Olympics Thread

[Machpants]

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

Black Sticks trailing 1 - 3 v Argentina. 11 minutes to go.

Sadly no surprise

[Stargazer]

@canefan Nope.

[voodoo]

@bones said in Olympics Thread:

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

Another no from me

[canefan]

Impressive field team we have now. 4 shot putters, 2 hammer throwers. Nice to have depth

[Stargazer]

[MiketheSnow]

GB 3-4 Aus
4 mins to go

Come on

[Bones]

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.

@canefan @voodoo @Stargazer @Machpants

[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

[Machpants]

@machpants said in Olympics Thread:

@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?

Oh I see, stuff stuffed it actually "Wow. Not many would have seen this coming after Novak Djokovic won the first set 6-1, but Alexander Zverev turned the match on its head to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-1! As Djokovic heads off court, Zverev takes it all in, practically alone in the arena."

Fucking stuff

[Stargazer]

@machpants Glad you worked it out, haha. It seemed quite simple to me from this: