Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens
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I haven't watched a single event of this yet.
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@SBW1 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@Crucial A number of sports where we are traditionally very strong like rowing, kayaking and various sailing events are not in the Commonwealth Games. Given that Australia are incredibly strong at swimming and probably close to the top nation in the Olympics, New Zealand have done really well in the pool. I think New Zealand is becoming a more well rounded sporting nation, if you look at our performances in Tokyo, the Winter Olympics and now the Commonwealth games.
I don’t disagree. Just saying that cycling places a huge emphasis on Worlds and Olympics and it wouldn’t surprise me if Oz (despite wanting medals) have a program targeting those while picking up what they can along the way.
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@antipodean 9s aren't really a sport as such it is kind of a version of rugby 7s. You could include the island nations, PNG, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Island possibly Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia. Would be a viable event, may have featured in past games, if not there would be a strong case for it as an event in the future.
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@canefan said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@SBW1 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@canefan 13 Gold still on course to beat our previous best whether that be 17 or 22 according to event inflation. Hopefully hold 3rd, England appear to have won a big haul. It is showing that New Zealand is a pretty well rounded sporting nation.
The cyclists have kicked ass this time. Lots of youngsters in there too so hope for the future and Paris in 2 years
Sir Chris Hoy was commenting that NZ have been really smart with recruiting new coaches from Oz and GB and that, combined with the improved infrastructure and a good pool of current athletes is starting to realise the results we see. He said a lot of it is about freshening up at the end of each Olympic cycle; NZ has done really well at this.
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@SBW1 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@antipodean 9s aren't really a sport as such it is kind of a version of rugby 7s. You could include the island nations, PNG, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Island possibly Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia. Would be a viable event, may have featured in past games, if not there would be a strong case for it as an event in the future.
Rugby league Nines to feature at Glasgow Commonwealth Games in exhibition tournament
Nines to feature at Commonwealth Games
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@SBW1 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@canefan 13 Gold still on course to beat our previous best whether that be 17 or 22 according to event inflation. Hopefully hold 3rd, England appear to have won a big haul. It is showing that New Zealand is a pretty well rounded sporting nation.
I know 17 is for 1990, but when was the 22?
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@SBW1 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@canefan 13 Gold still on course to beat our previous best whether that be 17 or 22 according to event inflation. Hopefully hold 3rd, England appear to have won a big haul. It is showing that New Zealand is a pretty well rounded sporting nation.
@Rapido said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@SBW1 said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
@Crucial Really hope she gets her medal, hopefully there is some kind of appeal. New Zealand now have 10 Gold and are Number 3, only being edged out by England with one more Gold. New Zealand did pretty well in the pool last night, must have given the Aussies a run for their money, really good effort by our swimmers. Have a good feeling we might overtake our previous best tally of 17 Gold and hoping we can overtake England,
With event inflation. Would actually need 22.35 golds to
beatout-perform Auckland 1990 effort.280 events, compared to 213 in 1990.
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The King Is Dead
No 1 seed in the Ladies squash, Joelle King, is thrashed in the first SF of the day by Canadian Holly Naughton
Final score 3-1 with Naughton's guile bamboozling King
Huge upset
Game of her life
Magnificent
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Paul Coll on the other hand has been imperious
Cruises through to the Men's Final with a 3-0 thrashing of India's Ghosal
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@MiketheSnow said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
The King Is Dead
No 1 seed in the Ladies squash, Joelle King, is thrashed in the first SF of the day by Canadian Holly Naughton
Final score 3-1 with Naughton's guile bamboozling King
Huge upset
Game of her life
Magnificent
She was shaky in the QF too
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Great win for Kennedy (Eng) to reach the Ladies Final
And Aberdare’s own Joel Makin dispatched Willstrop of England 3-0 to meet Paul Coll in the Men’s Final.
It’s gone with seeding and is a repeat of the 2018 SF
Going to be new Gold medal winners in both Ladies and Men’s Finals
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@MiketheSnow nothing to add except squash is the most 80s sport ever and every participant should have to play in retro uniforms for authenticity
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Argh, we blew that Bronze medal match in the Woman's 3-on-3 Bball. We had the Aussies on the ropes.
The England / Aussie gold medal match in the Men’s was intense as. Big win for the home team.
Canada got the bronze in another tight game. The three best teams got the medals and there wasn’t much in either of them all tournament.
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Our two mountain bikers are out in front 1-2 with a 30+ second lead. Going great
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And they did it, gold and silver for the mountain bikers. Gaze gets back to back Comm Games gold.
Happy for Ben Oliver who came 4th four years ago, and gets the silver
The Namibian did well to get the bronze, breaking away from a small group.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Commonwealth Games (2022) - all sports, except Sevens:
And they did it, gold and silver for the mountain bikers. Gaze gets back to back Comm Games gold.
Happy for Ben Oliver who came 4th four years ago, and gets the silver
The Namibian did well to get the bronze, breaking away from a small group.
Extremely average course. Most of it was more like cyclocross on a dirt track. Nothing like the Olympic level in technical features. Suited a rider like Gaze that does road as well although he did also keep making ground on the few technical bits.
Great that the two of them cleared away on the first lap and stayed there.
Pretty sure that Pidcock would have ridden away if he was there. Gaze would have given him a battle though.
