Olympics Thread

[canefan]

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

That was a bit gutting. I feel for Wilde but from the looks of it he left it all out there on the run. Can't feel too bad for him.

Must have burned a lot of fuel making up for the swim.

[KiwiMurph]

That's how you time your run

Silver nothing to sneeze at.

Great race

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in Olympics Thread:

Aarghhh!!

Wilde climbing stairs at the end.

He just needed to have one more little surge to disillusion Yee's chase.

Wonder why Yee let him get so far ahead.

Maybe Yee was sticking to his own race strategy? With about a km to go he looked cooked. Fuck bloody

[Damo]

That silver takes us to 12th on the medal table.

[canefan]

The commentators said Wilde flew his family over. They have never seen him race overseas. Pretty awesome

[Canerbry]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@Canerbry said in Olympics Thread:

That's what the 'Lympics is about.

Hugging each other at the end, great mates apparently

And it'll be 4 years before I sit down and watch another whole triathlon.

[canefan]

@Canerbry said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@Canerbry said in Olympics Thread:

That's what the 'Lympics is about.

Hugging each other at the end, great mates apparently

And it'll be 4 years before I sit down and watch another whole triathlon.

2 mate. Comm games

[MiketheSnow]

What a race in the rowing - Women's Quad Sculls

On the line for GB over the Dutch

Great timing

[canefan]

Hayden gives McCullough his flowers for helping on the bike. And dropped an F bomb on live TV. And congratulates Yee. Awesome

[1kiwi]

Bronze in Tokyo, Silver in Paris, Gold in Los Angeles?

[Chris B.]

@canefan A bit of a Kane Williamson-like speech.

Great race - no tears.

[canefan]

@Chris-B said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan A bit of a Kane Williamson-like speech.

Great race - no tears.

As he said, he was happy it was a fair fight for he and Yee. No excuses, the best man won

[MajorRage]

Amazing 10 mins for GB.

Yee overtakes Wilde in the last 100 metres (boooo....) and then they overtook the Netherlands rowers in literally the last metre.

Gutted for Wilde, he looks like he had that completely under control.

[Bones]

[KiwiMurph]

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@Canerbry said in Olympics Thread:

@canefan said in Olympics Thread:

@Canerbry said in Olympics Thread:

That's what the 'Lympics is about.

Hugging each other at the end, great mates apparently

And it'll be 4 years before I sit down and watch another whole triathlon.

2 mate. Comm games

That's if there is a Comm Games. Venue still tbc.

[MiketheSnow]

Great interview with Yee

[ACT Crusader]

@Damo said in Olympics Thread:

That was a bit gutting. I feel for Wilde but from the looks of it he left it all out there on the run. Can't feel too bad for him.

Huge effort.

Probably expended a bit more on the cycle leg, but he put himself in a position to win gold and Yee had that little bit extra on the run.

[MiketheSnow]

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

@Bones said in Olympics Thread:

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

Not a euphemism?

A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

It’s a night shot

[MiketheSnow]

The distance which separates the Women's BMX and Women's skateboard is absolutely massive

Then the blokes kick it up a million notches

Great BMX finals

[sparky]

An absolutely awesome Silver for Hamish Wilde and he deserves the Coubertin Medal for his sportsmanship at the end there.

Also a word for Alex Yee whose only fault in life is not being a Kiwi.