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Big Crowd here at kayak time trial thing
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Plugger35
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The poor man's Woodies are doing well against the Yanks in the tennis doubles.
It seems like everyone here is watching a different sport though.
It seems like everyone here is watching a different sport though.
Looks like a guaranteed medal in the men’s doubles, can they pull off Australia’s first men’s gold for the Olympics?
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Given how gimmicky these Olympics are, I wouldn't be surprised if there was pogo jumping in L.A.
Why are all the kayak cross competitors ranked in the 100s, 200s and 300s?
Where are the good ones?
Where are the good ones?
Rustin Cohle
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Kayak cross seems like a gimmicky version of the stuff with the gates.
I don't see how this takes even 50% of the skill of the other format.
I don't see how this takes even 50% of the skill of the other format.
I can only assume that Jess Fox will show us how it's done and somehow completely legitimise the event. Such is her power!
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I don't think it does.
The skill is in head-to-head-to-head-to-head racing format which will come tomorrow.
But hey, it's not like any of us really have a clue, hence why people go off half-cooked complaining about shit.
Seems it wasn’t just the boxing that was Men v Women, here is the USA Women’s 7s…
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Seems wrong that two Russians can play together in the doubles tennis, no?
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Someone on Roy and HG's ABC radio show suggested that Jess Fox should be a commentator for the next Ashes series.
If Tubby Taylor can be a commentator for the diving then why not? Roy and HG liked the idea, not sure Jess Fox would though.
She probably has better things to do, like preparing to win more golds at the LA Olympics, rather than commentating the cricket.
Archery coaches get a bigger introduction and cheer than any other coaches I’ve seen.
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There has been overlap for many games. People have poor memories including HG and Roy.
Athletics started on the first Friday in Sydney (22nd of September) and I reckon many Olympics before that
I went to the stadium to watch 100m heats and Freeman ran her heat on Friday night 22nd September. She ran 2nd round - 1/4 finals on the Saturday the 23rd, SFs on Sunday the 24th, and Final was Monday night the 25th September.
Swimming was still on that Friday night as I remember I tuned in to my radio at the stadium to the 100m Butterfly final which Klim lost.
I have double checked the spreadsheet I have kept from back then, as I had so many tickets to events I had to keep a spreadsheet for them all, and printed it out and stuck it on my bedroom wall, so I could plan transport a day or two in advance.
Swimming actually finished Saturday 23rd in the arvo think about 2pm, because the Women's Water Polo final was on and they needed the pool for that. I think it was also a bit of a concession to NBC to have some swimming in a half decent time slot for them, and the yanks were expected to win and did win the last two events, the Medley Relays.
I went to the athletics on the Saturday night with a good mate who used to do athletics when we were at Uni, we watched the men's and women's 100m finals, we snuck into better seats in the home straight because the bloody pole vault bags and other paraphernalia obscured our view for the 100m finals at the top of the northern end about 15 rows back from the fence.
After we left the stadium we joined maybe 100 people watching the last 5 minutes of the Women's water polo gold medal game on a screen embedded into some structure. There was no sound, so I got my radio out and tuned into to the ABC, and heard Clinton Grybus's famous call of that last minute goal that won the gold for the Aussie girls over the yanks.
In 1956 there were 13 swimming events. It grew to 29 events in 1968 so that's probably when the overlap started 7 days x 4 finals per day means you need Friday for swimming and Friday to start athletics.
Sydney there were 32 swimming events. They went Saturday to Saturday 4 events per day over 7 nights and 1 afternoon.
8 day/nights of swimming finals is the norm. Marchand and French Swimming got it change to a 9th night on Sunday ( no morning session) so he could do the double last night and since Sydney, they have added 3 events - 800m Free men, 1500m Free Women and Mixed Relay. Sunday the 4 finals start 2 hours earlier because of the packed weekend schedule.
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Noemie Fox is the Danni Minogue to Jess Fox's Kylie Minogue, she has a crack but she isn't as good as her sister.
I have no clue about boxing points in the Olympics.
Rustin Cohle
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Jalolov is the kind of guy you'd love to see get laid out.
Second on the medal tally.
RussellEbertHandball
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Judoka Teddy Riner - the 3 time Olympic champ and 11 time world champ who co- lite the cauldron with Marie-Jose Perec, tonight won the 100+ KG division and I think joins a French biathlon skier to win 4 individual gold medals for France.
Well the french are just delivering in incredible levels in Paris. Amazing scenes.
Gold, silver and bronze in the men's BMX.
Gold, silver and bronze in the men's BMX.
Equus
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Winner of this game is Huang Yaqiong. Won a gold medal in mixed double badminton and was proposed to by her boyfriend, who is also her mixed double partner, immediately after.
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Watch the the Brit take out Saya and then someone will Bradbury a gold.
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Too good.
