Tokyo Olympics 2021

[Macca 16,173]

1 minute ago, MadAsHell said:

Kookaburras progress to the Semi Finals in the Hockey with a thrilling 2-2 (3-0) penalty shoot out victory over Netherlands!

Was a lot tougher than it should have been, but they've got their redemption for their Quarter final exit to the same team in Rio. Now on to bigger and better things in the Semi Final against Germany.

What a day for the Aussies!

I had a horrible feeling we'd drop the game as the Netherlands really took the game on

Might be the tonic that the team needed ... we can play a lot better and we'll need our best against Germany

Meanwhile the Sailing Men's 470 came 2nd in race 7 and are well in contention in race 8 (races 9 & 10 tomorrow and then the medal race on Wednesday)

[Macca 16,173]

                                                                   Sunday Schedule

• 3.30pm     Sailing Medal Race - Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser (Matt Wearn)
• 4.00pm     Diving - Women's Springboard Final (Esther Qin)
• 6.00pm     Gymnastics - 4 Finals (Men's Floor, Women's Vault, Men's Pommel Horse, Women's Uneven Bars)
• 8.10pm     Athletics - Semi Finals (Rohan Browning,  Liz Clay,  Charlie Hunter,  Peter Bol,  Jeffrey Riseley)
• 8.10pm     Athletics - Men's High Jump Final (Brandon Starc)
• 8.50pm     Water Polo Women's - Australia vs South Africa
• 9.15pm     Athletics - Women's Triple Jump Final
• 10.00pm   Beach Volleyball - R/16 Australia (Del Solar & Clancy) vs China
• 10.50pm   Athletics - Men's 100m Final (Rohan Browning in a Semi Final at 8.15pm!!)

 

 

 

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Edited August 1, 2021 by Macca

[Macca 16,173]

Matt Wearn wins Gold in the sailing Laser class!  Winner!!

A dominant performance so much so that he came 2nd in the medal race when all he had to do was finish.  What a competitor!!

Up to 14 Gold medals now and we've won 4 Gold today (which I believe is a record)

 

[MadAsHell 4,088]

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Matt Wearn wins Gold in the sailing Laser class!  Winner!!

A dominant performance so much so that he came 2nd in the medal race when all he had to do was finish.  What a competitor!!

Up to 14 Gold medals now and we've won 4 Gold today (which I believe is a record)

 

Spot on Macca, first time in Olympic history that Australia has won 4 gold medals in a single day.

To add to that, the 14 gold medals now makes this officially our 4th most successful games (at a minimum). Only 1 gold to go to move into our top three and 4 more to make it our most successful ever.

[Jaded No More 57,676]

My little home country of Israel with a historic gold medal win in the men’s floor gymnastics. Wow!

[Macca 16,173]

36 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

Spot on Macca, first time in Olympic history that Australia has won 4 gold medals in a single day.

To add to that, the 14 gold medals now makes this officially our 4th most successful games (at a minimum). Only 1 gold to go to move into our top three and 4 more to make it our most successful ever.

Yes,  although the Gold medals won will slow down from here on in you'd imagine (we've actually won 11 gold medals in the last 5 days)

However, we still have any number of chances left so who knows?  I'm not sure even the most supreme optimist was predicting 14 Gold medals with a full week of competition to come

One thing is for sure though, we should savour every triumph

And after a frantic first week, the Games are easier to take in from tomorrow onwards

[Jaded No More 57,676]

5 minutes ago, Macca said:

Yes,  although the Gold medals won will slow down from here on in you'd imagine (we've actually won 11 gold medals in the last 5 days)

However, we still have any number of chances left so who knows?  I'm not sure even the most supreme optimist was predicting 14 Gold medals with a full week of competition to come

One thing is for sure though, we should savour every triumph

And after a frantic first week, the Games are easier to take in from tomorrow onwards

The fact that a country of 20 million odd people has more medals than basically every European nation and is top 5 against countries with millions, heck billions of people in the case of China,  is a phenomenal mind blowing achievement. 

[Jaded No More 57,676]

No Simone Biles again today. So sad. I was really looking forward to seeing her these Olympics. Hope she can get herself right for at least the last two individual events. She’s an absolute champion for the sport. 

