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On Ch7 every day from 10.00am/Noon until 2.30am (the next day) ... as well as a comprehensive coverage on the 7Plus app)

Schedule & Results - Official Site

The Aussies have got 44 competing athletes and here are our main chances to medal

  • Matt Graham - Moguls (Sat 5th 10.30pm)
  • Tess Coady - Snowboard Slopestyle (Sun 6th Feb 12.30pm)
  • Jakara Anthony - Moguls (Sun 6th 10.30pm)
  • Belle Brockhoff - Snowboard cross (Wed 9th 2.00pm/5.30pm)
  • Scott James - Snowboard half-pipe (Fri 11th 12.30pm)
  • Jaclyn Narracott - Skeleton (Sat 12th 11.20pm)
  • Laura Peel - Aerials (Mon 14th 10.00pm)
  • Bree Walker - Monobob (Tues 15th 11.15pm) 

 

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Some fascinating bits of information

The Ski Jumpers can travel in the air for up to 140 metres after leaping off into the air at 100kph

The downhill skiers can reach speeds of 140kph ... that's rather quick

The 'Luge' athletes can reach speeds of 140kph (steering with their feet whilst endeavouring to peer at the course lying on their backs) ... Skeleton 130kph (think bobsleigh, but head-first, lying on the bellies, on a tea tray)

And the Bobsleds can get to 150kph

The Aerialists can be launched up to 15 metres into the air (The Triple Kicker) That's 50 feet in the old language

That's all a far cry away from cruising down Bourke St at Mt Buller!

The speed skaters reach speeds of 60kph which seems rather cruisie compared to the snow skiers but that's still traveling quite quickly with just skates underneath

The Steve Bradbury story has many layers ... 8 years prior to his stunning gold medal win he was involved in an accident in a world cup event where he lost 4 litres of blood and required 111 stitches in his thigh.  Also, in another accident in 2000 he broke his C4 & C5 vertebrae ... it was only later on that he won gold after being one of the favourites to win 4 years earlier (where, ironically, he crashed out of the event) ... every dog has it's day

So a lot of these Winter Olympic sports would best be described as extreme sports.  I'm happy just to watch!!

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9 hours ago, Macca said:

On Ch7 every day from 10.00am/Noon until 2.30am (the next day) ... as well as a comprehensive coverage on the 7Plus app)

Schedule & Results - Official Site

The Aussies have got 44 competing athletes and here are our main chances to medal

  • Matt Graham - Moguls (Sat 5th 10.30pm)
  • Tess Coady - Snowboard Slopestyle (Sun 6th Feb 12.30pm)
  • Jakara Anthony - Moguls (Sun 6th 10.30pm)
  • Belle Brockhoff - Snowboard cross (Wed 9th 2.00pm/5.30pm)
  • Scott James - Snowboard half-pipe (Fri 11th 12.30pm)
  • Jaclyn Narracott - Skeleton (Sat 12th 11.20pm)
  • Laura Peel - Aerials (Mon 14th 10.00pm)
  • Bree Walker - Monobob (Tues 15th 11.15pm) 

 

Cam Bolton is another one to look out for in the snowboard cross. Placed 3rd in the last World Cup last week.

Absolute mad demons supporter, and has played in our demonland SuperCoach leagues too.

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1 hour ago, TheWiz said:

Cam Bolton is another one to look out for in the snowboard cross. Placed 3rd in the last World Cup last week.

Absolute mad demons supporter, and has played in our demonland SuperCoach leagues too.

Thanks for that ... I'll add Cam in on a new post (listing our chances) directly

There's probably a few other outside hopes as well but I'm certainly no aficionado on the Winter Olympics!

 

Edit: By the looks of it Cam Bolton competes on Thursday (10th) from 2.15pm (Final is on at about 6.15pm later that day)

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19 hours ago, Macca said:

On Ch7 every day from 10.00am/Noon until 2.30am (the next day) ... as well as a comprehensive coverage on the 7Plus app)

Schedule & Results - Official Site

The Aussies have got 44 competing athletes and here are our main chances to medal

  • Matt Graham - Moguls (Sat 5th 10.30pm)
  • Tess Coady - Snowboard Slopestyle (Sun 6th Feb 12.30pm)
  • Jakara Anthony - Moguls (Sun 6th 10.30pm)
  • Belle Brockhoff - Snowboard cross (Wed 9th 2.00pm/5.30pm)
  • Scott James - Snowboard half-pipe (Fri 11th 12.30pm)
  • Jaclyn Narracott - Skeleton (Sat 12th 11.20pm)
  • Laura Peel - Aerials (Mon 14th 10.00pm)
  • Bree Walker - Monobob (Tues 15th 11.15pm) 

 

Jakara Anthony smashed it in the qualifiers today. Looking forward to seeing her in the final tomorrow.

