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You wouldn't go with Land Down Under? Really?

Good point ! But nice to see Rockin' Rod all the same...

Anyways...

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Kookaburras win Bronze by defeating Great Britain 3 - 1 . Well done and well fought out . Interesting slant taken by Ric Charlesworth on our funding levels in this article (below link) Makes you wonder about our funding levels in many other sports . There doesn't seem to be much doubt that many other Counties are 'Out-funding' us . Our total of 35 medals could well be quite an achievement (all things considered) ...

http://www.heraldsun...6448408055

(if this link doesn't work it's in the 'little paper')

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Opals win Bronze with an excellent win over Russia (83 - 74) Kristi Harrower played a great game in her final appearance for Australia . Lauren Jackson and Suzy Batkovic were prominent as well ...

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and we won silver in the 50k walk-that was a real climax to our whole campaign .

Spewin' i missed it .

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World record for the Jamaican men in the 4 x 100m relay . Fantastic race ...

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Good racing wasn't it ? We've been able to look at a lot of 'Other' sports this time around .

Really liked the Archery and the BMX stuff was good too . Never watched these sports before .

All good .......well not quite 'All' :)

If they hadn't have got that turn around penalty when they hit the front on the downwind leg .......... IF.

Yeah , the BMX was good.

The blokes can really get 'em moving.

Plenty of thrills and spills add to the excitement.

Liked the sprints in the canoes aswell.

All power and speed.

As for the Walking.

Even my young kids kids took 1 look and said.

"Thats stupid." ... Sure is kiddies.

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Well that went quick !

Tonight we're represented in the following events ...

5.00pm . Modern Pentathlon for Women , final

7.20pm . Men's Water Polo (vs USA for 7th/8th place)

8.00pm . Men's Marathon

10.30pm . Men's Cycling cross country mountain bike final

Wonder what the organizers have got in store for us in the closing ceremony ?

For today's full schedule ...

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

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Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda wins the Men's Marathon . Running 3rd for a long time , he surged and went straight past the 2 other eventual medalists (Kenya's Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich) . Great win ...

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Although the Boomers didn't get a medal in this Olympics there where a few noteworthy performances.

Patty Mills tops Olympic basketball point scoring averages

Mills finished with an average of 21.2 points per game, and had the tournament-high score in a match of 39 against Great Britain.

TOP SCORERS AT LONDON 2012

1 Patty Mills (Aus) 21.2

2 Kevin Durant (USA) 19.5

3 Manu Ginobili (Arg) 19.4

4 Pau Gasol (Esp) 19.1

5 Luis Scola (Arg) 18.0

6 Andrei Kirilenko (Rus) 17.5

7 Carmelo Anthony (USA) 16.3

8 Leandrinho Barbosa (Bra) 16.2

9 Luol Deng (Gbr) 15.8

Young Boomer Matt Dellavedova was in the top 10 for the tournament for assists per game, while retiring skipper Matt Nielsen was equal fourth for steals.

Also it'd be nice to see Bogut injury free and back playing in the green and gold again.

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Haha. Yes I think I've just recovered fully 45, too many late nights during Olympics. Disappointing end for the Kookaburra's after being 2-1 up with 12 min left. Amazing turnaround. Germany stuck with it and taught the Aussies a lesson (4-2).

Great thread guys.

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and we won silver in the 50k walk-that was a real climax to our whole campaign .

Spewin' i missed it .

I didn't think I'd watch it, but I did. Amazing finish, I reckon 80% of the field that crossed the line soon required a wheel chair. The first two (gold, silver) crossed un-aided and were fine. Quite concerning, yet amusing at the same time.

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The Record Fakers

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first World Athletics Championships in Helsinki. It was dominated by the athletes of East Germany - many of whom, it has since emerged, were the product of a state sponsored doping regime.

5 live Track and Field looks back at what was the sport like then, the human and emotional cost of systematic doping, and what lessons the sport must learn as it fights the cheats in 2013.

For the 80 minute BBC podcast click here

It that link doesn't work go to this site and scroll down to 'The Record Fakers' where you can click on the download.

Well worth a listen

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The great man has done it again in the World Championships in Moscow ... scroll down for the race but how about this for a photo as he crossed the line ...

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