[Macca 16,173]

                 Another Golden Day For Australia With a Record 4 Gold Medals in One Day

                                                Emma McKeon - 50m Freestyle Champion

 

 

                                            Champions - Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay

 

 

                                     Logan Martin - Cycling BMX Freestyle Champion

 

 

 

                                       Matt Wearn - Men's Sailing Laser Class Champion

 

 

 

 

[Jaded No More 57,676]

Women’s vault final is a boil over. 
Shame Simone couldn’t get up for it. She’d win it in a walk if she was right to go. 

[Macca 16,173]

                                                    Sunday Schedule

• 6.00pm     Gymnastics - 4 Finals (Men's Floor, Women's Vault, Men's Pommel Horse, Women's Uneven Bars)
• 8.10pm     Athletics - Semi Finals (Rohan Browning,  Liz Clay,  Charlie Hunter,  Peter Bol,  Jeffrey Riseley)
• 8.10pm     Athletics - Men's High Jump Final (Brandon Starc)
• 8.50pm     Water Polo Women's - Australia vs South Africa
• 9.15pm     Athletics - Women's Triple Jump Final
• 10.00pm   Beach Volleyball - R/16 Australia (Del Solar & Clancy) vs China
• 10.50pm   Athletics - Men's 100m Final

 

                                                   Monday Schedule

• 10.00am  Athletics - Heats & Qualification
• 11.20am  Athletics - Men's Long Jump Final
• 12.50pm  Athletics - Women's 100m Hurdles Final
• 1.00pm    Hockey - Women's Q/F (Hockeyroos vs India)
• 4.00pm    Diving - Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary (Shixin Li)
• 4.30pm    Cycling Track - Team Qualifying & Heats (Australia)
• 6.00pm    Equestrian - Eventing Jumping Team Final (Australia)
• 6.00pm    Gymnastics 3 Finals (Men's Ring,  Women's Floor,  Men's Vault
• 7.05pm    Cycling Track - Women's Team Sprint S/F's & Final
• 8.20pm    Athletics - S/F's & Qualification
• 8.50pm    Water Polo Men's - Australia vs Kazakhstan
• 9.00pm    Athletics - Women's Discus Throw Final
• 9.00pm    Football Women's S/F - Matilda's vs Sweden
• 9.45pm    Equestrian - Eventing Individual Jumping Final (Probable Australian Representation)
• 10.00pm  Basketball Women's - Opals vs Puerto Rico
• 10.15pm  Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final
• 10.40pm  Athletics - Women's 5000m Final

 

 

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Edited August 1, 2021 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,088]

57 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Women’s vault final is a boil over. 
Shame Simone couldn’t get up for it. She’d win it in a walk if she was right to go. 

It's always a shame when we miss out on seeing the best compete, especially when it's for reasons such as hers. It's a real shame she hasn't been able to get the support she needed before the games. Hopefully she gets the care she needs.

[Jaded No More 57,676]

16 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

It's always a shame when we miss out on seeing the best compete, especially when it's for reasons such as hers. It's a real shame she hasn't been able to get the support she needed before the games. Hopefully she gets the care she needs.

100%. And those calling her out are a disgrace. This woman won medals with broken bones and kidney stones and remained in the sport despite long term sexual abuse suffered within the team. She is anything but weak and I applaud her for taking care of herself. 
Fancy that [censored] Novak having a go at her for not handling pressure and then throwing a toddler level tantrum after losing. 

[MadAsHell 4,088]

Well it was far from a pretty match, but our women's water polo team have won their way through to the Quarter Finals with a 14-1 win over South Africa.  Score card isn't as exciting as it sounds as before this match South Africa had scored only 6 goals and conceded 83 in their three prior matches.

Australia will now face Russia in their Quarter Final with the winner going into the Semi's to face the winner of USA v Canada.

[MadAsHell 4,088]

What what a day for Australia today. Not only the 4 gold medals, the Kookaburras great Quarter Final win in the Hockey or our women's water polo team securing a Quarter Final spot. But we had Peter Bohl looking like a real medal chance in the men's 800m on the track and now Del Solar & Clancy have won their way through to the Quarter Finals in the Beach Volleyball with a 22-20, 21-13 straight sets win over China. First set was close, but they got back to their best in the 2nd set and looked very good.

Here's hoping for a few more wins from this pair!

