Let's go Australia, Olympics thread

[hey shorty]

Remember when Aussies used to dominate in the pool?

It's like the Americans took serious note around Sydney/Athens, made some changes and haven't looked back since. I think I remember them poaching some of our coaches too. Oh well, good job to them.

Probably around Atlanta really. We smashed it in Sydney due to having 4 of the greatest swimmers in our history on the 1 team (Klim, Hacky, Thorpe and Perkins).

Naturally you always put more into a home event, we saw that with Team GB in London.

 

[hey shorty]

Pretty harsh to suggest a choke IMO.

Neither qualified fastest from the heat stage. Both were around the mark but missed the medals because they weren't cherry ripe and on form. Not a choke. May have had more to do with the preparation in comparison to the winners. Timing is everything and to me it seems collectively we haven't got it right for this Olympics.

Thing is, weve always had our trials earlier than everyone else and generally it works. It's still a damn sight better than London.

 

[Pdub]

Remember when Aussies used to dominate in the pool?

It's like the Americans took serious note around Sydney/Athens, made some changes and haven't looked back since. I think I remember them poaching some of our coaches too. Oh well, good job to them.

I think it's more to do with once the Sydney Olympics were announced we spent a bucket load of money on developing potential gold medals, concentrating on swimming, we allowed a lot of potential athletes to train full time while we worked out if they were a chance to go all the way. Ever since the year 2000, the amount of money we spend on developing Olympic athletes has been cut. China and UK did the exact same thing for their Olympics.

 

[Kickin Goals]

Pretty harsh to suggest a choke IMO.

Neither qualified fastest from the heat stage. Both were around the mark but missed the medals because they weren't cherry ripe and on form. Not a choke. May have had more to do with the preparation in comparison to the winners. Timing is everything and to me it seems collectively we haven't got it right for this Olympics.

Well if that is the case it's piss poor, if you can't get it right for the Olympics it's not good enough.

 

[hey shorty]

Fair reception for the Russian.....

 

[Kickin Goals]

I think it's more to do with once the Sydney Olympics were announced we spent a bucket load of money on developing potential gold medals, concentrating on swimming, we allowed a lot of potential athletes to train full time while we worked out if they were a chance to go all the way. Ever since the year 2000, the amount of money we spend on developing Olympic athletes has been cut. China and UK did the exact same thing for their Olympics.

Yep, we got the flow on effect from this in Athens and Beijing.

 

[xchadders]

Wow. USA, Russia and Belarus very over-represented in that list. (Probably Australia too, by population, but maybe not by team size??)

can certainly see who the cheating countries are!
im sure countries would stomp it out quick if the IOC said that any country with a competitor found guilty meant the whole country would miss the olympics. everyone would be very vigilant then.

 

[Crowked]

Or last olympics.

Maybe we aren't as good as we'd like to be.

This isn't the Commonweath games, we have never dominated an Olympics. We have certainly achieved some great results, particularly considering our relatively low population but I'd be very surprised if we ever out medaled the Americans at any Olympic Games.

 

[Runnin Blue]

Maybe we aren't as good as we'd like to be.

This isn't the Commonweath games, we have never dominated an Olympics. We have certainly achieved some great results, particularly considering our relatively low population but I'd be very surprised if we ever out medaled the Americans at any Olympic Games.

Oh, we definitely punch way above our weight considering our population. If we had the population/money of the U.S.A., I have no doubt we'd take it to them.

 

[Runnin Blue]

Oh boy. The commentators are blaming the race start times for today's poor performances...it's the same for all the competitors guys!! Ffs.

 

[thebeedee]

I have tried to watch some of the olympics coverage. The only decent time seems to be at night and only on the second and third stations. The main 7 coverage is extremely repetitive and goddamned boring.

Adverts abound.

I am tempted to pay $5 for a vpn account and access the BBC coverage.

 

[AFC3000]

I'm struggling to find much interest in the Olympics this year. I think it's a combination of the time zone, and how it's increasingly easy to come across the results online. I get the results alerts on my phone/Google Now stuff, highlight clips are everywhere. By the time the nightly replay coverage comes around I just feel like I've seen it all.

Channel 7's coverage is so bland, the games are in Rio, but that 1 person studio they seem to be hosting everything from could be anywhere.

 

[Runnin Blue]

I have tried to watch some of the olympics coverage. The only decent time seems to be at night and only on the second and third stations. The main 7 coverage is extremely repetitive and goddamned boring.

Adverts abound.

I am tempted to pay $5 for a vpn account and access the BBC coverage.

Yeah, it's the Olympics of advertisements. So far I think Swisse Multivitamins are leading with Samsung a close second and Toyota bringing up the rear.

 

[GreyCrow]

Channel 7's coverage is so bland, the games are in Rio, but that 1 person studio they seem to be hosting everything from could be anywhere.

