Sports Olympics 2024
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The monotone of the commentators make it tough to stay awake. I remember when I was younger and would have trouble sleeping I’d put it on in the background to help me sleep lol
I constantly harp on about the dangers of mediocre academics, well an Australian one proved why they should be fired into the sun. Education is not a adequate replacement for ability.
This woman has a PhD in the culture of breakdancing
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This woman has a PhD in the culture of breakdancing
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The routine was one of the cringiest things I’ve seen in my life, was like someone’s drunk aunt turned up and decided to try it for the first time.
Have also heard theories she tanked it to get publicity- she actually beat other people to qualify…
Lisa Carrington hasn’t ruled out going to LA, she is two gold medals away from being the second most gold medals of any athlete from any nation. Only Phelps would be ahead of her.
She is in my opinion are greatest athlete ever and it’s not even close
She is in my opinion are greatest athlete ever and it’s not even close
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Have to agree + the emphatic way in which she won last night! The Olympics are rightfully considered the pinnacle and at 8 Gold medals that is just mind blowing , the reality is Lisa would be close to the greatest athlete in 95% of countries let alone Aotearoa. *Sophie Pascoe's 11 Para Olympic gold medals also has to be in contention.
How lucky are we to support such excellence on the world stage, there are some outstanding world sporting achievements by Kiwis that are non Olympic sports that deserve mention, in no particular order Susan Devoy's 8 British Opens, Glenn Turners 100 first class hundreds, Ivan Mauger's 6 world champions, Sir Ed Hillary knocking the bastard off!, Richard Hadlee's 15 for 123, Jonah Lomu's 4 tries in 1995 Rugby world cup semi final, Black magic, Anthony Wildings 4 Wimbeldon tennis titles, Bob Charles British golf open, John Walkers 100 sub 4 minute miles…to name but a few (apologies to all the feats missed). But yes, Lisa Carrington sits atop the tree with that beautiful immortal smiling face.
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Great post. We really do box above our weight division on the world stage
Tanked it to get publicity. Like a certain former Kiwi weightlifter allegedly did?
As to New Zealand's record: Bloody good, absolutely, but I've never liked the "For a population our size" argument. It's the number of people who participate in the particular sport, surely. The ABs have a much larger starting pool of players (ie secondary school and upwards) to pick from than Australia, even although their population is larger. That and obviously choices are going to be about which sports/disciplines are going to be prioritised.
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Judging by the amount of people looking up her routine due to her infamy in the last couple of days she’s certainly achieved much more views than she would have just being another competitor.
Strangely enough Aus has a larger number of registered players than NZ, they also have a much larger pool of league players to tap into also
Cycling for gold very soon
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Fantastic games and some exceptional athletes…
And then there’s the Australian hip hopper
Fantastic games and some exceptional athletes…
And then there’s the Australian hip hopper
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In terms of rugby league, absolutely, but I was referring to that other rugby code.
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Surprisingly they still have more registered union players than we do
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Not sure if its been mentioned , but Daryl Halligan's daughter, Bronte, was in the Australian womans Water polo team.
I reckon the rock climbing for points would be pretty fun, I'd need to lose quite a bit of weight to get my grip strength to weight ratio in balance though
Last time I tried a normal rock climb wall was about 10 years ago (and 10+kg lighter) and that was still pretty strenuous with no competitive element to it!
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Rock climbing was my favourite event to watch at the Olympics. Fascinating competition, great to watch, good length and amazing strength. Couldn’t get enough of it.I reckon the rock climbing for points would be pretty fun, I'd need to lose quite a bit of weight to get my grip strength to weight ratio in balance though
Last time I tried a normal rock climb wall was about 10 years ago (and 10+kg lighter) and that was still pretty strenuous with no competitive element to it!
I would be up for it as a sport too if I was 20 years younger and 20kgs lighter. Did it a few times back in my younger days and was pretty good at it.
Back when I was an apprentice sparky, I was climbing around house framing all day, holding on with one hand to run the wiring! Had great strength to weight for a skinny teenager!
