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philperth2010 Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21097 Perth Gender:	Re: Paris Olympics Reply #75 - Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:40pm The USA is now on top of the medal tally both in Gold and total medals??? https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 16619 In your happy place Gender:	Re: Paris Olympics Reply #76 - Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:44pm philperth2010 wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:40pm: The USA is now on top of the medal tally both in Gold and total medals??? https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals Correction, equal top in gold with China. US team is ~50% bigger than China's.
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Re: Paris Olympics
Reply #77 - Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:58pm

Laugh till you cry wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:44pm:

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:40pm:

The USA is now on top of the medal tally both in Gold and total medals???

Smiley

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals

Correction, equal top in gold with China. US team is ~50% bigger than China's.

You must qualify for the Olympics mate you don't just show up....China is not known for it's track and field.....The USA will surge ahead!!!

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Reply #78 - Aug 5^th, 2024 at 1:06pm

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:58pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:44pm:

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:40pm:

The USA is now on top of the medal tally both in Gold and total medals???

Smiley

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals

Correction, equal top in gold with China. US team is ~50% bigger than China's.

You must qualify for the Olympics mate you don't just show up....China is not known for it's track and field.....The USA will surge ahead!!!

Not true. Remember Eddie the Eagle. Last in every event he entered.

Eric Moussambani, Eric the eel.

1. He learned how to swim 8 months prior to the Olympics
2. He had only ever practiced in a 12m pool at a hotel he was allowed to use between 5am and 6am (1hr) on weekdays.
3. He practiced swimming in a lake.

Scores of competitors have competed without having the qualifications.

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Reply #79 - Aug 5^th, 2024 at 4:26pm

Laugh till you cry wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 1:06pm:

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:58pm:

Laugh till you cry wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:44pm:

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 5^th, 2024 at 12:40pm:

The USA is now on top of the medal tally both in Gold and total medals???

Smiley

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals

Correction, equal top in gold with China. US team is ~50% bigger than China's.

You must qualify for the Olympics mate you don't just show up....China is not known for it's track and field.....The USA will surge ahead!!!

Not true. Remember Eddie the Eagle. Last in every event he entered.

Eric Moussambani, Eric the eel.

1. He learned how to swim 8 months prior to the Olympics
2. He had only ever practiced in a 12m pool at a hotel he was allowed to use between 5am and 6am (1hr) on weekdays.
3. He practiced swimming in a lake.

Scores of competitors have competed without having the qualifications.

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Moussambani, who hailed from Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa, was at the Games as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) wildcard entrant. He hadn't qualified by the high-performance standards, but the inclusion of people like him was, and still is, important for the diversity of the Olympics.

Moussambani was never a chance to qualify....Despite the fact none of the Athletes in the USA or China teams entered under this exception....China just did not have enough athletes that were good enough to qualify!!!

Roll Eyes

https://www.nine.com.au/sport/olympics/swimming-eric-the-eel-moussambani-video-2...

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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 16619 In your happy place Gender:	Paris Gold CH 20 US 19 AU 12 FR 12 UK 10 KO 10 JP Reply #80 - Aug 5^th, 2024 at 7:26pm PhilPerth will be crying into his beer. China has moved ahead again.
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 16619 In your happy place Gender:	Paris Gold CH 21 US 19 AU 12 FR 12 KO 11 UK 10 Reply #81 - Aug 5^th, 2024 at 9:25pm China has moved ahead again.
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 16619 In your happy place Gender:	Paris Gold CH 21 US 20 AU 13 FR 12 UK 12 KO11 Reply #82 - Aug 6^th, 2024 at 9:29am Australia moves to 13. Absent any unlikely late surge, the US is still headed for its lowest gold medal tally for 6 decades.
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 52746 Gender:	Re: Paris Olympics Reply #83 - Aug 6^th, 2024 at 11:42am Paris Women’s 800 meter final https://x.com/Tr00peRR/status/1820561482175697388
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Laugh till you cry Gold Member Offline Posts: 16619 In your happy place Gender:	Paris Gold CH 21 US 21 AU 13 FR 13 UK 12 KO11 Reply #84 - Aug 6^th, 2024 at 12:12pm US and China equal again on 21 gold.
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Reply #85 - Aug 8^th, 2024 at 12:04am

That reminds me:-

... bloke is born with only a head and a torso... his parents always tell him he can be anything when he grows up, and he is determined to be an Olympic swimmer.... they say it won't work without arms and legs but he persists and finally they work out a way - so they strap him to the chest of a champion swimmer and on the Big Day, splash - into the water and straight ahead down the pool at a huge rate of knots... unfortunately the poor buggar, being strapped to the chest underneath the champion, drowns before the race finishes..... which only goes to show - sometimes it's better to quit when you're a head.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25085 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Paris Gold CH 21 US 21 AU 13 FR 13 UK 12 KO11 Reply #86 - Aug 8^th, 2024 at 4:16am Laugh till you cry wrote on Aug 6^th, 2024 at 12:12pm: US and China equal again on 21 gold. Team Australia not dickin' around this Olympics. Remember 2012? Dicked around there.
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Reply #87 - Aug 8^th, 2024 at 7:26am

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/nina-kennedy-carries-australia-to-greates...

Nina Kennedy's Paris Games pole vault gold a fitting way for Australia to reach its greatest ever Olympic heights

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The only thing left for Nina Kennedy to do was believe.

She had everything else covered. Kennedy was an exceptional pole vaulter, the best in the world in fact. She was fit, finely tuned and surrounded by support.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25085 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Paris Olympics Reply #88 - Aug 8^th, 2024 at 11:40am Stick that up ya arse, Soap Dodgers.
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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10766 Gender:	Re: Paris Olympics Reply #89 - Aug 8^th, 2024 at 7:47pm That was a great cycling pursuit victory, done in great style
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