Olympics Thread

Waiting to start when they pan the camera across all the starters. He raises his left arm straight towards the centre of the track field, looks down his arm, then using the baton "pulls" the "bow string" and fires.

Momentarily thought I was watching Eastbound and Down.

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Stargazer

Men's 10,000. No heats, straight to a final.

antipodean

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Men's 10,000. No heats, straight to a final.

I love watching people who run twice the distance as me in the same amount of time.

Stargazer

Argentina score again.

Full time: NZ 1 - 4 Argentina

It's Olympic Games over for the men's Black Sticks.

mariner4life

The Olympics doesn't really start for me until the running

MiketheSnow

GB 3-4 Aus

GB blew it

Aus stayed strong

mariner4life

Lol 1 min first lap.

antipodean

@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:

Lol 1 min first lap.

Ugandan at the front s setting too quick a pace. No one's going with him. He should dial it back a smidge.

Machpants

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Best result of the night, Alexander Zverev comes from a set down to beat Novak Djokovic.

How does this work "The top-ranked Serb lost to Alexander Zverev of Germany 1-6 3-6 6-1 in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament"
It was said up thread that Olympics are best of three, only grand slams are 5, so 1-6, 3-6 is game over, why the other 1-6? Confused? Or is Olympic gold a slam? Even if it is that's 2 losses and then a win, did they play the last set for fun?

booboo

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

W Football

GB 2-3 Australia
Second period of ET

Ding dong

Aus make it through 4-3

antipodean

Barega going backwards at a rate of knots. Can't understand why he went so hard to catch Kissa.

booboo

@bones said in Olympics Thread:

Please tell me someone else is watching the track relay and saw what the Italian just did.

Apparently no

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