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mightytiges:
Matildas 2-1 NZ :clapping.
Olyroos 2-0 Argentina :o :clapping.
https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1418161319375630339
https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1418182195139784706
:thumbsup
mightytiges:
Ch 7's opening ceremony commentary last night had Johanna Griggs bringing up each country's wars/atrocities and other irrelevant oddities :huh3 while Hamish was comparing each country's population size to the MCG :wallywink.
Mongolia enters ...
Johanna Griggs: (quoting wikipedia) "Bruce, it's the world's most sparsely populated."
Iraq enters ...
Johanna Griggs: "This is still their eleventh olympics since 1980 despite all the Iraq-related wars."
Myanmar enters ...
Johanna Griggs: 'Better known as Burma... the coup ... Aung San Suu Kyi.'
Rwanda enters ...
Bruce McAvaney: "Rwanda have been through some terribly hard times..."
Johanna Griggs: "But they've still managed to make it to ten Olympics, Bruce."
Niger enters ...
Johanna Griggs: "Interesting fact, 70% of the population of this country is under 20" [ed. due to conflict]
Oman enters ...
Johanna Griggs: "Isla Fisher, our fabulous Australian actor and partner of Sasha Baron Cohen, was actually born there."
Cambodia enters ...
Johanna Griggs: '... "activities" of the Khmer Rouge ...'
China enters ...
Bruce McAveney: "China is not as strong at swimming as they once were."
Johanna Griggs: "Yeah, there's probably a reason for that."
Johanna Griggs: "I'm excited for the Americans vs USA in the pool."
And every time a small nation entered the stadium ...
Hamish McLachlan: "Hey Bruce, did you know their whole nation's population could fit inside the MCG."
Tigeritis™©®:
:rollin :lol
mightytiges:
Matildas will hopefully still get through as one of the best 3rd place sides (or beat the Americans). Our girls played well for most of the game against Sweden but just lacked the polish of the Swedes when it mattered. It didn't help that VAR didn't give us a penalty just before half-time when Kerr was brought down in the box. Although, when we did get a penalty in the second half Sam failed to put it away to level the scores. Sam is brilliant in general play but penalty taking is her weakest trait. Unfortunately, there's no else willing or more capable to take penalties.
one-eyed:
2nd gold to Australia :clapping.
Race: https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1419486634005856258
Medal presentation: https://twitter.com/BAFLD/status/1419491029657415689
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