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When I got into the Olympics for the first time - aged 12 - I soon knew the names of every Australian gold medallist ever.
I was Captain of our school's 'It's Academic' team and our cheer-squad in the TV audience said they noticed me crack a big smile as Sandy Roberts asked 'Where were the first Oly...." and I smashed the buzzer. lol
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It's the Olympics. Anything can happen!
What dean lukin did is folklore
His timing was perfect , didnt have to face eastern bloc weightlifters likely to be juiced up
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Judging by the forecast, wind turns way onshore after today. This was going to be the best conditions left in the comp window.
Yeah, I get why they went the way they did. The beach breaks at Tsurigasaki in 2021 weren't that memoerable. But they did have a larger window, I'm not sure why they went away from that this time.
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I had a few of the Wallechinsky books REH references as well as a few Aussie Gold books etc
Like some here I did handwritten pages and pages of times and splits with OR and WR in every event I could watch
From Bill Roycroft to Gillian Rowlton and their connection
Peter Norman to Rick Mitchell
I may not know everyone today but I know most from 1968 onwards
They probably couldn’t have moved it to another beach like they would normally do on the tour
didnt realize phil kearns daughter is tilly
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Remember chatting (via internet/email) to both of those gents around the time of Sydney 2000.
Very nice guys. RIP you Champions.
I had (well still have) all those Wallechinsky & Aussie Gold type books too.
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Australia about to hit the water in the 2nd heat of the men's kayak four 500m
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And, unfortunately they finish 3rd. Top 2 in the heat progress straight to the semi finals, with the remainder to the quarter finals.
They'll go again in the quarters, then.
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Yeah, they weren't catching the top 2 who were flying. Smart to conserve some energy, but I don't know the strength of the field they'll be up against.
Australian women up in heat 2 shortly.
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Meanwhile, the women's 1500m heats are about to get underway.
This is big for Australia, we have representation in each of the three heats.
This is big for Australia, we have representation in each of the three heats.
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Georgia Griffith 4th in the opening heat and straight through to the semi final.
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Women’s K4-500 underway in heat 2; and they finish 4th and go through to the semis being overtaken by Hungary in the last section.
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Linden Hall struggled in the back half of her heat, was leading for much before falling away and finished in 8th.
She'll have another opportunity in the repechage.
She'll have another opportunity in the repechage.
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Be interested to know why she chose to lead the race. Someone's gotta do it but when times aren't relevant you'd think the best strategy is stick with the pack and leave some energy for a burst at the end.
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Jess Hull through her heat in 2nd.
A much smarter run than Linden, you could see Jess tracking her opponents all the way. Didn't want to let anyone get too big a gap.
A much smarter run than Linden, you could see Jess tracking her opponents all the way. Didn't want to let anyone get too big a gap.
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Great run by Jess Hull
Good by Jess but did ch 9 just choose some Dutch equestrian rider and diving over Hull?
Wtf, I had the app but really???
Now a replay of surfing without waves.
Wtf, I had the app but really???
Now a replay of surfing without waves.
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Linden was NEVER likely to beat the top 4. She had to try something to try to run the legs off her opposition for the final two spots. Sadly it wasn't to be.
She doesn't have the greatest kick against top-level runners.
