<br>
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<p>Or they might feel that they gave him a motivating kick that he needed.</p> -
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Andy Murray shut him down as well apparently. Said Murray was the first person to win 2 golds, and Murray told him Serena and Venus Willams had 4 each. Inverdale really is a shitbag.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Looks like the women's hockey team will be playing Britain - they're 3-0 up on Spain, at present.</p>
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<p>On the plus side, we're ranked 4th in the world and eliminated the 3rd ranked Aussies. Due to the Argies having a shocker of a tournament, No. 2 Argentina is playing No. 1 Netherlands in the fourth QF - so one of those two won't make it.</p>
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<p>England is ranked 7 and surely constitute most of the British team. Germany is 9th.</p>
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<p>Farking Brits though - they need to be tested for using performance enhancing cash!</p> -
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<p>With Burling and Tuke picking up the sixth. As I write this the Black Sticks power in another one to go up 4 - 1 over the Aussies.</p>
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<p>Burling and Tuke are looking very good after nine races.</p>
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<p>NZ 21</p>
<p>Germany 39</p>
<p>Australia 54</p>
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<p>So - three races plus the medal race left.</p>
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<p>Great thing for B&T is that their worst finish so far is a 7th, so if they have a shocker they can count the 7 - just don't want to have two shockers - especially not in the medal race - but a good day tomorrow and we could wrap it up before the medal race (presumably 20 is the worst you can score in that).</p>
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<p>Conversely, the Germans have two 14ths and the Aussies two 13ths, so both are already counting one of those and much worse "insurance".</p> -
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A lot of Jamaicans run for Bahrain. They are trying to buy medals.</p></blockquote>Bahrain, Qatar.<br><br>
Jamaican sprinters (which is new) and African distance runners (which is a decade or so old trend).<br><br>
It's weird, I don't get it,<br><br>
If you have all the money in the world, why would you want to spend that money highlighting to the world on the biggest stage that you are so crap, and so unprincipled? <br><br>
Maybe I'm not the target audience?<br><br>
Same I don't get the Qatar World Cup bid. Why are you showing the world you're country is so undesirable that you have to bribe the fuck out of the most corrupt global sporting organisation? And then expose how you treat your guest workers. <br><br>
Why would you pay billions for that? Because all it highlights to me is the not good stuff.