It's in Sydney

 

[jenny61_99]

no, just one. which is completely different to your original statement that theres a history of drug cheats. 1 is not a large amount.

well, 2 now, given someone just got caught at this olympics ('recreational drug')

doping offences at olympics since testing started in 67.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Olympic_Games

Ok, let me put it this way - you'd be very naive to believe that Olympic boxers don't dope. That they don't get caught is not that surprising. But when there is the possibility of success and rewards for that success, you will unfortunately always see some willing to cross that line. Anyways... I wasn't just pointing out boxing, I pointed out several sports of which boxing was one.

 

[rocket18]

This is an olympic thread. Can we cease with the drugs in sport crap for now and actually talk about whats happening in the olympics?

Olympics and drug use go hand in hand, people get busted years after an Olympics as testing catches up to the latest drugs.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Loving the tears from the Peoples Republic of Copy and Paste.

 

[Sam_Malone]

Did the media force him to be a drug cheat, consort with illegal gambling bookies, run a dodgy foundation? I don't even need to dislike his media persona. I can follow him on Twitter and get his total idiocy straight from the source.

In summary, get your hand off it mate.

Who did he hurt doing this?

No one.

You would not have even known about it unless the media released it. He's not a shit bloke. Many shit blokes actually live in this world and as far as I'm concerned, he's not one of them.

 

[NikkiNoo]

I have tried to watch some of the olympics coverage. The only decent time seems to be at night and only on the second and third stations. The main 7 coverage is extremely repetitive and goddamned boring.

Adverts abound.

I am tempted to pay $5 for a vpn account and access the BBC coverage.

The BBC Coverage is quite poor on their previous years, is the common complaints I am hearing from that side of the pond. They have had big cutbacks in funding. It was outstanding when I lived in the UK for the Athens olympics though. Every sport was live on a channel somewhere, so you got to pick and watch what you wanted.

 

[xchadders]

Ok, let me put it this way - you'd be very naive to believe that Olympic boxers don't dope. That they don't get caught is not that surprising. But when there is the possibility of success and rewards for that success, you will unfortunately always see some willing to cross that line. Anyways... I wasn't just pointing out boxing, I pointed out several sports of which boxing was one.

while i somewhat agree, you claimed many have been caught doping, which is what i took exception to. i only 'somewhat' agree because most olympic boxers are just young kids. theres zero money in it at any level, so doping doesnt help much, unless they turn pro.

 

[jenny61_99]

while i somewhat agree, you claimed many have been caught doping, which is what i took exception to. i only 'somewhat' agree because most olympic boxers are just young kids. theres zero money in it at any level, so doping doesnt help much, unless they turn pro.

Isn't turning pro what most of them aspire to? many boxers HAVE been caught doping, just not many Olympic ones but I accept your point. And like I said, haven't been caught doesn't necessarily mean not doping. But anyway, enough of this, wouldn't want to get sand under Peter Js jockstrap.

 

[jenny61_99]

The BBC Coverage is quite poor on their previous years, is the common complaints I am hearing from that side of the pond. They have had big cutbacks in funding. It was outstanding when I lived in the UK for the Athens olympics though. Every sport was live on a channel somewhere, so you got to pick and watch what you wanted.

Back in 84 I witnessed my first US coverage of the Olympics. To that point I'd only ever seen Australian coverage and I'd always thought it was pretty well done, with good coverage of all sports, not just ones Aussies were in. Then I understood why Americans were so ignorant (on just about everything) given their tv coverage only ever showed news items that involved Americans, so too was their Olympic coverage. Only way I found out Dean Lukin had won gold was because an American came second! Unfortunately, our coverage has also become far more parochial.

 

[Runnin Blue]

Back in 84 I witnessed my first US coverage of the Olympics. To that point I'd only ever seen Australian coverage and I'd always thought it was pretty well done, with good coverage of all sports, not just ones Aussies were in. Then I understood why Americans were so ignorant (on just about everything) given their tv coverage only ever showed news items that involved Americans, so too was their Olympic coverage. Only way I found out Dean Lukin had won gold was because an American came second! Unfortunately, our coverage has also become far more parochial.

Speaking of Dean Lukin, wtf has happened to the broadcast of weightlifting? Has always been one of my favourite olympic events. I hadn't seen any on channel 7, so I assumed it hadn't started yet and then I see in today's paper that it has been on. Just when I thought Seven's coverage couldn't get any worse.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Speaking of Dean Lukin, wtf has happened to the broadcast of weightlifting? Has always been one of my favourite olympic events. I hadn't seen any on channel 7, so I assumed it hadn't started yet and then I see in today's paper that it has been on. Just when I thought Seven's coverage couldn't get any worse.

They showed the 56kg class about 7:30am yesterday morning.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Big night for the equestrian team. Could win the team and individual 3 day event. Starts at 10:30pm