News Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games 24 August 2021 – 5 September 2021

[Maggie5]

How great was that relay???

Just great racing!

Go girls.

I thought we had lost by a touch.
Such a great group of girls and given the congratulations by the girls from other countries, seem well respected.

 

[Maggie5]

Now that swimming is over, my attention will be the cycling in the Velodrome. My second favourite viewing Olympic sport.

 

[danielnajdek]

Men really need to step up in the swimming. Women carrying them.

Apart from the kid who got the gold and Chalmers.

 

[slugger01]

If Emma McKeon was a country, she would currently be sitting 11th in the world at these Olympics

 

[MyManLynch]

Day 9,

Swimming
11:37am AEST: Women's 50m freestyle final 12:15pm: Women's 4x100m Mixed Medley Relay
Emma McKeon is favorite to win another gold medal after claiming the 100m freestyle yesterday. Cate Campbell is also a chance of adding to her medal tally. After the 50m finals, attention turns to medley relays where our women will chase more gold.

Athletics
8.10pm AEST: Men's High Jump Final 8.15pm AEST: Men's 100m semi-finals 10.50pm: Men's 100m final
It's a big night for Australian athletics. All eyes will be on Australian Rohan Browning after he won his heat in 10.01 seconds. He's in the second semi-final. Don't miss Brandon Starc in the men's high jump final.

Hockey
1pm AEST: Men's quarter-final - Australia v Netherlands
Australia topped pool A while the Netherlands were fourth in the other group. Australia remain the gold medal favorites.


Sailing
From 1.05pm AEST: Medal races
Australia will celebrate its latest gold as long as Matt Wearn finishes the double points medal race in the single-handed Laser class (3.33pm AEST). He already has an unassailable lead.****Has to finish the race tho.


Equestrian
From 8.45am AEST: Cross Country Team and Individual
Shane Rose, Kevin McNab and eight-time Olympian Andrew Hoy will take on the Sea Forest course on a drama-charged day.

BMX
12.20pm AEST: Freestyle Final
Can Australia's Logan Martin live up to his billing as the world’s best BMX freestyler in Sunday’s final, the first for the sport at the Games?

Yes he can !

 

[magpie_marty]

Emma McKeon legend.

 

[Markfs]

i think that i've played my role in this success.

 

[magpie_marty]

Fantastic Result!
Gotta love this pic.
Kaylee McKeown after all you have been through just brilliant.

 

[magpie_marty]

Australian BMX star Logan Martin has won gold in Tokyo.

 

[MooreTreloar]

Yes he can !

How’d he go in the BMX?

 

[JB1975]

All those 30+ year old blokes still getting around Frankston on pushies should find some inspiration in our BMX gold medalist.

 

[Milo the border collie]

Our women swimmers certainly upstaged the men.

 

[MyManLynch]

How’d he go in the BMX?

Gold !

 

[MyManLynch]

All those 30+ year old blokes still getting around Frankston on pushies should find some inspiration in our BMX gold medalist.

Is Nicole Kidman competing in the Women’s BMX?

 

[DinoSoar]

Cracking quarter final for the hockey, penalty shoot out for the win!

 

[Markfs]

All those 30+ year old blokes still getting around Frankston on pushies should find some inspiration in our BMX gold medalist.

i can just see them going into centrelink and filling out the form saying that they're bmx gold medalists in training...

 

[barrackers]

Boxing - last fight finished 20 minutes ago via a disqualification. Mourad Aliev is still sitting on the edge of the ring refusing to leave. Got to feel for him going out of the Olympics in this manner, but damn what a blow up!

EDIT:
This is the best footage I can find of his immediate blow up instead the ring. The twitter ones are all region locked.

 

[MooreTreloar]

Gold !

Thanks.

 

[MooreTreloar]

Got to echo the sentiments for our female swimmers. They’re incredible, just love em.

 

[BringouttheGimp]

What possesses someone to play handball? What is that?

 

[magpie_marty]

What possesses someone to play handball? What is that?

Unbelievable.

You make some very valid point's.

What possesses someone to play handball? What is that?

Unbelievable.

Played it in High School but back then it was more about hurting the poor bugger that was Goal Keeper.

 

[Maggie5]

At this stage (I know more sport to come) but I would have McKeon and Fox as flag bearers in closing ceremony.

 

[magpie_marty]

Matt Wearn wins GOLD

 

[sideswipe]

At this stage (I know more sport to come) but I would have McKeon and Fox as flag bearers in closing ceremony.

I like it. Problem is the athletes are required to leave the village within 48 hrs of their event finishing. Fox has already headed off to Europe.

Not sure what I would want to do if I am McKeon. Head back with team and do my hotel quarantine “with” them or stick around to carry a flag into an empty stadium?


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[sideswipe]

What possesses someone to play handball? What is that?

Snow, darkness and below zero temperatures


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