Gold!

[Alex]

After a bronze to Drysdale and another to the woman's men's pair (sorry, can't think of names off the top of my head); Georgina and Caroline won their final in the double. Very close, went right to a photo finish - I thought that Germany got across first, but no, was NZ by 0.01s. Had a couple of laughs at the commentary by the PJ chap there, he got a bit confused...

Alex

[Naki]

Yeah hopefully more tonight with Valerie and Hayden! - it is the men's pair (Twaddle and Bridgewater) Alex not the womens who got bronze.

[Alex]

Oh yea, oops... cheers Naki.

Alex

[Mattnz]

Fantastic lot of competition this evening, have only just turned off the television. I don't think I can stay up late enough to see Valerie (hopefully) get gold...

Especially proud of Mahe after what he's struggled through, and without his illness, who knows, he would probably have got gold. Great job by him though to get the bronze. I wish him a speedy recovery...he can take a well earned rest now!

Women's pair were unlucky, not quite there...

Good row by the Men's pair to get another bronze.

Then the fantastic race by the Evers-Swindell twins. One of the closest races ever. I honestly though the Germans had beaten the Kiwis, but thankfully the photo showed otherwise.

Also well done in the cycling. Greg Henderson didn't do as well as I expected, but a silver to Hayden Roulston was a pretty awesome achievement for him; didn't miss out on the gold by too much...

Finally, again...good luck to Valerie competing later this morning. She should get the gold there!

(Also thought Phelps had been pipped to the post in the 200m butterfly this afternoon. 1/100 of a second...close!).

[Airtrainer]

And we got silver in the 4000m pusuit and gold in the shot put!!!!!!!!!

[Kelburn]

2 Gold, 2 Bronze and 1 Silver in 7 Hours!

[creator2003]

Proud I am ,,, go you KIWIs ,bloody great stuff i was up watching it lastnight/morning ,wished they played more coverage,

[Anthony]

Great stuff!
There was some good action on the Olympics last night.
I was watching the Evers-Swindells, and at first I thought the Germans had got across just in front and the commentator's mistake confirmed they had, which was a bit disappointing. The photofinish said otherwise though, only just but enough to count. At least we have some medals now.
Mahe's race was quite good too, a little bit disturbing at the end when he found himself having medical problems .
Glad he recovered though.

[NZ255]

Yeah, we got an email from Mahe, and he is really bad, just made it to the race.

[Daniel]

Man there was some good sport on last night with the Olympics Didn't turn off the TV until 3am or something.
Good to see NZ on the medal table now There are a few more chances including the sailing and triathlon.
Congratulations to all those althletes at Beijing.

[spongebob206]

Yeah the olymics are awesome.

Go Kiwi.

Im so proud of all of them.

I'm struggling to sleep though.

TV off at 3.30 this morning, up at 4.30, work by 5.30.

I am shattered. Off for a nanny nap.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

Did you see the German chicks that came 2nd to the Evers-Swindell twins? Wouldn't want to meet one of them in a dark alley.. One of them could kill a man with their jaw alone!

[Alex]

I used to row, and got into the rowing scene... man, there are some massive people out there - and that was just in Secondary Schools within NZ.

Alex

[Naki]

QUOTE

TV off at 3.30 this morning, up at 4.30, work by 5.30.[/quote]
Certainly had a good sleep
Well it is only every four years I have stayed up much later than I normally go to bed for the past week or so.

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[spongebob206]

QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ Aug 18 2008, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Did you see the German chicks that came 2nd to the Evers-Swindell twins? Wouldn't want to meet one of them in a dark alley.. One of them could kill a man with their jaw alone!

Ha Ha Ha,

A two paper bagger.

Cheers for the laugh

[Daniel]

Just to add to NZs medal count ,

Bronze medal in the Mens Team pursuit cycling.
Bronze to Bevan Docherty in the mens triathlon.

[Anthony]

QUOTE (Daniel @ Aug 19 2008, 04:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Just to add to NZs medal count ,

Bronze medal in the Mens Team pursuit cycling.
Bronze to Bevan Docherty in the mens triathlon.

Ooh I hadn't heard about that.
Good work New Zealand athletes
We don't get tons of medals and the sports we're good have gone or are on now, but I think we've done pretty well really.

[Naki]

QUOTE (Anthony @ Aug 19 2008, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ooh I hadn't heard about that.
Good work New Zealand athletes
We don't get tons of medals and the sports we're good have gone or are on now, but I think we've done pretty well really.

Theres still chances in BMX, Cycling & THE 1500m.

[Mattnz]

And the sailing as well, I think?

We're in the lead for at least one of the sailing events...

[spongebob206]

Bronze in 1500 also, what a race. Thought he was too far back

Gutsy