Your Olympic moment so far...
Submitted by Red Dog on Tue, 2016-08-16 19:35
Young Kyle Chalmers taking out the gold has to rate a mention for me and watching Usain Bolt win the 100 was awesome.
But to see those big Fijian fellas singing after their win in the rugby with tears running down their faces takes the cake for me.
What's your favourite Olympic moment so far?
Dale
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The Rugby 7s, both the men's and women's. Kyle Chalmers also, he will be a superstar.
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sea-kem
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The Aussie girls winning the
The Aussie girls winning the rugby sevens and deffo the Fijians
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Swompa
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Loved the girls in the rugby
Loved the girls in the rugby 7's and looking forward to a few of the sailors hopefully winning some bling over the next few nights.
Auslobster
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Anthony Ervin...
....I know most Aussies aren't going to get too excited about a story regarding an American swimmer, but this guy won gold in the 50 free in Sydney, gave up swimming, sold his medal on eBay for $17k and gave the money to the tsunami relief fund in 2004, and then came back and won the same event in Rio, age 35.
Oh, and Bogut's interview after the narrow loss to the dream team...the silly bit of fluff interviewing him was carrying on about how close they came, and how proud they should be, blah blah blah...and he was FILTHY! He knew they could have won. No small victories, you either win or lose, he said.
They may get another crack at them, except the way the US is playing, I can see the Boomers more likely to reach the gold medal game than them!
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timboon
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I havent watched much but
I havent watched much but listening to the ABC radio when Kate Campbell smashed the last leg for silver as did Chalmers for the men in the the relays reminded me of the old Thorpedo many moons ago beating the yanks.
I havent been into these Games so much but it still grabs you when something special goes down....
I'm actually really looking forward to Hawthorn winning gold again this September :)
petermac
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the two girls in the 5000 meters heat
5000 meter heat kiwi girl and american girl went arse over tit kiwi girl stoped to help the american girl of the ground sportsmanship at it finest thats what the olympics are suposed to be about
ricey
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The long jump
drama everywhere... Legit jumps not measured, South African takes the lead and then the American beats him by a cm on his last jump and the other Yank seems to take the win, only for the replay to eventually show his hand brushed the sand 50 cm behind.
Whilst this was going on Mo Farrah trips and gets his head trodden on, only to get up and win.
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Yeah that was a great finish
Yeah that was a great finish to the long jump
Jackfrost80
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Definitely Nic Nat's goal on
Definitely Nic Nat's goal on the siren
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Russia........
Russia........
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Mmmm she can vault my pole
Mmmm she can vault my pole
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Had a moment when watching
Had a moment when watching the Swiss Beach Volleyball:
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Ashen
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I got upset when our women's
I got upset when our women's beach volleyball team lost. They won 4 games in a row, only to be slaughtered by the yanks in their 5th game!
The highlight for me was when they were playing their 3rd game against Poland. They were 6 points behind, only to swing around and win the game, hence the match!
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Ceremony
Looking forward to the last second of the closing ceremony
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Anything phelps
For me and the failure of our media and swisse vitamins
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dumper
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The old Swisse kiss of
The old Swisse kiss of death. They put the mockers on Magnussen last Olympics, four years later and it's both hockey teams and the Campbell sisters.
My favourite moment was when I discovered why the USA goal keeper hope solo is always referred to as "the controversial goalie"
Willlo
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Listening to basil get it
Listening to basil get it wrong proving he is a flog and shit commentator oh yeah and the green pool and the falling camera lol so many things and bwooce to look forward to in the athletics
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Basil's just an all round
Basil's just an all round flog who doesn't really have a clue about anything. I listen to him and Millsey in the mornings, millsey tears shreds off the idiot.
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Millsey chosing the opposing
Millsey chosing the opposing view JUST to shit him off haha
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Brazillian diver
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Gadsy
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Lots of low moments for Australia so far
We bombed out in the hockey which was unusual.
My moment would be Pernille Blume from Denmark
Adam Gallash
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Tackle
The Aussie chicks saving tackle in the 7s, that was pure will and determination to get there. Understood why they would/could win gold after seeing that.
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Ellia Green, she's an
Ellia Green, she's an absolute machine. And agree best rugby tackle I've ever seen, she lined her up and judged her perfectly.
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Alan James
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Many great moments
including the passion of the Fijians in the men's rugby 7's and the Aussie girls in the women's 7's. Both teams went into the Olympics ranked No1 in the world and are deserved winners. The stand out for me thus far however was the Ethiopian runner Almaz Ayana for her performance in the 10000m when she took 14 secs off the world record that has stood for some 23 years. It would come as no surprise if she repeats the performance in the 5000m later this week.
The downside has been having to watch it on Channel 7 and listen to some of their dismal commentaries.