Olympics Thread
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@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
Great mornings work. Thought we might pip the USA but I think we used up the energy from 1000 to 1500 m. We are bloody good at rowing for a small country.
Yes. NZ has a great record for a country of such a relatively small population.
The worst sporting country by a mile is India. Most populous country in the world and they currently have 3 bronze medals. Get the impression 98% live in abject poverty and 2% have unbridled wealth.
Neither extreme is particularly good for generating sport stars.
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@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
Great mornings work. Thought we might pip the USA but I think we used up the energy from 1000 to 1500 m. We are bloody good at rowing for a small country.
Yes. NZ has a great record for a country of such a relatively small population.
The worst sporting country by a mile is India. Most populous country in the world and they currently have 3 bronze medals. Get the impression 98% live in abject poverty and 2% have unbridled wealth.
Probably because they pour all their resources into cricket
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@Higgins said in Olympics Thread:
Foxy going well too, four under after thirteen and two off the lead in 3rd. About 70% of the field are under par so the course is either playing easy or the players are all in good touch.
Probably playing easy
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@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
Great mornings work. Thought we might pip the USA but I think we used up the energy from 1000 to 1500 m. We are bloody good at rowing for a small country.
Yes. NZ has a great record for a country of such a relatively small population.
The worst sporting country by a mile is India. Most populous country in the world and they currently have 3 bronze medals. Get the impression 98% live in abject poverty and 2% have unbridled wealth.
They did better when they hosted the comm games. Dropped away again clearly
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@Higgins said in Olympics Thread:
@Damo Lisa Carrington a sitter for a couple along with a possible one from Tom Walsh plus the high jumper looking good. Also fingers crossed for Lydia Ko to complete her full set of medals.
I thought you were joking about Lisa, I had no idea she was still going and in Paris!!!
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@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:
Anyone watch the medal ceremony for the Men's Four? One of the American guys couldn't keep it together while his national anthem was playing. Winning that Olympic Gold Medal means so much to these athletes after four years of hard yakka.
It's been ages since the US won too
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:
Anyone watch the medal ceremony for the Men's Four? One of the American guys couldn't keep it together while his national anthem was playing. Winning that Olympic Gold Medal means so much to these athletes after four years of hard yakka.
It's been ages since the US won too
Yeah something like 60 years.
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@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
@Higgins said in Olympics Thread:
@Damo Lisa Carrington a sitter for a couple along with a possible one from Tom Walsh plus the high jumper looking good. Also fingers crossed for Lydia Ko to complete her full set of medals.
I thought you were joking about Lisa, I had no idea she was still going and in Paris!!!
Didn't Lisa get beaten in the nationals in one of her disciplines? Does that mean she won't compete in that race?
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
@Higgins said in Olympics Thread:
@Damo Lisa Carrington a sitter for a couple along with a possible one from Tom Walsh plus the high jumper looking good. Also fingers crossed for Lydia Ko to complete her full set of medals.
I thought you were joking about Lisa, I had no idea she was still going and in Paris!!!
Didn't Lisa get beaten in the nationals in one of her disciplines? Does that mean she won't compete in that race?
Think so, didn't Aimee Fisher beat her?
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@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:
@Higgins said in Olympics Thread:
@voodoo She has been going for at least as long as Sophie Pascoe but think Sophie is sitting out these Paralympics.
I think she has hung up her swimming cap altogether hasn't she?
She's pregnant. I thought she said she retired
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:
They’re actually shifting and would beat most recreational park run runners
Still stoopid.
It's the butterfly of athletics.
It is to running what handball is to basketball/football
Nah. Defined sport with defined rules you play as hard as you can. Butterfly and race walking are both events where you're required to race slowly.
Slower of course but ridiculous to say slowly. Its certainly not easier. Ultimately they are in fact operating within defined rules and doing it as hard as they can.
No they're not. They could run or swim properly.
It may not be "proper" but they are still doing it as hard as they can within the rules that are set. It may be a slower version but it certainly isn't easier.
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@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@voodoo said in Olympics Thread:
@Higgins said in Olympics Thread:
@Damo Lisa Carrington a sitter for a couple along with a possible one from Tom Walsh plus the high jumper looking good. Also fingers crossed for Lydia Ko to complete her full set of medals.
I thought you were joking about Lisa, I had no idea she was still going and in Paris!!!
Didn't Lisa get beaten in the nationals in one of her disciplines? Does that mean she won't compete in that race?
Think so, didn't Aimee Fisher beat her?
Aimee Fisher beats Lisa Carrington in world record win
A New Zealand Olympic one-two is fast becoming a very real possibility in the K1 500, after Aimee Fisher beat Dame Lisa Carrington in a world record time.
Looks like they will both race the K1 500. Fisher has the WR, so we could have a 1-2 podium
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:
They’re actually shifting and would beat most recreational park run runners
Still stoopid.
It's the butterfly of athletics.
It is to running what handball is to basketball/football
Nah. Defined sport with defined rules you play as hard as you can. Butterfly and race walking are both events where you're required to race slowly.
Slower of course but ridiculous to say slowly. Its certainly not easier. Ultimately they are in fact operating within defined rules and doing it as hard as they can.
No they're not. They could run or swim properly.
It may not be "proper" but they are still doing it as hard as they can within the rules that are set. It may be a slower version but it certainly isn't easier.
Never said it was easier, just slower and dumber
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@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:
@Higgins said in Olympics Thread:
@voodoo She has been going for at least as long as Sophie Pascoe but think Sophie is sitting out these Paralympics.
I think she has hung up her swimming cap altogether hasn't she?
She seems to have been going forever but is only thirty but there is a good reason why she is taking time out
Dame Sophie Pascoe announces she's pregnant with first child, due 2024 | Newshub
New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian and her partner announced their news on social media.
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I'm watching 3 on 3 basketball for the first time. It's still basketball right? In a white men can't jump/ Rucker Park kind of way. American women's team is pretty weak, the only player I recognise is Haley van Lith who plays college basketball. Surely they could pick 3 WNBA players who could excel at this? Maybe the top athletes can't be bothered with it
