Olympics Thread

[Paekakboyz]

@tim skills and rugby experience aside think about the team you could assemble across all the athletes at the Olympics!!

Weightlifting + field events (throwing etc) pretty much secures your front row and maybe a #8 or blindside
Rowers and maybe basketball would be first stop for second row and maybe backrow options
Then why pick actual sevens players for your backs when you can select a bunch of guys who can run sub 10sec!
Throw in a 1st 5 with a decent boot on him (football?) then it's all on.

I think the actual struggle would be finding a scrum that could hold up against the pack you could select!

[Machpants]

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Shot put final starts at 2:05 pm. Our boys might be fighting for a silver medal although Crouser has flopped on the big stage before.

Crouser Olympic record on first throw, everyone else playing for silver

[Bovidae]

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Shot put final starts at 2:05 pm. Our boys might be fighting for a silver medal although Crouser has flopped on the big stage before.

Or not. An OR with his first throw.

[Machpants]

@mikedogz said in Olympics Thread:

@machpants I was thinking that a couple of bans and Liti gets bronze. The winner has been caught before.

And one of the others, silver or bronze, can't remember

[Paekakboyz]

@barbarian pretty sure he got done quite early in his career. Which makes sense given the pressure they'd be under since age grade to be the best they can be
But he's got amazing technique, so smooth and hardly any loss of power. Add in the fact he's 170kg+ and yeah, the man is going to shift some tin!!

[Kiwiwomble]

@machpants said in Olympics Thread:

Carrington, OMG, just amazing

do you know when the final is? couldnt see it on 7's coverage

[Windows97]

Sheesh - given the throwing so far Walsh will be lucky to medal and poor Jacko appears to be making up the numbers

[Windows97]

@kiwiwomble said in Olympics Thread:

@machpants said in Olympics Thread:

Carrington, OMG, just amazing

do you know when the final is? couldnt see it on 7's coverage

3:26pm NZT to be precise

[Stargazer]

@kiwiwomble said in Olympics Thread:

@machpants said in Olympics Thread:

Carrington, OMG, just amazing

do you know when the final is? couldnt see it on 7's coverage

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/canoe-sprint/race-results-women-s-kayak-single-500m-fnl-000100-.htm

[Kiwiwomble]

doesn't look like 7 are showing live

[Bovidae]

We might see a new WR before the end of the shot put final.

[antipodean]

@kiwiwomble said in Olympics Thread:

doesn't look like 7 are showing live

https://7plus.com.au/olympic-games-tokyo-canoe-sprint

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean cheers

must be me, went down the list of "today's sports" and kayak isn't listed

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Relay heats and Saffas dropped baton on the first change. Didn’t even look like the guy had his hand out to receive it. Amateur hour

[Windows97]

Tom back up into 3rd with a throw over 22m, there's some monster throwing out there today (metaphorically).

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Jesus. Yanks out of relays. Awful. Do they even practice these?

[Machpants]

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

Jesus. Yanks out of relays. Awful. Do they even practice these?

Too cool for school, I reckon no

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@machpants said in Olympics Thread:

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

Jesus. Yanks out of relays. Awful. Do they even practice these?

Too cool for school, I reckon no

Not the first time for them.

[Bovidae]

Jacko Gill misses out by 2 cm in advancing with the final 8. Walsh in 3rd.

[Windows97]

@bovidae said in Olympics Thread:

Jacko Gill misses out by 2 cm in advancing with the final 8. Walsh in 3rd.

Walsh at this stage missing out on silver by 2cm too!!