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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sparky" data-cid="605087" data-time="1470924636">
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Congratulations to Bond and Murray on another Olympic Gold Medal. Unbeaten since 2009. Ruthless Kiwi champions.
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69 wins from 69 starts!

Billy Tell

Men's cycling looking good

sparky

NZ Men's Cycling Track Sprint Team and in the final against GB. They will win Gold or Silver.

Chris B.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Mokey" data-cid="605125" data-time="1470946150">
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Thrilled of course for Murray and Bond, just fucking legends, but what I really love about the Olympics is the stories like Natalie Rooney and Luuka Jones, not even rated at home to medal, and they cane it at the highest level.
 
Here's hoping the cyclists add to the haul.
 
(On a side note, quite surprising how bad some of the other NZ rowing crews have done. 5th and 6th in B finals are not the results you want to read.)
 
The swimming team have really been the epic failures. Not even a finalist amongst them. I think Corey Main swam a few PB's, which is something, but the senior members of the team were rubbish.
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Sounds like Lauren Boyle has been sick and she was the only one who had any real prospect of doing much. But given the general standard expected for NZ athletes is capability to make the top 16, there'd be a fair few swimmers who've fallen short.
 
GB went faster than our sprint cyclists in qualifying, so they're going to need to find more. Margins very slim in that sport.
 
Our sevens boys have a chance at finishing fifth.

Billy Tell

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sparky" data-cid="605138" data-time="1470948457">
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NZ Men's Cycling Track Sprint Team and in the final against GB. They will win Gold or Silver.
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So that's how it works is it :P

taniwharugby

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Chris B." data-cid="605140" data-time="1470948566">
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Sounds like Lauren Boyle has been sick and she was the only one who had any real prospect of doing much. But given the general standard expected for NZ athletes is capability to make the top 16, there'd be a fair few swimmers who've fallen short.
 
GB went faster than our sprint cyclists in qualifying, so they're going to need to find more. Margins very slim in that sport.
 
Our sevens boys have a chance at finishing fifth.
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stuff tells me we broke the OR in qualifying.

Canerbry

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="605142" data-time="1470949046">
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stuff tells me we broke the OR in qualifying.
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Stuff tells me GBR 42.640
NZL 42.535

taniwharugby

do we believe Stuff is the key point here...their track record says I shouldn't ;)

Mokey

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Chris B." data-cid="605140" data-time="1470948566">
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Sounds like Lauren Boyle has been sick and she was the only one who had any real prospect of doing much. But given the general standard expected for NZ athletes is capability to make the top 16, there'd be a fair few swimmers who've fallen short.
 
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Yes - there were a few athletes across the sports who met qualifying standards but got rejected for the outside top 16 criteria. The whole 'try their best' thing is a cop out at this level. Our swimmers weren't even getting close to their own personal bests, (apart from Corey Main) let alone final times. And a few carrying injuries and withdrawing from some races to focus on others then still doing crappy was disappointing too.
 
Man I hope the Fijians win gold. That would be epic.

hydro11

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Mokey" data-cid="605125" data-time="1470946150">
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Thrilled of course for Murray and Bond, just fucking legends, but what I really love about the Olympics is the stories like Natalie Rooney and Luuka Jones, not even rated at home to medal, and they cane it at the highest level.
 
Here's hoping the cyclists add to the haul.
 
(On a side note, quite surprising how bad some of the other NZ rowing crews have done. 5th and 6th in B finals are not the results you want to read.)
 
The swimming team have really been the epic failures. Not even a finalist amongst them. I think Corey Main swam a few PB's, which is something, but the senior members of the team were rubbish.
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Boyle clearly wasn't 100% and the rest of them probably did close to their best.

hydro11

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="605142" data-time="1470949046">
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stuff tells me we broke the OR in qualifying.
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Didn't we beat the OR in the semis, not in qualifying?

taniwharugby

meh, still qualifying for the final isn't it?

Unco

For anyone wondering if we beat the record, the Rio website says we beat the Olympics record (not the World record though):
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-track-mens-team-sprint-finals-gold'>https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-track-mens-team-sprint-finals-gold</a>

Bovidae

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Unco" data-cid="605095" data-time="1470927244">
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Not looking like a medal. That first lane is a killer.
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I don't think you can blame the lane as the German quad sculls won gold from lane 1. They just didn't row well enough.
 
Well done to Luuka Jones - that was a pleasant surprise to hear this morning.

hydro11

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="605153" data-time="1470950208">
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meh, still qualifying for the final isn't it?
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Sure but what Chris said is still perhaps true. Great Britain beat us in qualifying and then we broke the OR in the heats. We probably didn't go all out in qualifying though.

booboo

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They won in 6:59, walk in the park considering their world record is 6:03</blockquote>
 
Heard Murray say it was their 3rd slowest time ever.

canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="605161" data-time="1470950989">
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Heard Murray say it was their 3rd slowest time ever.
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The water looked a bit rough

Bovidae

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="booboo" data-cid="605161" data-time="1470950989">
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Heard Murray say it was their 3rd slowest time ever.
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There was a strong headwind on the course so the times were always going to be slow. 
 
The closest Bond and Murray have come to losing in this streak was at the WC at Karapiro in 2010 when they just edged the GB pair. I was there that day and ended up standing next to Murray's wife as we both looked at the big screen to see who had won.
 
At Olympics and WCs the times aren't so important - winning is.

Chris B.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="605159" data-time="1470950956">
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Sure but what Chris said is still perhaps true. Great Britain beat us in qualifying and then we broke the OR in the heats. We probably didn't go all out in qualifying though.
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Yep - I wasn't up with the play on the next round. 
 
Gold medal ride apparently at 9.42.

booboo

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bovidae" data-cid="605164" data-time="1470951360">
There was a strong headwind on the course so the times were always going to be slow. 
The closest Bond and Murray have come to losing in this streak was at the WC at Karapiro in 2010 when they just edged the GB pair. I was there that day and ended up standing next to Murray's wife as we both looked at the big screen to see who had won. 
At Olympics and WCs the times aren't so important - winning is.</blockquote>
 
Yeah. Kind of the point I was making.

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