Olympics Thread
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Serbia carving up USA then decide ‘you know what, let’s stop giving it to Joker and just start lobbing up wild 3s’. Like the other four guys all thought they were the best player but just needed the space to show it. If I were a Serb I’d be rioting in the street
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Dame Lisa Carrington is a fucking phenom and NZs greatest athlete. She has more than a decade on most of the other people in that K4 race and still, in a "team" event, looked like the dominant athlete.
Someone build a fucking statue. you'll need a lot of bronze to do those shoulders and guns justice.
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
Linda Ko on 6 under in the Golf. In second place. Just two shots behind the leader Metraux.
Lids still two behind Metraux who is in the clubhouse. She's running out of holes to catch up. Korda is closing, two shots back, tied for 4th
Only 36 holes to catch up.....
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@JK said in Olympics Thread:
@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
Linda Ko on 6 under in the Golf. In second place. Just two shots behind the leader Metraux.
Lids still two behind Metraux who is in the clubhouse. She's running out of holes to catch up. Korda is closing, two shots back, tied for 4th
Only 36 holes to catch up.....
Yeah didn't realise it was only R2 until after the post. Then I couldn't be bothered editing
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
Not sure if it's been mentioned here, but how about the record set by the Cuban heavyweight wrestler Mijain Lopez.
First ever person to win Gold at the same individual event at FIVE straight Olympics. He won in Beijing, London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris.
Never been done at either Summer or Winter Olympics. That is a serious record to have.
5 golds at 5 consecutive Olympics puts these peeps in the convo for the Goatiest of Goats.
Old mate Lopez, Steve Redgrave and now Carrington. Anyone else? (Wikipedia says Redgrave is, should be updated to was (I've seen memes about that), the only man to achieve this in an endurance sport.
It's the longevity of greatness that to my mind makes it a greater achievement than Phelps who had who won his golds across 4 games (although he did attend 5).
Anyone done more than at least 1 gold in 6 successive Olympics? Shooting maybe?
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
Dame Lisa Carrington is a fucking phenom and NZs greatest athlete. She has more than a decade on most of the other people in that K4 race and still, in a "team" event, looked like the dominant athlete.
Someone build a fucking statue. you'll need a lot of bronze to do those shoulders and guns justice.
My complete guess about how the team dynamic works in the K4 is that with her at the front of the boat - the other three probably just had to match her stroke rate or die trying!
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@Donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
Dame Lisa Carrington is a fucking phenom and NZs greatest athlete. She has more than a decade on most of the other people in that K4 race and still, in a "team" event, looked like the dominant athlete.
Someone build a fucking statue. you'll need a lot of bronze to do those shoulders and guns justice.
My complete guess about how the team dynamic works in the K4 is that with her at the front of the boat - the other three probably just had to match her stroke rate or die trying!
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i'm effectively creating the memory in my mind that the other 3 quit and she dragged their asses home by herself.
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
i'm effectively creating the memory in my mind that the other 3 quit and she dragged their asses home by herself.
I'm pretty sure the girl at the back was doing the Lay Down Sally well before the end.
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Bay boys hard out deifying her. and rightly so.
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
i'm effectively creating the memory in my mind that the other 3 quit and she dragged their asses home by herself.
Dodged a couple of icebergs along the way.
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@Donsteppa said in Olympics Thread:
@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
i'm effectively creating the memory in my mind that the other 3 quit and she dragged their asses home by herself.
Dodged a couple of icebergs along the way.
U boats seems more fitting
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@SBW1 said in Olympics Thread:
We are on 13 medals with three days left, what are our chances over the next few days.
We are coming first out of countries that have never hosted a summer Olympics. Ahead of half a dozen who have.
Lisa +1 and Aimee Fisher could and probably should pick up three more canoeing medals.
Hamish Kerr a decent chance in high jump.
Lydia a chance in the golf.
Not sure what's left in track cycling, but there could well be a bit more to come - there's probably still points races and madisons and suchlike - see Willie's earlier post.
Most of the rest probably outside chances at best, but I'm probably overlooking someone.
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@Chris-B said in Olympics Thread:
probably overlooking someone
Always possible, who had heard of Finn Butcher?
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@Chris-B said in Olympics Thread:
probably overlooking someone
Always possible, who had heard of Finn Butcher?
He was definitely an outlier. Not sure we've got any more of those hiding in plain sight
