Alexjc
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BRONZE for Sam Meech in the men's Lazer yachting.
Gold (unofficially) for NZ Team Captains...Tuke and Berling in the 49er Class and still have two races up their sleeves.
Starting to catch up to London's total...with a bit more gold glitter.
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GOLD
Lisa Carrington K200 Sprint Kayak.
Another defending gold medalist.
Tomorrow she races in the K500.
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Trust the girls to come to the rescue... Womens Hockey through to the Semi Finals.
NZL 4 - AUS 2
Needed that.
Also Lisa Carrington easily through to the kayak 200m final tomorrow.
Yachting... Mixed results (none of our sports groups have got away without some horrible bad luck). But the men seem to be on track for medals of sorts.
Women's Golf No1 Liddya Ko arrives in Rio for the golf.
Need another Gold.
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36 minutes ago, micheal_warren said:
Absolutely devastated with the hockey That was just heartbreaking! Now just witnessed the men's 100m. Bolt is a legend! Excellent to see.
I think I need to go for a run to let off some of this frustration. Very disappointing result with the hockey. But I guess it ain't over until its over.
So impressed with Bolt...fumbled his start and yet still managed to hold it together and power past Gatlen. Worthy of his title...everyone wants the good guy to win
(Too dangerous for me to go for a run this afternoon...if I encounter a German tourist along the river path, I'd probably shove them into the water - best I crank up my exercycle on high setting instead!)
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Pity there is no cauldron in the Athletics stadium. Just feels empty without it...like the seats in the stands.
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What's weird is watching the Athletics and not seeing the flame in the background.
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Right about now for the rest of the day...I HATE Germany.
And I don't for one minute believe the refs were impartial in the men's Hockey Q Final. NZ leading 2 - 0 until the last four minutes...
DL 3 v NZ 2
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Pheeww! Jaaaysssuuuss that was beyond close!!!!
Mahe Drysdale to the Rescue!!
Back to Back GOLD!...on a cliffhanger that finally went NZs way.
Single Men's Sculls!
And a bloody great effort by first time Women's Eights getting in fourth place.
Men's Eights a respectable end in sixth place.
A long time since Eights were in finals...good for 2020.
So ends the NZ Rowing program in Rio...B-
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Not criticising the Team...more the "Expected Results" build up that our parochial media has piled on us. Of course we have the right to be annoyed when it doesn't go our way...But I'm from the last generation of "Play to Win" era...not today's "Play to Participate" p.c. et al generation.
I do recall predicting the Sevens would turn out they way it did...and it didn't help AP Media cranking up an abnormally high medal haul. Going by what's coming up, at best we will equal London in all round medals.
Probably should've used "Annoyed" rather than "depressed"...So wanted Queen V to win.
Anyway I went for a quick run just to burn it off.
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Ahhhrgh Wuck the Forld...Yet another pipped at the line into Silver for NZ.
Queen Val has been toppled
I'm almost over this depressing first week. Might just turn off...Rio's a hoodoo Olympics.
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Strange Day...so far
Men's Hockey team suddenly grew some pairs and blasted their way into the Q Finals after beating Belgium 3-1...not bad. They join the Women who also have made it in.
Silver in the rowing...Women's Pair.
Drysdale through to defend his Gold in the Single Sculls final.
Valerie Adams Instantly qualified on top with one throw to go through and defend her title later this evening.
Sadly no new tin in the Mens cycling to better yesterday's Silver. The team seems to have melted down under an all powerful GB and Australian teams. Big issues to look at there...Women's team starting out.
Swimming, dead in the water.
Very mixed efforts all round in the first six days...not bad - but not inspiring either.
At least the water still have some hope for Golds, Burling and Tiuke winning their racing...
Golf sees Ryan Fox in the top ten. Ko still a few days away.
But...Go Valerie.
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6 hours ago, Rob. said:
One last thing: This sport has to stay in the Games.
Definitely...