[Macca 16,173]

Australia is currently 2nd in the Equestrian Team Eventing whilst Andrew Hoy lies 7th in the Individual Eventing

The Eventing Jumping Team Final is on at 6pm tomorrow with the Brits leading and the team to beat

Australia trails the Brits by 18.1 points but each team consists of 3 competitors and every rail knocked down* or obstacle refusal carries a penalty of 4 points

There are time penalties as well - 1 penalty point per second or fraction of a second (over the time limit)

 

*A lower rail knocked down that doesn't impact the height or width of an obstacle carries no penalty as long as the horse clears the obstacle

[MadAsHell 4,088]

Well, what a horribly disapointing end to the Hockeyroos campaign.  After going through the group phase winning 5 out of 5 and getting to draw the 4th place team in the other group who we had a 31-4 record over, we have been knocked out with a 1-0 loss in a shockingly nervous match. This makes 4 Olympics in a row that the Hockeyroos have missed out on the medal rounds....

[Macca 16,173]

2 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

Well, what a horribly disapointing end to the Hockeyroos campaign.  After going through the group phase winning 5 out of 5 and getting to draw the 4th place team in the other group who we had a 31-4 record over, we have been knocked out with a 1-0 loss in a shockingly nervous match. This makes 4 Olympics in a row that the Hockeyroos have missed out on the medal rounds....

Not a good record in the last 4 Olympics so they'll do a deep dive into why, TD

Listening in only but it's seems we lack dynamic difference makers.  So if it becomes a low scoring grind then the lesser team always has a chance in a sport where it's often difficult to score

And we had only conceded 1 goal in the group stage but because India scored first and therefore led, we seemed like we were in unfamiliar territory

But to me it's the sum of all the parts

So any win in any sport brings unbridled joy whilst any loss or elimination brings with it a next-sport-up mentality

For instance, I reckon the Kookaburra's got lucky against the Netherlands but now we're in with a chance of doing very well

[MadAsHell 4,088]

1 hour ago, Macca said:

Not a good record in the last 4 Olympics so they'll do a deep dive into why, TD

Listening in only but it's seems we lack dynamic difference makers.  So if it becomes a low scoring grind then the lesser team always has a chance in a sport where it's often difficult to score

And we had only conceded 1 goal in the group stage but because India scored first and therefore led, we seemed like we were in unfamiliar territory

But to me it's the sum of all the parts

So any win in any sport brings unbridled joy whilst any loss or elimination brings with it a next-sport-up mentality

For instance, I reckon the Kookaburra's got lucky against the Netherlands but now we're in with a chance of doing very well

Yes, they've turned over far too many players over the last few years who could/should still be playing with them that could have helped today.

Georgie Parker who has been commentating and was a real live wire type player is still only 32 and could have been playing, though it seems the culture over the years is the reason she's no longer around. And even worse Anna Flannagan is only 29 and is a penalty corner specialist and looked like she would be a gun for the Hockeyroos for years, though she's also been driven out. They most certainly could have used her today.

Scoring goals has been an issue with the Hockeyroos for a while now, however after 9 goals in their first two matches, it looked as though they'd fixed that problem. Only scoring 4 goals in the last three games though probably indicated that those demons were still there and it came back to haunt them.

I get the comparisons with the Kookaburras from yesterday, however I guess the big difference was being able to get the job done when they should. The Kookaburras came up against really strong opposition (Netherlands) who are always around the medal rounds, however were playing below their best in the group matches. They managed to lift for their match against us, but we thankfully were able to fight out a win.

The Hockeyroos on the other hand were playing opposition who were probably lucky to be there, have never won an Olympic medal and we have a dominate record against. And while India certainly weren't bad today, I didn't feel they actually played that well.  Today felt more of a case of the Hockeyroos playing nervous all match.

Hopefully the steps are already in place to rebuild the Hockeroos given the recent reviews into the culture and environment. They've just missed a massive opportunity here.  Thankfully they've got the Commonwealth Games next year to look forward to, however even a gold there would only go so far seeing as they won't have to come up against any of Germany, Netherlands or Argentina there.

[Macca 16,173]

52 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

Yes, they've turned over far too many players over the last few years who could/should still be playing with them that could have helped today.

Georgie Parker who has been commentating and was a real live wire type player is still only 32 and could have been playing, though it seems the culture over the years is the reason she's no longer around. And even worse Anna Flannagan is only 29 and is a penalty corner specialist and looked like she would be a gun for the Hockeyroos for years, though she's also been driven out. They most certainly could have used her today.

Scoring goals has been an issue with the Hockeyroos for a while now, however after 9 goals in their first two matches, it looked as though they'd fixed that problem. Only scoring 4 goals in the last three games though probably indicated that those demons were still there and it came back to haunt them.

