Olympics Thread

[voodoo]

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

I missed this.

I watched, she finished strong 👊

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer she was basically 2nd the whole race and then really powered home in the last 50.

[Stargazer]

Great goal Stephen Jenness!

Blacks Sticks 1 - 0

[Stargazer]

Bugger, Spain scores.

Black Sticks 1 - 1 Spain

[Stargazer]

Blacks Sticks score again! Entertaining game to watch.

2 - 1 NZL

[NTA]

@kiwimurph said in Olympics Thread:

@stargazer she was basically 2nd the whole race and then really powered home in the last 50.

Thought she was a little slow around 300 but she gathered herself and smashed it

[Stargazer]

Spain has scored again. 2-2

[Stargazer]

Spain better than NZ in this 3rd quarter.

[Stargazer]

Uggh, and now they score. Spain take the lead: 2 - 3.

[Stargazer]

Yussss! Great goal from the Black Sticks!! 3 - 3

[Stargazer]

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

Black Sticks score again, to make it 4 - 3. Just over 3 minutes to go.

Oh wait. Spain's captain's referral ...

[Stargazer]

The referral fails. The goal stands.

[Stargazer]

Ah f*ck. Penalty corner Spain. Not sure I agree with that.

[Stargazer]

Phew.

[Stargazer]

The Black Sticks win!!

Final score: NZL 4 - 3 Spain.

Awesome game. Intense until the end.

[Yeetyaah]

First time I've watched hockey properly and it didn't disappoint. I feel like the Spaniards are quite disrespectful to the refs?

[Stargazer]

@yeetyaah I think they were starting to get desperate and their emotion just took over, but yeah, it looked that way.

[canefan]

@yeetyaah said in Olympics Thread:

First time I've watched hockey properly and it didn't disappoint. I feel like the Spaniards are quite disrespectful to the refs?

So just like footballers then?

[canefan]

Team USA men go ice cold shooting in the final 5 minutes, set to lose their opener vs France

[ACT Crusader]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

Team USA men go ice cold shooting in the final 5 minutes, set to lose their opener vs France

Deserved win to France. Fournier was excellent.

A couple of deers in the headlights in that US side. Lillard didn't want to shoot. Taytum was poor on the offensive end. Too many 3s.

Jrue Holiday was the only one keeping US in it.

Refs must like their croissants, because there was a bit of French cooking with some calls and no-calls.