This is probably going to be the longest thread in the last four years at least.
Well done Paddy!.Our Olympic hero.

Between Paddy and the 'sportz team' you could be right moeee :smile:

I lived in WA for 12 months,and I'm positive that it's something in the water.
Come out of the shower feeling dirtier than when you went in can't be a good sign.

No probs with the water up here. Best in Oz!!

And the best fishing as well.Forgot that WA is a mighty big place.
Apologies bro.
Let me make it Perth and Fremantle water tastes ********.

I have no idea who all these other people are with sportz in their name. It's wierd!

Sportnutz
with souths looking like getting the spoon
can I change my name to sportzbunny
cheers

Yep sportz, we've all gotta enjoy it while it lasts (even China). As soon as athletics start...

Although the Aussies have 'owned' this event for a while, the value bet at the moment does look to be the USA. Hope I'm wrong.

WOMENS 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY FINAL 17/8

KLOCHKOVA Yana $1.38
BEARD Amanda $3.75
COVENTRY Kirsty $8.50
HOFF Kathryn $15.00
CARROLL Lara $23.00
ROHMANN Teresa $26.00
CASLARU Beatrice $51.00
KOVACS Agnes $71.00


Warm favourite Olympic record holder Yana KLOCHKOVA. Our own Lara CARROLL at 22/1. Go Lara!

MENS HOCKEY ARGENTINA-AUST 17/8

AUSTRALIA $1.20
DRAW $6.00
ARGENTINA $7.25



Aussies hot favs to continue on their winning way, following strong win over NZ.

Moeee look in the horse racing forum " racing from the west" is 40 pages long.

Leisel Jones back to her old tricks,missing the start like that she should be renamed MANFRED

Luckily we have bottled water over here mo for the fussy visitor like yourself :smile:

Well, I managed to get $3.75 and it WAS incredible value, but I would have much preferred an Australian Gold Medal though. Can't believe the poor tactical swim of Thorpe. He had 200m to make up just over a body length or so and he tried to do it all in the first 50. He went out so fast, he had nothing left for the final 50, otherwise I'm sure he would have finished over the top of Keller. Looks like he'll end up with only 2 gold medals and Phelps could get 6.

Yep, unfortunately spot on Paddy :wink:

Current medal Tally:

1 CHN 10 6 2 18
2 USA 6 7 6 19
3 AUS 6 3 5 14
4 JPN 6 2 1 9
5 UKR 3 1 1 5
6 RUS 2 5 5 12

Didn't think it would take long. We are still ahead of Russia though... for now.

Yeah spot on. ************! Cheers RJ :smile:
There’s a time to gloat & a time to mope.
Then there’s in-between.

Here's the medal tally that REALLY matters:

AUSTRALIA 6 3 5 14
GT. BRITAIN 0 1 1 2

So far, so good. :wink:


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-18 09:23 ]

unbelieveable
how did great britain get a silver and a bronze!!!!
Theyll be partying all night
cheers

:lol:

Their Silver was in the Synchronised Diving and it was very controversial, because their last dive definitely shouldn't have scored enough to keep them above the Australian guys who finished with the bronze. What's worse is that they're actually coached by former Australian diver Steve Foley. TRAITOR!!!

Stephen Parry got the bronze behind Phelps in the 200 butterfly.

I expect the poms' medal tally to certainly increase once the Cycling and Athletics gets into full swing.


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-18 09:38 ]

WOMENS 4X200 FREESTYLE RELAY FINAL (PRE HEATS prices)

AUSTRALIA $2.25
GREAT BRITAIN $3.35
USA $3.50
GERMANY $10.00
CHINA $18.00
SPAIN $23.00
FRANCE $35.00
ROMANIA $51.00
SWEDEN $61.00


Could be some value here with only the USA & CHINA with multiple starters in the previously completed 200M WOMENS FREESTYLE SEMI FINALS.

Could be a chance for the brits here, but Melanie Marshall will have to improve a LOT on her individual 200 performance. I think the U.S are probably over the odds again.