💚💛

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4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Jakara Anthony smashed it in the qualifiers today. Looking forward to seeing her in the final tomorrow.

💚💛

Fabulous news!

And Tess Coady has qualified 8th for the snowboard slopestyle final tomorrow (12.30pm) but she'll need a big performance to medal.  But you never know

Matt Graham has a 2nd chance to qualify for the moguls final tonight along with 3 other Aussie men (9pm - Midnight)

 

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Schedule & Results - Official Site

The Aussies have got 44 competing athletes and here are our main chances to medal

  • Matt Graham - Moguls (Sat 5th 9.00pm/11.40pm)
  • Tess Coady - Snowboard Slopestyle (Sun 6th Feb 12.30pm)
  • Jakara Anthony - Moguls (Sun 6th 10.30pm/11.40pm)
  • Belle Brockhoff - Snowboard Cross (Wed 9th 2.00pm/5.30pm)
  • Cam Bolton - Snowboard Cross (Thurs 10th 2.30pm/6.30pm)
  • Scott James - Snowboard Half-Pipe (Fri 11th 12.30pm)
  • Jaclyn Narracott - Skeleton (Sat 12th 11.20pm)
  • Laura Peel - Aerials (Mon 14th 10.00pm)
  • Bree Walker - Monobob (Mon 14th 12.30pm) 
Posted
3 hours ago, Macca said:

Fabulous news!

And Tess Coady has qualified 8th for the snowboard slopestyle final tomorrow (12.30pm) but she'll need a big performance to medal.  But you never know

Matt Graham has a 2nd chance to qualify for the moguls final tonight along with 3 other Aussie men (9pm - Midnight)

 

Yes, I watched Tess today. Was a little nervy hoping she didn’t get bumped out the top 12. But so happy for her!


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Bummer about Matt not making it. 😕 But we have two other guys who did. So it’s not all bad. 

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Cooper Woods into the Super final of the moguls ... qualifying 5th

And now anything can happen in such a precise event ... one small mistake can be disastrous

He'll go for it you'd reckon

 

Edit:  That was a terrific final with all the athletes performing under pressure

Cooper Woods was very good but unfortunately for him the others were a shade better!  That's the Olympics

Still, we've got 2 Aussies competing for medals tomorrow and as well as that, the Blue Riband Men's Downhill is on at 1.00pm/2.00pm tomorrow.  A must watch!

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Yay! Tess gets bronze! That was bloody nail-biting but so worth it. And Zoi the kiwi got gold over the American girl. All in all, terrific results. 
💚💛

We can even forgive Tess for being a diehard Tigers fan. 😉 

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Exciting competition too so well done Tess Coady.  Bronze!!

Top effort too and well deserved

Zoi Sadowski Synnott wins Gold for New Zealand ... Zoi was born in Australia (Sydney) so we can lay strong claims

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The Men's Downhill event has been delayed due to high winds ... won't start until at least 4pm

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Tess Coady Bronze Medalist!  Snowboard Slopestyle!

 

Tess Coady claims Australia's first medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics  with bronze in slopestyle snowboarding - ABC News

 

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Athletes criticise quarantine hotels, Aussie  curling pair to return home prematurely, Tess Coady wins bronze for  Australia

 

Aussie Tess Coady wins bronze in snowboard slopestyle - NW

 

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Weather permitting the Men's Downhill will be held at 3.00pm AEDT tomorrow (Mon 7th) By the way, the Women's Downhill will be held on Tues 15th at 2.00pm.  Again, a must watch! (in my view)

The Women's Giant Slalom will be held tomorrow as well ... 12.30pm (Run 1) & 5.30pm (Run 2) 

And FYI all the events can be viewed in their entirety on the 7Plus app on a device of your choice.  That's for each particular event

As for tonight, we've got 3 Aussies in the final of the Women's Moguls ... starts at 10.30pm (the first of 3 runs)

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Jakara wins!!

