Olympics Thread

[Kiwiwomble]

@higgins i honestly have no idea, hoped someone else could explain, maybe they all share it? i would normally say there would be a pay off but obviously if bad weather stops them playing the final round then thats not happening

[Kiwiwomble]

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breaking the olympic record has to be a good sign!

edit:...has sign been beaten by 9 others but still cool

[Chris B.]

Lydia hasn't played too many bad holes.

That double-bogey on the first day - and bogeying the last two holes yesterday have been pretty expensive. Without some of those, she could have been third on her own, or in a tie for silver - or a shot behind Korda... I guess all the others have various tales of woe.

I doubt they'll do anything too half-arsed (like the cricket) to determine bronze if tomorrow is a washout.

They'll either organize a 4-way play-off or just dish out four bronze medals.

[nostrildamus]

I'm always amazed NZ and Australia do well in cycling, wouldn't have thought we'd have the mass of riders, culture, or specialist facilities to compete with the Europeans..

[Bones]

@nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

[nostrildamus]

@bones said in Olympics Thread:

@nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

[Bones]

@nostrildamus looked pretty sweet in Moree last time I was there.

[nostrildamus]

@bones said in Olympics Thread:

@nostrildamus looked pretty sweet in Moree last time I was there.

Too many pecans..

[Stargazer]

@nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

@bones said in Olympics Thread:

@nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

It's the same in most of NZ, unless you're lucky enough to find a cycleway.

[mofitzy_]

A single gold would almost certainly put us in the top 10 - looking unlikely but still possible.

[booboo]

@nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

@bones said in Olympics Thread:

@nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

You refer to the capitals.

That's why Anna Meares was from Rocky.

[Stargazer]

Bugger, Andrews close, but loses her heat. To the repechage in the women's sprint.

[Bones]

@stargazer centimetres in it!

[Bovidae]

Did anyone watch the Heavyweight boxing final? The Russian Gadzhimagomedov got beaten 5-0 by the Cuban la Cruz.

I will have to find a replay.

[Stargazer]

Andrews will ride in repechage heat 3 at 9.59pm.

[Tordah]

@bovidae Yeah, the Cuban had some nice reflexes and had his arms low the whole time, ducking and weaving away from every punch, basically. Landed just a few himself, but was enough.

[Stargazer]

The two Dutchmen have to go to a decider on the sprint. Wow.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@nostrildamus said in Olympics Thread:

@bones said in Olympics Thread:

@nostrildamus lots of roads and not many cars!

you mean Australia? Cycling in most places outside maybe of Canberra is a masochistic deathwish.

Not in Brisbane. Heaps of those bloody cycle paths. Still doesn’t stop the Lycra clad piston wristed gibbons from using suburban roads.

[Rapido]

Man, modern pentathlon looks brutal mind fuck.

All that swimming, running, fencing training etc for 4 years. yet can all be for nothing if your nag from the olympic car pool is spooked .

[canefan]

Andrews through to the last 8 of the sprint. She is having an outstanding first O games