And what a wonderful thing to see all the "expected" nations to fall and see new faces topple the mighty.
To cap it all off...the spiritual home of Sevens take the Gold.
The tournament sits nicely in the first week and the three day format great for the players...will need to assess the atrocious refereeing and lack of officiating, but only a minor blemish... Roll on 2020.
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Fiji have won their first Olympic medal...GOLD.
Sevens Champions.
Fiji 43 - Great Britain 7
All this time they were holding back...wooo
Congratulations our Island holiday getaway home.
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FIJI
SEVENS OLYMPICS CHAMPIONS
Fiji 43 - Great Britain 7
What a wonderful fairytale end to the return of Rugby to the Olympics.
The spiritual home of Sevens is now and Olympic one.
Fiji's first Olympic medal... Gold.
Congratulations!
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Final
Halftime
Fiji 29 - Great Britain 0
Yes...for real!
...and now the second half.
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Luuka Jones has taken Silver in the Kayak Slalom Womens event.
A bonus for NZ.
Track Cycling underway...
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42 minutes ago, Faster said:
I guess that makes up for missing the other 3 medal chances for New Zealand today.
Bloody awful so far...Two of the predicted eight golds now gone...Bond and Murray finally breaking the hoodoo.
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Bond and Murray... Burning everyone off for New Zealand's first...
GOLD!!!!
AND THEY ARE SHATTERED
WELL DONE!
Now immortalised in NZ Rowing history.
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Rowers putting smiles on Kiwi faces with boats qualified for medal finals:
Lightweight Double Sculls Women
Pairs Women
Eights Women
Eights Men...
Next up, Bond and Murray's Pair Final.
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Ouch! The body language between Steve Tiew (NZRU boss) and Sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens was palpable when they were interviewed on TV tonight.
Steve Tiew has been getting a hard time from Kiwi fans in Rio since the Sevens men's side failed. Ironically Tiew is at the Olympics for his daughter who is in the women's Eights rowing crew.
BUT we hold out for Bond and Murray...
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Overall this Olympiad has been an absolute S**ter first week for NZ.
Hopefully we will get some rowing in today if weather holds. A gold in there.
As for Rugby, NZRU just got served a slamming punch by All Blacks coach, Steve Hansen. Pretty much blaming them for not letting Sevens capable players out of Test and Super Rugby duties in Olympic year.
Still FULL SUPPORT THROWN IN BEHIND FIJI!!!!
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New Zealand Mens is out of the Medals finals after an utterly miserable campaign...
Beaten by GB 21-19 in its final pool play...but getting through to the quarter Finals as the best 3rd Place pools team on points...with help from Fiji winning in their pool.
And then getting bejesus smashed out of them by Fiji 12-7.
Well done Fiji.
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That's NZs Sevens tournament all but over...
GB 21 - NZ 19
However NZ make it into Quarters as points aggregate and Fiji wining in their pool.
And take on Fiji.
UPDATE: QUARTER FINAL
....Tough match
Fiji starting to crank up in the second half...
Fiji wins...12 - 7
Rounding out a miserable Rugby campaign by the Men.
Predicted no medals from them but wasn't expecting them to fall so soon.
Plate finals for them...
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5 hours ago, micheal_warren said:5 hours ago, micheal_warren said:
A bit of redemption for Rugby Sevens...Beating Kenya 27-5.
And realizing they don't need Sonny Bill...although still not a settled side.
Athletics @ Rio 2016
in Rio 2016 Sports / Events Discussions
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How to qualify in a good way...
Wonderful sportsmanship in the women's 5000m heats...NZs Nikki Hamblin helping up US counterpart Abby D'Agostino when a Japanese runner in front of them momentarily tripped causing the inevitable chain reaction. D'Agostino helped Hamblin up and allowed Hamblin to carry on. D'Agostino fell again, still clearly injured with a badly scuffed knee. Hamblin then stopped and hauled her up again to finish the heat well back from the leaders.
Olympic officials promptly qualified the pair into the finals.