Aussies Aussie Watch - Paris 2024 - Paralympics 28 Aug - 8 Sep

[gbear]

I don't know how sports historian Greg Blood got hold of them, but this is Gracenote's medal predictions for Oz by event


https://x.com/gregblood posted on July 23.


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Maybe you have to pay for the list. SMH article by Chip Le Grand yesterday also has the list.

These are the athletes tipped to fuel Australia’s record Olympic medal haul

If the latest predictions prove accurate, Australia’s Olympic team in Paris will set a new high watermark for medals won at the Games.

www.smh.com.au

I would be surprised if Australia didn’t win at least one gold medal in the rowing. Also I reckon Kaylee Mckewon is going to do something special in the 200m IM.

 

[gbear]

So…what does this actually mean?

Nothing really as long as they can train.

 

[gbear]

So did I. I'm no big rugby 7's fan but since I woke up about 2am (body & mind getting ready for next coupla weeks) I put the telly on.

The human interest clips were good during the lulls. But I don't want to see them 20 times over. And not when there are 30 live events happening.

Glad I have subscribed to Stan. I have worked out the days I need to se alarms from 3am onwards

 

[LukeParkerno1]

So…what does this actually mean?

Zilch lol

 

[toxic]

So…what does this actually mean?

Was on the news this morning

5 of the Waterpolo team have covid and are isolating and struggling to be ready for the 1st game

 

[Beejay Crow]

Totally agree with you. You can be first all through to the final and get super unlucky, somethings happens outside your control, and it’s over. I know, I know it’s the nature of sport, it created the Bradbury, but it is very harsh.

In the BMX final the start is crucial. Need to get the holeshot into the first corner otherwise you could end up getting into everyone else's mess. Very much cut-throat unlike the Semis where it's points over multiple races

 

[Beejay Crow]

I don't know how sports historian Greg Blood got hold of them, but this is Gracenote's medal predictions for Oz by event


https://x.com/gregblood posted on July 23.


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Maybe you have to pay for the list. SMH article by Chip Le Grand yesterday also has the list.

These are the athletes tipped to fuel Australia’s record Olympic medal haul

If the latest predictions prove accurate, Australia’s Olympic team in Paris will set a new high watermark for medals won at the Games.

www.smh.com.au

Interesting predictions. Swimming World magazine has done theirs and have the following predictions for the first night:

MENS 400 FREE
Gold: Sam Short
Bronze: Elijah Winnington

WOMENS 400 FREE
Gold: Ariarne Titmus

WOMENS 4X100 F RELAY
Gold: Australia

MENS 4x100 F RELAY
Bronze: Australia

Only difference to the two is that SW has Short for Gold and Gracenote Short for Silver. Would be interesting to see how it ends up but 3 gold and 2 bronze would be massive for the first night.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Be doing well to get Bronze in the 4 by 100 men

Chalmers aside it isn’t pretty after that, are we going to swim McEvoy?

 

[Drummond]

Interesting…

 

[Satan]

Interesting…

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Mentioned this in swimming thread before more details were known

 

[Drummond]

Mentioned this in swimming thread before more details were known

Massive conflict of interest. Bizarre stuff.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Massive conflict of interest. Bizarre stuff.

Does it really matter honestly? Coaches coach a number of swimmers this isn’t new lol

 

[Satan]

Does it really matter honestly? Coaches coach a number of swimmers this isn’t new lol

Telling the korean how to beat the 2 aussies . IP?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Be doing well to get Bronze in the 4 by 100 men

Chalmers aside it isn’t pretty after that, are we going to swim McEvoy?

Nah Bronze is around the mark.

Put this graphic and same calculation for the other 6 relay swims by SwimSwam in the swimming thread

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Interesting predictions. Swimming World magazine has done theirs and have the following predictions for the first night:

MENS 400 FREE
Gold: Sam Short
Bronze: Elijah Winnington

WOMENS 400 FREE
Gold: Ariarne Titmus

WOMENS 4X100 F RELAY
Gold: Australia

MENS 4x100 F RELAY
Bronze: Australia

Only difference to the two is that SW has Short for Gold and Gracenote Short for Silver. Would be interesting to see how it ends up but 3 gold and 2 bronze would be massive for the first night.

Do you have a link to the Swimming World predictions.

I have put SwimSwam's prediction page link in the swimming thread. Last night they had done their predictions for 25 or 26 of the 35 events.

Will be interesting to compare the 2 then do a review how well eaxh did after the swimming has finished.

 

[Beejay Crow]

Do you have a link to the Swimming World predictions.

I have put SwimSwam's prediction page link in the swimming thread. Last night they had done their predictions for 25 or 26 of the 35 events.

Will be interesting to compare the 2 then do a review how well eaxh did after the swimming has finished.

No problem. Here's a link to Swimming World predictions for Day 6 with links on the page for all the previous days:

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.c...phy-mcintosh-smith-among-gold-medal-matchups/

Would be good to see the difference in predictions - I'm just posting via my phone so hard to do a side by side comparison on my device.
Interesting too that SW doesn't have ZSC as a medallist in the 200 breast.

 

[gbear]

Massive conflict of interest. Bizarre stuff.

Should be stood down from the Australian team and sent home.

 

[gbear]

Does it really matter honestly? Coaches coach a number of swimmers this isn’t new lol

Different if you weren’t an Australian coach. But not all of the Australian swimmers coaches are actually a part of the national coaching panel in Paris, so it ain’t the same and hence he should be stood down and sent home.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Telling the korean how to beat the 2 aussies . IP?

He is their coach not a big deal

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Different if you weren’t an Australian coach. But not all of the Australian swimmers coaches are actually a part of the national coaching panel in Paris, so it ain’t the same and hence he should be stood down and sent home.

It won’t matter they are going to be in the pool together. Not as if they are being coached much at this late stage it’s a non issue

 

[LukeParkerno1]

lol how bad was that turnovers

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Logan Martin in Belgium yesterday.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Interesting…

He was speaking to Korean TV. He's hardly gonna end the interview yelling 'Aussie Aussie Aussie'.

 

[myblueroan]

Should be stood down from the Australian team and sent home.

Nup. He gets to stay.

 

[AdelaideGT]

Would be good to see the difference in predictions

Here are the SwimSwam ones - AUS heading the medal tally with a few predictions yet to be posted:

2024 Olympic Games: Official SwimSwam Preview Index

All eyes will be Leon Marchand in front of his home crowd at the 2024 Olympics. Swimming starts July 27th, follow along with our event-by-event previews here

swimswam.com