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BettyBoo said:
Sounds good to me 🤗

I bet Aussies win most Gold medals in the pool. We do have some good water sports athletes ourselves but the Aussies seem to shine in the pool 🏊
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We probably lost one gold medal today with our world record holder in the female 200m Individual Medley pulling the plug due to lack of time between races. Drat.
BettyBoo said:
Bet that was a fantastic experience
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Sure was Jess. So many hilites but the biggest were the liting of the cauldron and singing We Are Australian at the Closing Ceremony with 40K other people... goosebump moment I gotta tell you
 
baggygreen man said:
We probably lost one gold medal today with our world record holder in the female 200m Individual Medley pulling the plug due to lack of time between races. Drat.

Sure was Jess. So many hilites but the biggest were the liting of the cauldron and singing We Are Australian at the Closing Ceremony with 40K other people... goosebump moment I gotta tell you
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You seem very proud to be Australian Richie 👍
I was telling my colleagues earlier about you pulling my leg over us Poms baking in a 30c heatwave 😆 they say the same as me, how do you cope in 40c heat 🥵😆
 
AUSUKGER
GOLD2 (Swimming)1 swim
SILVER2 (Swimming)1 Taekwondo
1 Triathlon
BRONZE2 (Swimming)1 Judo1 synchronized diving 3m women
1 women's archery team
 
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looker-on said:
AUSUKGER
GOLD2 (swim)1 (swim)
SILVER2 (swim)
BRONZE2 (swim)1 synchronized diving 3m women
1 women's archery team
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Your medal box is far classier than my effort mate. I do think we will need several lines for each medal if we want to describe the event.
 
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Just had to write this. You have heard of American distance swimming queen Katie Ledecky.. unbeaten in last two Games. Australia's Ariane Titmus decrowned her today.
 
There is a new team at Tokyo..ROC.. simply it stands for the Russian Olympic Committee, and it's essentially a loophole that allows Russian athletes to compete in the Olympics while their country is banned from the Games because of its doping scandal.

There are some specific rules the ROC has to follow to make clear it is not representing the country of Russia.

Under the ban, Russian athletes can still play as neutral athletes -- which means they do not technically represent a specific country -- if they can prove they had no link to the doping scandal. More than 300 athletes are doing that at Tokyo.

The team still bears the national colors of white, blue and red, and features athletes who have represented Russia in previous Olympics.

I find this kind of baffling. Loophole yes but if the 300 athletes are clean then no reason why they cant compete. But indirectly every medal these ROC athletes win is further glory and propaganda for Putin and the Kremlin.
 
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baggygreen man said:
What are your views on this Thomas, Jessica, Sooz.

There is a new team at Tokyo..ROC.. simply it stands for the Russian Olympic Committee, and it's essentially a loophole that allows Russian athletes to compete in the Olympics while their country is banned from the Games because of its doping scandal.

There are some specific rules the ROC has to follow to make clear it is not representing the country of Russia.

Under the ban, Russian athletes can still play as neutral athletes -- which means they do not technically represent a specific country -- if they can prove they had no link to the doping scandal. More than 300 athletes are doing that at Tokyo.

The team still bears the national colors of white, blue and red, and features athletes who have represented Russia in previous Olympics.

I find this kind of baffling. Loophole yes but if the 300 athletes are clean then no reason why they cant compete. But indirectly every medal these ROC athletes win is further glory and propaganda for Putin and the Kremlin.
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That very question has also given me some headache because I thought if 300 top athletes are supposed to be clean, how can there be talk of "state-sponsored doping" in Russia? All of a sudden there's allegedly no doping any more? As tragic as it may have been for the athletes banning them would have put enormous pressure not only on the Russian government but also on all those toying with the idea of doping.
It's one of those inconsistencies of sports policies which can be observed almost world-wide. Why would the European Football Championships be held in Asian Baku, the world cup in Qatar? Why do sports organisations like UEFA and others bow to the interests of those rulers? The answer is all too obvious.
Putin will not really enjoy the regulation about the ROC-team, though, because it officially, and that's what counts, does not represent him and the Russian government and state thus lacking all the symbolism that he likes and stands for.
 
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Yes a ding dong battle between your German girl and our Jess Fox mate. Jess went into the final with a time three secs better than anyone.. but two tiny touches cruelled her gold medal run. Congrats to your girl as evidently these two have had a long rivalry. Jess still has the C1 to race but her morale will now be rock bottom. Jessica's Team GB is going well. Pity she is not here to give us their precise medal score. They are ahead of my team at this stage.
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Richie Richie wrote
looker-on said:
Yes a ding dong battle between your German girl and our Jess Fox mate. Jess went into the final with a time three secs better than anyone.. but two tiny touches cruelled her gold medal run. Congrats to your girl as evidently these two have had a long rivalry. Jess still has the C1 to race but her morale will now be rock bottom. Jessica's Team GB is going well. Pity she is not here to give us their precise medal score. They are ahead of my team at this stage.
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Did you know that Jessica Fox had to have her kajak repaired before the race?
 
Jess Fox's C1 gold was a win for the ages after having to overcome her devastation the day before. She also became the first ever woman to win a C1 Olympic gold medal. I see the English girl beat your K1 winner too to take the silver. Jess also vomited from nerves before her golden race, according to her sister and father. Not sure I'd want the world to know that detail.
 
looker-on said:
Yes a ding dong battle between your German girl and our Jess Fox mate. Jess went into the final with a time three secs better than anyone.. but two tiny touches cruelled her gold medal run. Congrats to your girl as evidently these two have had a long rivalry. Jess still has the C1 to race but her morale will now be rock bottom.
update: Jess Fox finally wins Olympic gold. Great pressure race for her. Still nothing from Jessica and Team GB results.
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We have had a gremlin in the works..can you post another medal box please mate.
 
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AUSUKGER
GOLD9 Swim:
50m free (E.McKeon)
100m ( E.McKeon)
200m (A.Titmus)
400m (A.Titmus)
4x100m relay (female)
100m back (K.McKewon)
200 back (K.McKewon)
200m breast (Z. Stubblety-Cook)
4x100 medley relay (female)

1 canoe slalom (Fox),
1 canoe sprint
2 rowing, men/woman 4s
1 sailing (B.Wearn)
1 sailing (W. Ryan & M. Belcher)
1 BMX freestyle (L. Martin)
1 skating (K. Palmer)		1 swim
Total: 6

2 sailing		2 dressage
1 kajak slalom

Total: 3
SILVER5
1 Equestrian Eventing Team
1 female hi jump (N. McDermott)
1 beach volleyball		1 Taekwondo
1 Triathlon

Total: 9		1 dressage,
2 rowing,
1 Judo

Total: 4
BRONZE21
1 Andrew Hoy Eventing Individual.		1 Judo

Total:9

13 Gold, 13 Silver, and 13 Bronze!! (GB)		2 synchronized diving
1 women's archery team
1 swimming
3 kajak
1 Judo

Total: 9
Australia Final Tally:

17 Gold7 Silver22 Bronze46
GB Final Tally:

20 Gold21 Silver22 Bronze63
Germany Final Tally:

10 Gold11 Silver16 Bronze37
[/QUOTE] Team GB too good. I concede. An Excellent second week by you Brits. Congrats Jessica. Third Games in succession you have beaten us from memory. A superb second week by your team Thomas. An empty feeling now it is over. We Aussies will be out for revenge in the Comm. Games next year.
 
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I've lost track of our medal tally, I know we've won a few gold though 👍 so I'll have a catch up later 🤗

Such a shame Simone Biles has quit, she's an absolute gem to watch 🙁
 
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