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Paris Olympics
« on: July 28, 2024, 12:07:42 PM »
Best opening day ever with 3 golds

Good start

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2024, 02:33:15 PM »
Best opening day ever with 3 golds

Good start
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Grace Brown winning the time trial on a slippery course was incredible.
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2024, 03:38:42 PM »
Best opening day ever with 3 golds

Good start
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Grace Brown winning the time trial on a slippery course was incredible.

Yeah , was an absolute demolition job

The distance she won by was unbelievable

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2024, 02:42:57 AM »
Jess Fox you absolute star !!!

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2024, 07:23:45 AM »
Jess Fox you absolute star !!!
She is Damo  :clapping.


Aussies up to 5 gold now with Mollie O’Callaghan winning the 200m free.


ps. How about the American media putting themselves top of the medal table based on most medals rather than the official way in order of most gold medals which has them sixth lol.
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2024, 02:35:21 PM »
Jess Fox you absolute star !!!
She is Damo  :clapping.


Aussies up to 5 gold now with Mollie O’Callaghan winning the 200m free.


ps. How about the American media putting themselves top of the medal table based on most medals rather than the official way in order of most gold medals which has them sixth lol.

I saw that on CBS earlier and thought the same

Typical seppo behaviour

They did it with the swimming championships in the past when it suited them

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2024, 07:25:48 AM »
Kaylee McKeown came from behind to win the 100m backstroke in Olympic record time  :clapping.

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2024, 09:08:53 AM »
Wasted chance for the woman’s sevens
Really disappointing result there

Great job by McKeown

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2024, 10:42:11 AM »
Jess Fox you absolute star !!!

There are Champions and there's Jess Fox

Sensational performance to win her 2nd gold, defending the medal she won in Tokyo

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2024, 10:45:23 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
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2024, 11:13:23 AM »
Jess Fox you absolute star !!!

There are Champions and there's Jess Fox

Sensational performance to win her 2nd gold, defending the medal she won in Tokyo

That run in the final was out of this world
Class above and definite GOAT of her sport

Hopefully she snags a third gold in the cross

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2024, 12:25:12 PM »
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.

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2024, 12:34:23 PM »
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.

If you have a VPN , choose America
And then watch the NBC highlights of Jess on NBC , best I found

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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2024, 09:05:24 PM »
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.

If you have a VPN , choose America
And then watch the NBC highlights of Jess on NBC , best I found

If you have Stan, you can rewatch whatever you want when you want
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Re: Paris Olympics
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2024, 09:46:20 PM »
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?
“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.