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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2024, 07:29:38 AM »
Is there anywhere I can see decent highlights?

Every google/youtube search seems to give me these effing useless BS floating head interviews with stills.

9Now App Andy, can watch highlights of all Aussie medals and most prominent events.

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2024, 07:33:23 AM »
3 golds this morning  :cheers

If you don’t know saya sakakibara’s story then I suggest you look it up. So so happy she won gold, emotional stuff  :clapping


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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2024, 09:07:51 AM »
No gold for King Kyle

But after no WR so far in the pool, a Chinese swimmer comes out smashes the WR and wins by the event by a margin not seen in decades  :o... but supposedly nothing to see here

And people wonder why there are always question marks around the Chinese swimmers when they win

Would you be saying this if King Kyle scored gold and a WR?

Considering there hasn't been one other world record in that pool, eyebrows would be raised no doubt

But it isn't just the WR it is the margin, it was staggering
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2024, 10:01:45 AM »
What a great night for the Aussies

USA media still claiming they are “leading the medals”

So Seppo

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2024, 11:01:26 AM »
Saw that bmx girl win gold. Dominated!

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2024, 01:05:42 PM »
Saw that bmx girl win gold. Dominated!

Absolute domination as you said

Like TK said , the back story is amazing

And how good was the interview lmao

Good to see we can still have some “Aussie-ness”

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2024, 10:21:23 PM »
Another Gold, this time in the tennis

Eden and Peers win the men's doubles  :clapping
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2024, 10:52:36 PM »
2 from taking outright lead. Wonder if we can hold top position even for just a day.

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2024, 11:04:34 PM »
Another Gold, this time in the tennis

Eden and Peers win the men's doubles  :clapping
Came from a set and a break down too to win it  :clapping

2 from taking outright lead. Wonder if we can hold top position even for just a day.
I don't remember us ever being this high up the medal tally entering the second week of an Olympics.
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2024, 11:12:28 PM »
China v China playing off for gold in the table tennis now. Will take a massive night in the pools to overtake them at the end of play today.

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2024, 12:37:14 PM »

I don't remember us ever being this high up the medal tally entering the second week of an Olympics.

Swimming finishes tonight think our days in the top 4 are likely numbered

We have a couple of chances in track & field but not many

Have to say our rowing team were hugely disappointing
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #26 on: August 04, 2024, 03:02:47 PM »

I don't remember us ever being this high up the medal tally entering the second week of an Olympics.

Swimming finishes tonight think our days in the top 4 are likely numbered

We have a couple of chances in track & field but not many

Have to say our rowing team were hugely disappointing

We weren’t favoured in any rowing event

Getting no golds is hardly a surprise

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #27 on: August 04, 2024, 06:22:36 PM »
We usually pickup a cheeky few medals in the velodrome + field hockey, women’s beach volleyball, don’t count us out yet.

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #28 on: August 04, 2024, 07:18:23 PM »
We usually pickup a cheeky few medals in the velodrome + field hockey, women’s beach volleyball, don’t count us out yet.

In addition
Nina Kennedy in Pole Vault
Rough chance in woman’s high jump
Surfing we are in the men’s semi
Open water swim anything can happen
Kayak Cross with Fox sisters
Couple of kayak events as well

Always a chance of some other unexpected result as well

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #29 on: August 04, 2024, 09:04:44 PM »
We usually pickup a cheeky few medals in the velodrome + field hockey, women’s beach volleyball, don’t count us out yet.

In addition
Nina Kennedy in Pole Vault
Rough chance in woman’s high jump
Surfing we are in the men’s semi
Open water swim anything can happen
Kayak Cross with Fox sisters
Couple of kayak events as well

Always a chance of some other unexpected result as well

I was thinking more along the lines of track and field
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