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Sharks get the win in the men's water polo and are through to the quarters!

We're now 3 from 3 in team sports tonight. Hockeyroos need to make it 4!

And congrats to McKnight and Buckman in the women's 1500m track for making it through to the semi finals. Top effort from 2 very young runners and bright prospects for the future!

Oh and of course Sally Pearson, fastest qualifier for the semi's in the hurdles. How could I have forgotten that?

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Thanks for the daily schedules, Macca. Better than the official website. Any chance we could get some live sailing tonight? Compulsory viewing given that we're almost guaranteed gold. The way we're g

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Olympics got off to a great start in the womens' soccer... introducing the North Korean team on the big screen, showing them alongside the South Korean flag. Wonder if the Borat anthem will get played

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Good on Lauren Jackson getting the flag. One of our best athletes ever in my mind. Dominates not on a local stage but on the international stage. An absolute gun and well deserved.

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Sharks get the win in the men's water polo and are through to the quarters!

We're now 3 from 3 in team sports tonight. Hockeyroos need to make it 4!

And congrats to McKnight and Buckman in the women's 1500m track for making it through to the semi finals. Top effort from 2 very young runners and bright prospects for the future!

Oh and of course Sally Pearson, fastest qualifier for the semi's in the hurdles. How could I have forgotten that?

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Sharks were terrific . Apparently our shooting % has been below average leading into tonight's game . Barring an upset we'll probably face Serbia in the QF's . Anything can happen on the day so ya just never know !

Well done to Sally and our 1500 metre runners . Tom Slingsby sails in less than an hour and then its Michael Diamond in the Mens Trap at 1.00am .

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Steve Solomon is unlikely to win a medal, but he has won me over.

The kid has class and a fiery will to win that you just can't teach. He lengthened really, really well when nobody expected him to in both races. And has lowered his PB twice. I like the forward pattern and hope he can improve on it again in the Final. All of this for a 19-year-old. FM.

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Gold Australia , GOLD !

Well done Tom Slingsby

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Great effort by Slingsby!

In other news unfortunatly the Hockeyroos drew 0-0 with Argentina, meaning they miss out on going through to the semi finals on goal difference only for the 2nd Olympics in a row. If they were in the other group they'd earnt enough points to get through but not in Group B. That first up loss to New Zealand really cost them. :(

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Further to what I posted above, this is the 2nd Olympics in a row the Hockeyroos have missed out on the medal stage.

Maybe it's about time they looked at bringing in Quarter Finals for the Hockey. They have it for the women's water polo when there's only 8 teams competing, why not the field hockey when there's 12???? :huh:

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Kookaburra's vs Pakistan 7.45(ish) tonight . More info later

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Tonight's team events ...

7.45pm . Men's Hockey . Kookaburra's vs Pakistan (Win or Draw to get through to Semi's)

12.30am . Women's Water Polo . Stingers vs USA (Semi final)

1.15am . Women's Basketball . Opals vs China (Quarter final)

We're represented in finals of the Triathlon (8.30pm) , Gymnastics (from 11.00pm although Lauren Mitchell competes in the Womens floor exercise final from 1.20am ) , Cycling (from 1.00am) and Track & Field (from 4.00am - Sally Pearson competes in the 100 Hurdles Semi-final at 4.23am )

For all other 'Aussies in Action' ...

http://www.london201...scomptoday.html

And for a more detailed schedule ...

http://www.london201...ugust/list.html

ps Not only have the Brits scooted away to 18 Gold medals they let us down last night in losing to Argentina in the Mens Volleyball (Thus ensuring that the 'Volleyroos' missed out on the QF's) . :mad:

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BOOM! Only 6 minutes in and the Kookuburras 2-0 up over Pakistan already.

With only a draw needed to advance I'm feeling better already.

4 - 0 now ! Great 1st half .

Edit : Kookaburra's win 7 zip . Great win . Next up , Germany in the Semi's .

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Men's Hockey Semi finals are on Fri 12.30am and Fri 5.00am (AEST)

Australia will play Germany and The Netherlands will play Great Britain or Spain . Match-ups not confirmed but highly likely .

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GOLD to Anna Meares ! Congratulations !

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And Sally makes it Double GOLD

You little Beauty !!

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Been a long time coming, well done Anna and Sally. Two gold in the one night is a grat effort after our quieter then expected first week.

Fingers crossed we can at least pick up another 3 Gold to equal the amount we won in Barcelona.

With the Kookuburras and Opals in the semis, Matthew Mitcham, Steve Hooker (out of form I know) and more sailing still to come, here's hoping!

And bad luck to our women's water polo team who went down in their semi final over night. Now to play off for a bronze.

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Great to see 2 more golds added. Pearson is incredible!

Absolutely.

Awesome performance. So too the Kookaburra's win over Pakistan. Some of the best goals you will ever see. Pretty good win against a quality opposition in Pakistan. Gold I tell you, gold !

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Great stuff from Pearson.

Awesome power riding from Meares.

I also wanna tip my hat to Annette Edmondson who got Bronze in the Omnium ???

Watched the young 20yr old jam her bike through the narrowest of gaps at full tilt on the last turn and elbow her way to the lead in one of the legs.

These Velodrome bike riders in the argey bargey events have serious balls.

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Team events tonight ...

Thurs 12.50am . Men's Water Polo . QF . Sharks / Serbia

Thurs 7.15am . Men's Basketball . Boomers / USA

We're in medal events in Canoe sprinting (from 6.30pm , Aussies in the 7.15pm final ) , Equestrian (from 9.00pm) and Sailing (10.00pm)

For all other Aussie participation ...

http://www.london201...scomptoday.html

For the full days schedule ...

http://www.london201...ugust/list.html

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Good to see the Russian pole vaulter is wearing his throwback 1980s Melbourne guernsey in honour of Brad Green. The Cuban vaulter Borges snapping his pole was impressive too. Speaking of near calamity, how the German weightlifter overnight avoided serious harm is beyond me.

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Another Sailing GOLD !

Well done to Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen !

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Another Sailing GOLD !

Well done to Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen !

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Top effort by the sailign team again!

Now only 2 gold short of what we got in 92'. And with the first week we had, if that can be achieved then it'd have to be a pass mark.

With Mitcham to come along with the Kookuburras into the semi's and Steve Hooker into the final of his event and more sailers in good positions we'd have to be a chance.

Then again I will note that in total medals won we are 8th on the medal tally. Reckon the IOC should change the medal tally to have positioning given to total medals won ahead of total gold, that way it's celebrating all medalists more. It just seems silly that Japan have won 4 times the amount of medals that Kazakhstan have won, yet are behind them on the medal tally..... :wacko:

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Good to see the Russian pole vaulter is wearing his throwback 1980s Melbourne guernsey in honour of Brad Green. The Cuban vaulter Borges snapping his pole was impressive too. Speaking of near calamity, how the German weightlifter overnight avoided serious harm is beyond me.

The Germans are wearing today's guernseys.

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Team events tonight ...

12.30am . Men's Hockey . SF . Kookaburras / Germany

2.00am . Women's Basketball . SF . Opals / USA

3.40am . Women's Water Polo . Bronze medal playoff . Stingers / Hungary

We're in medal events in Canoe Sprinting (from 6.30pm) , Diving (SF , 7.00pm) , Swimming (Marathon , 9.00pm) , Sailing (10.00pm - delayed - new starting time unknown) and Track and Field (Womens javelin 6.00am) . Mens BMX QF's go at midnight tonight .

For all other 'Aussies in Action' tonight ...

http://www.london201...scomptoday.html

And for the full days schedule...

http://www.london201...ugust/list.html

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