Olympics - does anyone actually care anymore?

[harsh.ag]

What a cheeky winner, straya ****s

The legendary wanker strategist.

 

[Meridio]

Yeah, get absolutely ****ed, how the hell do you lose from 2-0 up with 4 minutes to play? Unbelievable. Obviously the ball moves very quickly in hockey, so a lot can happen in a minute, but two goals with 45 seconds left on the clock? FMD. It's a definite habit of our hockey teams, I think that's about the fifth time the men have been knocked out of a tournament in the last 10 years to a last-minute goal, and the women have done it on a few occasions too.

The women have just started vs Aus; we're 1-0 up after the first quarter but look dodgy as **** at the back. I predict an Australian win with 0.3 seconds left on the clock.

 

[Meridio]

Well well, what do you know, pretty comfortable 4-2 victory in the end. Probably could have put another goal away too. Either GB or Spain in the semi for us; I'd give GB about a 75% chance of taking that but either way it's a very winnable semi final. GB are in good form but are a clear level below the likes of the Dutch, and in recent years we've beaten them as much as they've beaten us. Just hope we don't have our patented once-a-tournament **** performance.

 

[andruid]

Kenya running away with the gold in official **** up marathon event

EDITORIAL: Take action against people mismanaging Kenya's Olympic team - Daily Nation

 

[vcs]

The horse-dancing is reminiscent of Zaza's penalty at the Euros.

 

[Howe_zat]

Valegro's part owner Carl Hester on BBC One: "He has a brain like a human. You just feel like you press his buttons and he gets on with his job.

"He makes everything look so smooth. Charlotte is amazing – the way she sits on a horse, the way she can communicate with the horse.

"I have never cried watching dressage but I cried today. This horse has done more for the world of dressage and British dressage. If she feels she has achieved all she can I would more be happy to say to her let him go out into a field and enjoy his days.

Only problem I have with dressage is that the horse doesn't get any medals. Sounds like they do all the blinkin work.

He has a brain like a human. You just feel like you press his buttons and he gets on with his job.

Also this was funny I when I didn't know it was about a horse. Assumed it was a sprinter

 

[Howe_zat]

Pretty sure I just saw Mark Cavendish smack the nearest cyclist into his title rival

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp7ZA0FXYAAlKnx.jpg

not seen a move like that except in mario kart

 

[superkingdave]

Cav doesn't make it easy for people to like him does he?

 

[Pothas]

Cav is great.

 

[social]

Pretty **** that this ended up being the ***official*** thread when it's just social having a whine about Australia being ordinary now.

You've obviously missed all the Kiwis on here

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Cavendish is the marmite of the cycling team. Glad we got the medal but had he been thrown out I wouldn't have moaned.

Trott looked very impressive tonight.

 

[Bahnz]

Well well, what do you know, pretty comfortable 4-2 victory in the end. Probably could have put another goal away too. Either GB or Spain in the semi for us; I'd give GB about a 75% chance of taking that but either way it's a very winnable semi final. GB are in good form but are a clear level below the likes of the Dutch, and in recent years we've beaten them as much as they've beaten us. Just hope we don't have our patented once-a-tournament **** performance.

Yeah it's very pleasing. It would've been very easy for the girls to have let last nights result get in their heads (I heard a report saying they didn't get to sleep until very late because of how stunned they were), but from the sounds of things they produced a professional and composed performance under pressure. Here's hoping that continues in the semi.

 

[Burgey]

The ABC website's "Who's our next gold medal chance?" section has proven nothing but a cruel joke. There's usually some random who pops up for us in a field event to secure a silver or bronze but I can't even see that happening.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah that second week is always a bummer haha.

 

[social]

The ABC website's "Who's our next gold medal chance?" section has proven nothing but a cruel joke. There's usually some random who pops up for us in a field event to secure a silver or bronze but I can't even see that happening.

Starceh!!!!

Basketballers should be in with a chances at medals and maybe a sailor but unless someone random comes up, it'll be a dry old week

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Can't wait until diving head-first over the line becomes a common way to finish sprints.

 

[Spikey]

Cav doesn't make it easy for people to like him does he?

counter point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpdku7cBbBA

 

[Zinzan]

The ABC website's "Who's our next gold medal chance?" section has proven nothing but a cruel joke. There's usually some random who pops up for us in a field event to secure a silver or bronze but I can't even see that happening.

I know she's not quite over yet, but raises a good question, which team has performed further below expectations this games (thus far) , Australia or New Zealand?

Certainly if the various "pre-games medal prediction models" are anything to go by, they've both been wayyy below expectations with most of the models predicting NZ would have their best games ever winning between 7-10 golds and between 17-24 overall medals, while predicting Aust to win between 9-21 golds and between 39-50 overall medals.

Here's Sports Illustrated's model, which predicted across every single event, picking Aust to win 20 golds and NZ 8 Olympic predictions: Picking every medal of Rio 2016 | SI.com & here's a more generic one showing a number of different models. http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/medal-tally/predicted-2016.htm

 

[_Ed_]

Just got around to watching Carrington's heat and semi-final - so good. She looks really strong at the moment and is even starting well now. Hard to beat in the final, surely.

 

[Zinzan]

According to that Sports Illustrated link, Carrington was predicted to win both the 200 & 500. Is she still on for both events?