Aussies Aussie watch - Towards Rio

[pepsi]

While I didn't like how chiller handled the kyrgios situation, I'm happy with her coming out and putting pressure on the rio organisers to fix the accommodation australian athletes would be using. Sometimes it takes that sort of public spotlight to make things happen quickly. You want our athletes to be completely comfortable in their surroundings in preparation for the biggest competition of their sporting lives.

On another note, the aussie 8s women's rowing team have earned a spot in rio after the women's Russian team had members banned and not able to participate in rio.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

My prediction is this Aussie will become a household favourite at the end of Rio. Ellia Green will be key part of the women's rugby team tipped for gold. She used to be a sprinter in track and field, she represented Oz in world student games in 2009. Rugby pinched her in 2012. She is 23 and of Fijian heritage. Because of her speed she has naturally been dubbed The Green Machine by the Rugby World.

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She had been playing less than 2 years and scored this try.



12 months later

 

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[BruceFromBalnarring]

Golds - 7 or total medals - 35?? Actually Golds are now 8 given Tallent was bumped up from silver to gold.

There are 14 freestyle swimming events inc the relays of the 32 swimming events. Oz could win 7 of them.

McEvoy is a big chance to win both 50m and 100m free events as is Cate Campbell and Bronte will push her in both events. The women's 4x100m free will start favourites. Mark Horton has a time almost 2 seconds faster than the 2nd ranked swimmer in the 400m and he improved his 1500m pb at the trials by about 10 seconds and is ranked 4 seconds behind the Italian top ranked 1,500m. If he continues to make big steps he might get a surprise gold as he wasn't really pushed at the trials and won by 9 or 10 seconds. The 4 x 200m men's relay team will push the yanks.

American swimmer Katie Ledecky, will probably win the 200m, 400m, 800m and lead the winning 4 x 200m freestyle events, but they dont have that sort of swimmer in the men' freestyle events.

The backstroke swimmers will start favourite in 3 of the 4 events in Larkin and Seebom and are tipped to medal in the other, so you could have 5 freestyle golds and 3 backstroke golds = 8 which will equal the adjusted London gold total.

The swimmers will win between 15 and 18 medals. Johhny Betrand has been planning for almost 3 years to make sure the London debacle wont be repeated. Since Atlanta in 1996 swimming has produced between 28% and 42% of Oz's total medals
1996 12 of 41, 2000 18 of 58, 2004 15 of 50, 2008 20 of 46, 2012 10 of 35.

If swimming deliver as expected, Oz will win between 12 and 16 golds and between 35 and 48 medals in total.

I can report we're good for a couple of gold in the sailing too. Men's 470 and Men's Laser. 49er class a chance too although the Kiwis are still a little ahead.

 

[Amazing Bombers]

Bogut played as well so good signs.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Nice article from the ABC looking at the other Aussie serious chances on the water - but not in the pool. There are almost 1/3rd of events involving water at the Olympics and over half the golds and total medals will come from water related sports.

In the follwoing article they look at
Kim Crow sorry married name is Brenan Sing Sculls Rowing - Bronze + Silver in Double Sculls in London is the 2013 and 2015 World Champion
Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan, 470 class Sailing Gold in London (Belcher+Page) and World Champs 2013,14 and 15
Jess Fox, Canoe Slalom Silver at 18 in London - World Champ 2013,14,and 15
Iain Jensen and Nathan Outteridge, 49er class Sailing Gold in London - Silver World champ 2015
Ken Wallace, Canoe Sprint Gold in K1-500m Beijing which no longer an event but is in K2 1000and K41000m
Men's Quad Sculls, Rowing silver 2015 world champs
Tom Burton, Sailing
Men's Four, Rowing London Silver medal London and 2015 silver World Champs


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-...in-water-sports/7667046?section=olympics-2016

From the water sports 5 G 13 S 7B in London after adjusted totals for 50km walk

 

[Satan]

Leading count already

 

[Jeremias]

The Games are finally upon us!

We've started a new thread to track the progress of our athletes at the Rio Games:

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/aussie-watch-rio-2016.1140314/