I get the comparisons with the Kookaburras from yesterday, however I guess the big difference was being able to get the job done when they should. The Kookaburras came up against really strong opposition (Netherlands) who are always around the medal rounds, however were playing below their best in the group matches. They managed to lift for their match against us, but we thankfully were able to fight out a win.

The Hockeyroos on the other hand were playing opposition who were probably lucky to be there, have never won an Olympic medal and we have a dominate record against. And while India certainly weren't bad today, I didn't feel they actually played that well.  Today felt more of a case of the Hockeyroos playing nervous all match.

Hopefully the steps are already in place to rebuild the Hockeroos given the recent reviews into the culture and environment. They've just missed a massive opportunity here.  Thankfully they've got the Commonwealth Games next year to look forward to, however even a gold there would only go so far seeing as they won't have to come up against any of Germany, Netherlands or Argentina there.

You make some very good points and although I'm obviously disappointed with the Hockeyroos I've also been completely blown away with our success elsewhere ... and again, it's the sum of all the parts is how I view it all

In other words,  if the Hockeyroos had have gone all the way but our overall gold medal total amounted to 6 or 7 gold,  I'd be far more upset & annoyed with the overall as opposed to being pleased with the Hockeyroos winning.  Similarly, I don't care who plays well in our footy team as long as we win!

Reckon we're about a 10-12 Gold medal nation so I believe we're already ahead of the count

But I'm not making any predictions this week as I do not want to mozz the team!  Just remember TD,  the 'Medusa Touch' is always lurking around the corner! ?

We're a definite medal chance tonight in the Team Eventing - Equestrian (6pm) but we'll need the Brits to drop a number of point penalties to get past them ... but you just never know! (the obstacles might be quite difficult) If the Equestrian is not on the telly it can be viewed on the 7Plus App

Other highlights tonight will be the Matilda's, Opal's and the Shark's (Men's Water Polo team)

Edited August 2, 2021 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,088]

1 minute ago, Macca said:

You make some very good points and although I'm obviously disappointed with the Hockeyroos I've also been completely blown away with our success elsewhere ... and again, it's the sum of all the parts is how I view it all

In other words,  if the Hockeyroos had have gone all the way but our overall gold medal total amounted to 6 or 7 gold,  I'd be far more upset & annoyed with the overall as opposed to be pleased with the Hockeyroos winning.  Similarly, I don't care who plays well in our footy team as long as we win!

Reckon we're about a 10-12 Gold medal nation so I believe we're already ahead of the count

But I'm not making any predictions this week as I do not want to mozz the team!  Just remember TD,  the 'Medusa Touch' is always lurking around the corner! ?

We're a definite medal chance tonight in the Team Eventing - Equestrian (6pm) but we'll need the Brits to drop a number of point penalties to get past them ... but you just never know! (the obstacles might be quite difficult) If the Equestrian is not on the telly it can be viewed on the 7Plus App

Other highlights tonight will be the Matilda's, Opal's and the Shark's (Men's Water Polo team)

Yes it's a much more healthy way of looking at things Macca.  I remember all too well the frustration of the lack of Gold at the last two Olympics, so what we've achieved this year has been brilliant in comparison.

Even looking at the Hockeyroos in isolation, I didn't know what to expect after the recent review into the team. While I know they're capable of a medal as their ranking suggests, given all the upheaval recently there was the chance they could implode.  Shows what happens when you go and win 5 in a row, the expectation suddenly rises!

But yes here's hoping the Equestrian team can medal for us tonight and our teams come through with some wins. Sharks will likely miss out on a Quarter Final spot due to goal difference, even with a win tonight, but here's hoping they can go out in style! And of course the Matildas have the chance to guarantee themselves a medal tonight!

Finally, according to my calculations, the Opals will need to win tonight by at least 25 points to secure a Quarter Final spot in the Basketball. So they're going to be up against it, however we know that they're capable of doing it.

[Macca 16,173]

Just now, MadAsHell said:

Yes it's a much more healthy way of looking at things Macca.  I remember all too well the frustration of the lack of Gold at the last two Olympics, so what we've achieved this year has been brilliant in comparison.

Even looking at the Hockeyroos in isolation, I didn't know what to expect after the recent review into the team. While I know they're capable of a medal as their ranking suggests, given all the upheaval recently there was the chance they could implode.  Shows what happens when you go and win 5 in a row, the expectation suddenly rises!

But yes here's hoping the Equestrian team can medal for us tonight and our teams come through with some wins. Sharks will likely miss out on a Quarter Final spot due to goal difference, even with a win tonight, but here's hoping they can go out in style! And of course the Matildas have the chance to guarantee themselves a medal tonight!

