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    <p>Awesome! Gold! </p>

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    Brilliant paddle, put the hammer down in the final quarter and no one had an answer

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    #1103

    <p>Olympic record</p>

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    Awesome! Even better a well timed midnight toilet stop means I got to watch it

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    #1105

    If we want to go any higher up that medal table we need 3 more golds 😞

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    <p>Poor Nikki Hamblin trips up in the 5k. Her olympics over.</p>

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    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="605842" data-time="1471352838"><p>Poor Nikki Hamblin trips up in the 5k. Her olympics over.</p></blockquote>What a shame for her. Did anyone go down with her?

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    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="canefan" data-cid="605844" data-time="1471353592">
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    <p>What a shame for her. Did anyone go down with her?</p>
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    <p>An American athlete who bravely finished the race.</p>

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    <p>Lovely sportsmanship shown btwn the two. They both finished, in a fair bit of pain.</p>

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    <p>First two heats were very slow. Willis should be able to qualify here even if he misses out on the top 6.</p>

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    <p>Willis cruised it. Used no energy and got through.</p>

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    <p>Class from Willis.</p>

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    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Billy Tell" data-cid="605841" data-time="1471352665"><p>
    If we want to go any higher up that medal table we need 3 more golds :(</p></blockquote>
    <br>
    Spain is on 4 golds. <br><br>
    I'll be happy if we finish 14th but we'll have to keep winning to stay there.

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    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Don Frye" data-cid="605850" data-time="1471356014">
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    <p>Spain is on 4 golds.<br><br>
    I'll be happy if we finish 14th but we'll have to keep winning to stay there.</p>
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    <p>That 4th Spanish gold post-dates my comment.</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>But yes, effectively one more gold will see us leapfrog Spain again (where the rain falls mainly on the plain).</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>However, 3 more golds and we'd be right on Australia's arse.</p>

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    <p>McCartney over 4.60m and into the pole vault final, after 2 fails at 4.45m and one at 4.55m</p>

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    <p>Does she have any chance of a bronze??</p>

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    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Billy Tell" data-cid="605854" data-time="1471359397">
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    <p>Does she have any chance of a bronze??</p>
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    <p>Yep. Is pretty wide open after the big American favorite Jen Suhr. Last nights men's comp showed it only takes one big vault out of nowhere to cause a big upset.<br><br>
    Her PB, 4.80m, would likely be enough to medal. Particularly if she had a clean card with no misses right up to and including that height (a much bigger ask).</p>

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    <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="TeWaio" data-cid="605855" data-time="1471361698">
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    <p>Yep. Is pretty wide open after the big American favorite Jen Suhr. Last nights men's comp showed it only takes one big vault out of nowhere to cause a big upset.<br><br>
    Her PB, 4.80m, would likely be enough to medal. Particularly if she had a clean card with no misses right up to and including that height (a much bigger ask).</p>
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    <p>If she gets any sort of medal, I'd give her sportswoman of the year, no question.  An athletics medal in a reasonably glamour event is not to be sneezed at.  I suppose if she got bronze and Carrington with her gold, you could argue.</p>

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    <p>It'd be funny if the Willis autocorrect worked the opposite way around when you're actually trying to type 'Willis'.</p>

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    <p>Meech wins bronze. Great effort to hold onto his spot, as he had to rely on the Gold and Silver medallists to fuck up to really have a chance of a better medal.</p>
    <p> </p>
    <p>The 49er FX Women just started their 12th race, followed by the 49er Men's 12th race at 6:05am. The women are currently first equal, with not much space between them and the third and fourth placed crews, so this and the medal race are hugely important. While the men have a huge lead and if they do well enough in this one, could coast through the Medal Race and still pick up a Gold medal.</p>

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