Olympics Thread

[sparky]

Maddi Wesche still leading the Shot Put.

[MiketheSnow]

Spain 4-3 up in first period of ET

[Billy Tell]

Yes! Went behind but promptly threw a PB. Back into gold medal position with 1 throw left.

[Billy Tell]

5 left to throw. Still gold. Cmon!

[Billy Tell]

4 ….

[Billy Tell]

3. Minimum bronze…

[Billy Tell]

2. Minimum silver…

[sparky]

Dammit. The German take the lead with her final throw.

[Billy Tell]

F it. Has to throw for gold.

[sparky]

Silver for Maddi Wesche after throwing a Personal
best of 19.86.

Ogunleye threw just 14 cms further to win the Gold.

[Billy Tell]

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Silver for Maddi Wesche after throwing a Personal
best.

Such a loser.

(Awesome effort and did us proud!)

[sparky]

@Billy-Tell A break-through performance for her and she will probably be challenging for medals including the Gold one at World Championships and the Oympic Games over the next four years

[MiketheSnow]

Spain win the Gold in a cracking football final

[sparky]

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

Spain win the Gold in a cracking football final

Spanish football teams just don't lose finals.

[Billy Tell]

@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

Spain win the Gold in a cracking football final

One sport I never ever watch at the Olympics. Only nz being there would get me to watch.

[sparky]

28 finals and 25 years in a row now for Spanish teams in not losing football finals to anyone but other Spanish teams.

Maybe a winning streak in sport only beaten by the New York Yacht Club.

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

28 finals and 25 years in a row now for Spanish teams in not losing football finals to anyone but other Spanish teams.

Maybe a winning streak in sport only beaten by the New York Yacht Club.

Or Kim Jong Un

[sparky]

@Billy-Tell With the naked eye it looked like her final throw was over 20 metres.

Obviously the officials saw a mark I couldn't see.

[sparky]

Great battle in the Heptathlon too.

Nafi Thiam of Belgium won her third Gold medal in a row.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain , twice the world champion in the event, fell just 36
points behind her rival.

[sparky]

I think both Thiam and KJT ran personal best in the 800 metres. Talk about leaving it all out there after seven events over two days.