Finally, according to my calculations, the Opals will need to win tonight by at least 25 points to secure a Quarter Final spot in the Basketball. So they're going to be up against it, however we know that they're capable of doing it.

That's not too bad then TD ... was expecting at least a 30 point win was going to be required.  We'll need to fly out of the blocks and maintain it.  It's do-able as Puerto Rico have been thrashed in their other 2 games.  Fingers crossed!

[MadAsHell 4,088]

Looking ahead to tomorrow, if anyone was hoping that our teams events that are now getting to the business end would be nicely spread out across the day so we could have plenty of time to see them all will be most unimpressed.  Here's what tomorrow's line up looks like just for the team events.

(Hockey Semi Final) Kookaburras v Germany 8:00pm

(Waterpolo Quarter Final) Stingrays v Russia 8:50pm

(Basketball Quarter Final) Boomers v Argentina 10:00pm

(Beach Volleyball Quarter Final) Del Solar/Clancy v Canada 11:00pM - (Repeat of the Commonwealth Games Gold medal match)

That's without even looking at what's going on at the track, veledrome or elsewhere. Makes for a bit of a hectic Tuesday night.

[Macca 16,173]

                                     Monday Schedule

• 6.00pm    Equestrian - Eventing Jumping Team Final (Australia)
• 6.00pm    Gymnastics 3 Finals (Men's Rings,  Women's Floor,  Men's Vault
• 7.05pm    Cycling Track - Women's Team Sprint S/F's & Final
• 8.20pm    Athletics - S/F's & Qualification
• 8.50pm    Water Polo Men's - Australia vs Kazakhstan
• 9.00pm    Athletics - Women's Discus Throw Final
• 9.00pm    Football Women's S/F - Matilda's vs Sweden
• 9.45pm    Equestrian - Eventing Individual Jumping Final (Andrew Hoy, Kevin McNab, Shane Rose)
• 10.00pm  Basketball Women's - Opals vs Puerto Rico
• 10.15pm  Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final
• 10.40pm  Athletics - Women's 5000m Final

 

                                      Tuesday Schedule

• 10.00am  Athletics - Heats & Qualification
• 10.30am  Canoe Sprint - Women's Kayak Single 200m S/F (Lisa Carrington) Final at 12.35pm
• 11.00am  Diving - Men's 3m Springboard S/F (Final at 4.00pm)
• 11.05am  Canoe Sprint - Men's Kayak Single 1000m S/F (Jean van der Westhuyzen,  Thomas Green) Final at 1.20pm
• 11.30am  Canoe Sprint - Women's Kayak Double 500m S/F (Jamie Roberts & Jo Brigden Jones) Final at 1.45pm
• 11.50am  Athletics - Women's Long Jump Final
• 1.20pm    Athletics - Men's 400m Hurdles Final
• 4.30pm    Cycling Track - Heats & Qualification
• 6.00pm    Gymnastics 3 Finals (Men's Parallel Bars,  Women's Balance Beam,  Men's Horozontal Bar)
• 6.15pm    Cycling Track - Women's Team Pursuit Final
• 6.40pm    Cycling Track - Men's Team Sprint Final
• 7.35pm    Boxing - Lightweight Men's Q/F Harry Garside (Australia) vs Zakir Safiullin (Kazakhstan)
• 8.00pm    Hockey - Men's S/F Kookaburra's vs Germany
• 8.10pm    Athletics - Heats & S/F's (Nina Kennedy,  Steven Solomom,  Elizaveta Parnova,  Riley Day)
• 8.20pm    Athletics - Men's Pole Vault Final
• 8.50pm    Water Polo Women's - Australia (Stingrays) vs ROC
• 9.35pm    Athletics - Women's Hammer Throw Final
• 10.00pm  Basketball Men's Q/F - Boomers vs Argentina
• 10.25pm  Athletics - Women's 800m Final
• 10.50pm  Athletics - Women's 200m Final
• 11.00pm  Beach Volleyball Q/F - Australia (Del Solar & Clancy) vs Canada

 

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Edited August 2, 2021 by Macca

[Jaded No More 57,676]

1 hour ago, Macca said:

 

 

                                      Tuesday Schedule

• 6.00pm    Gymnastics 3 Finals (Men's Parallel Bars,  Women's Balance Beam,  Men's Horozontal Bar)

 

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Confirming today that Simone Biles will compete in this one. Hope she goes well!!