Gold medal to Australia!

That was tense ... the pressure was enormous.  Reminded me of Jess Fox in the Canoe Slalom.  One tiny error and it's all over

But Jakara performed when it mattered! 

A fabulous effort and a fantastic result

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22 minutes ago, Macca said:

Jakara wins!!

Gold medal to Australia!

That was tense ... the pressure was enormous.  Reminded me of Jess Fox in the Canoe Slalom.  One tiny error and it's all over

But Jakara performed when it mattered! 

A fabulous effort and a fantastic result

She nailed it all the way through to the final and then kicked it up a gear to take Gold. And so calm and levelheaded! 💚💛

Incidentally Macca, did you know this is the first time Aus has medalled (any colour) twice in one day in our Winter Olympics history? Pretty hyped, as Tess Coady might say. 😁

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45 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

She nailed it all the way through to the final and then kicked it up a gear to take Gold. And so calm and levelheaded! 💚💛

Incidentally Macca, did you know this is the first time Aus has medalled (any colour) twice in one day in our Winter Olympics history? Pretty hyped, as Tess Coady might say. 😁

Didn't know that, WCW, but I know we haven't won a lot of medals (We're not exactly Norway*!)

What I do know is that we've got a lot more competitive athletes in a lot more events.  Moguls, Aerials & Snowboarding especially

We're probably never going to be super-strong but we could build it up to 6-10 medals in the future.  That's like a medal every 2nd day of the 16 day Olympic competition

 

*Norway has won a total of 368 medals at the Winter Olympics including 132 Gold Medals!

 

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6 hours ago, Macca said:

Didn't know that, WCW, but I know we haven't won a lot of medals (We're not exactly Norway*!)

What I do know is that we've got a lot more competitive athletes in a lot more events.  Moguls, Aerials & Snowboarding especially

We're probably never going to be super-strong but we could build it up to 6-10 medals in the future.  That's like a medal every 2nd day of the 16 day Olympic competition

 

*Norway has won a total of 368 medals at the Winter Olympics including 132 Gold Medals!

 

I love that yesterday was the first time an Aussie and a Kiwi stood on the podium together at a Winter Olympics.
Southern Hemisphere. Represent. ✌️
 

Posted
3 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I love that yesterday was the first time an Aussie and a Kiwi stood on the podium together at a Winter Olympics.
Southern Hemisphere. Represent. ✌️
 

And we are still a chance in at least 6 more events (see listings near the top of this page)

Another 2 - 4 medals would be a very good result when considering that a total of 4 medals was the apparent target

Big day of alpine skiing today but our next chance is Belle Brockhoff on Wednesday (2.00pm/5.30pm) in the Snowboard Cross

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Jakara Anthony - Gold Medalist Moguls

 

Beijing Winter Olympic Games: Jakara Anthony tops qualification, Perrine  Laffont, Jaelin Kauf

 

Jakara Anthony wins gold for Australia in women's moguls: Beijing 2022 |  Herald Sun

 

Gold medal puts Jakara Anthony in exclusive Australian club after realising  childhood Olympic dream | Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 | The Guardian

 

Jakara Anthony claims gold in record day for Australia

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                             Schedule & Results - Official Site

                         Aussies medal chances to look out for

  • Belle Brockhoff - Snowboard Cross (Wed 9th 2.00pm/5.30pm)
  • Cam Bolton - Snowboard Cross (Thurs 10th 2.30pm/6.30pm)
  • Scott James - Snowboard Half-Pipe (Fri 11th 12.30pm)
  • Jaclyn Narracott - Skeleton (Sat 12th 11.20pm)
  • Laura Peel - Aerials (Mon 14th 10.00pm)
  • Bree Walker - Monobob (Mon 14th 12.30pm) 

 

                                     Alpine Skiing Schedule

Posted

Scotty James 'Silver Medalist' - Snowboard Half-Pipe

 

Scotty James silver medal: Australian star wins Winter Olympics half-pipe  final | Herald Sun

 

Australia's Scotty James wins snowboard halfpipe silver at Beijing Winter  Olympic Games - ABC News

 

Winter Olympics 2022: Scotty James in snowboard halfpipe final claims  silver medal

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