Australia's chances depend a lot on whether McKenzie can improve on her individual swim and whether the 200 butterfly takes too much out of Petria.

[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-18 09:51 ]

Yeah I tried to have a bath with that,but I couldn't squeeze through the neck!

J don't stand for John as in Howard would it?
Seem to be lost in the BUSH.

Paddy OI!
Paddy OI!
Paddy Paddy Paddy
OI! OI! OI!

Just curious about how much you preferred Thorpe to have reached the wall first.So how much did you invest at the $3.75?
And just which swimming trials did you compete at again to have such in depth knowledge our Thorpedo lacks?

It wasn't a HUGE bet Mo. I had $20 on them, but I certainly wanted the Aussies to win. I simply backed the Americans because I thought it was just about a 50/50 race, so $3.75 was too good to pass up. $75 does ease the pain though.

I'm embarassed to say it, but believe it or not, I can't even swim!!! So, I guess that makes me just as bad as those people who've never ridden a horse in their life, but continually criticise the jockeys.

I'm simply going on past experience. I have watched Thorpe swim MANY times, and normally he would have just gradually eaten into the American's lead and conserved his energy to overtake him in the last 50 metres. I'm sure if he could have the race over, that's what he would do.


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-18 11:04 ]

They can get ships into bottles mo!! :lol:

Where’s Wally??

My guess

Paddy = Neil
Sportznut = Guy

Who's Guy? :???:

Who's Paddy?

WOMENS 200M BUTTERFLY GOLD MEDAL

O Jedrzejczak (POL) - $1.80
P Thomas (AUS) - $3.50
K Sandeno (USA) - $7.00
Y Nakanishi (JPN) - $9.00
E Risztov (HUN) - $34.00
P Cavallino (ITA) - $41.00
F Galvez (AUS) - $51.00
M Jacobsen (DEN) - $51.00


World record holder Otylia JEDRZEJCZAK warm fav.

Fastest qualifier Kaitlin SANDENO.

Fingers crossed for Petria (and Felicity)

MENS 100M FREESTYLE GOLD MEDAL

P Van Den Hoogenband (NED) - $1.57
R Schoeman (RSA) - $2.50
I Thorpe (AUS) - $13.00
F Magnini (ITA) - $21.00
R Neethling (RSA) - $41.00
A Kapralov (RUS) - $121.00
Swimmers Not Quoted - $201.00

Ian THORPE 12/1! Don't see that too often. Go Thorpey !!

World record holder Pieter VAN DEN HOOGENBAND warm fav.

Fastest qualifier Roland SCHOEMAN.

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May the luck of the Irish be with you!



[ This Message was edited by: Paddy on 2004-08-18 13:51 ]

The only "Guy"I know is "Paddy"and he only"NEILS" in Church.!!
May the bluebird of happiness crap all over your birthday cake!!
P.S.
Argentina will win the Soccer Gold.
Get on.

The swimming was GREAT for punting this morning. Unfortunately not great for the Aussies though.



[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-08-19 04:36 ]

USA - GOLD (New world record)
CHINA - SILVER
GERMANY - BRONZE

AUSTRALIA 4th - Just pipped by GERMANY

Pieter VAN DEN HOOGENBAND - GOLD
Roland SCHOEMAN - SILVER
Thorpey - BRONZE :smile:

Otylia JEDRZEJCZAK - GOLD
Petria THOMAS - SILVER :smile: so close! :sad:
Yuko NAKANISHI - BRONZE

Felicity GALVEZ 5th.

WOMENS 100M FREESTYLE GOLD MEDAL

Prices at: 13:20, 19 Aug 2004 AEST

Selection Price
J Henry (AUS) $1.25
I De Bruijn (NED) $3.75
N Coughlin (USA) $15.00
M Metella (FRA) $31.00
K Joyce (USA) $41.00
Swimmers Not Quoted $81.00


Newly crowned world & Olympic record holder Jodi HENRY should add to the OZ gold total.