Commonwealth Games

RustyD · Guru

Commonwealth Games

JA2340 · Senior Member

Rusty,
Don't hold your breath expecting the Teeve people to understand that not everyone has the time to tune in to every second.
That's what it would take for you to know who they were talking about at any time.

It's good that the paras are integrated, far better than a separate games.

Desert Dweller · Guru

Our GOLDEN obsession.

Ron-D · Guru

To me the commonwealth games is a non event ,we win everything,in the olympics we win practically nothing thats the real world. but haveing Said that lots of aussies enjoy seeing our athletes do well and it is our chance to achieve big time..

RustyD · Guru

The English also compete as the individual components of the UK. And there a few other Commonwealth country competitors who are making a show of it that would not do so well at the world level.

We do well in swimming but track & field is not so good. Tamsin Lewis (athletics commentator) made a comment on day 1 of the track & field that we had better show the medal tally now as it may not look so good when the swimming finishes. Forgot that most of the world class runners actually belong to Commonwealth countries.

Takes the focus off bad & stupid things like the woman lawyer suing a barber because he would not cut her daughter's hair, or the Middle East problems etc.

-- Edited by RustyD on Tuesday 10th of April 2018 11:46:33 AM

Desert Dweller · Guru

Brontie & Kate Campbell should retire while they're Golden Girls at these games.

If they go to the next Olympics & don't win gold, which is highly likely, they'll be classed as Chokers again.

Cruel world.

Hewy54 · Senior Member

Looks like I view the Commonwealth Games in a different way some some others.
We have World Championships every year and Olympics every 4 years.
As an elite athlete it is an ideal time for them to be able to represent their country at a different level.
Consider maybe some of the smaller countries that get overwhelmed on the world stage have a chance to at least compete.
How about some of the sports that are not in the Olympics?
The memories of Malawi beating New Zealand in the netball, countries winning their first ever medals, watching the Aussie girls wait 5 minutes after the finish of the 10,000 m just to clap in the last competitor.
Yeah it is great to win a few gold medals, but there is much more than that.
As for pre-emping what may happen in the future for the Campbell sisters - get over it and give credit where it is due.

Desert Dweller · Guru

Hewy54 wrote:

As for pre-emping what may happen in the future for the Campbell sisters - get over it and give credit where it is due.

They'll take a lifetime getting over it after the Tokyo Olympics. Sad but definitely on the cards for them. The saying ''quit while you're ahead'' springs to mind.

Phillipn · Guru

We have a lot of experts sitting on the fence, none of them have the ability to get in their and do better.

Hewy54 · Senior Member

Desert Dweller wrote:
Hewy54 wrote:

As for pre-emping what may happen in the future for the Campbell sisters - get over it and give credit where it is due.
They'll take a lifetime getting over it after the Tokyo Olympics. Sad but definitely on the cards for them. The saying ''quit while you're ahead'' springs to mind.

Still find this a ridiculous point of view.

Quit just because you may not win?

Maybe Sir Donald Bradman should have quit after his first century.

JA2340 · Senior Member

RustyD wrote:
Takes the focus off bad & stupid things like the woman lawyer suing a barber because he would not cut her daughter's hair, or the Middle East problems etc.

-- Edited by RustyD on Tuesday 10th of April 2018 11:46:33 AM

Got that right! Stupid lawyer with a yen for free publicity?

Desert Dweller · Guru

Hewy54 wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
Hewy54 wrote:

As for pre-emping what may happen in the future for the Campbell sisters - get over it and give credit where it is due.
They'll take a lifetime getting over it after the Tokyo Olympics. Sad but definitely on the cards for them. The saying ''quit while you're ahead'' springs to mind.
Still find this a ridiculous point of view.
Quit just because you may not win?
Maybe Sir Donald Bradman should have quit after his first century.

Agreed, but the Don never got called a Choker did he. The media are SO cruel these days if athletes don't live up to THEIR expectations.

Santa · Guru

Luckily I've avoided 99% of this over hyped event and the over the top parochial reporting about how wonderful the Aussies are.

Take a look at a list of the countries competing, less than surprising that we've won a heap of medals.

Anguilla	ANG
Antigua & Barbuda	ANT
Australia	AUS
Bahamas	BAH
Bangladesh	BAN
Barbados	BAR
Belize	BIZ
Bermuda	BER
Botswana	BOT
British Virgin Islands	BVI
Brunei	BRU
Cameroon	CMR
Canada	CAN
Cayman Islands	CAY
Cook Islands	COK
Cyprus	CYP
Dominica	DMA
England	ENG
Falkland Islands	FAL
Fiji	FIJ
Gambia	GAM
Ghana	GHA
Gibraltar	GIB
Grenada	GRN
Guernsey	GUE
Guyana	GUY
India	IND
Isle of Man	IOM
Jamaica	JAM
Jersey	JER
Kenya	KEN
Kiribati	KIR
Lesotho	LES
Malawi	MAW
Malaysia	MAS
Malta	MLT
Mauritius	MRI
Montserrat	MTS
Mozambique	MOZ
Namibia	NAM
Nauru	NRU
New Zealand	NZL
Nigeria	NGR
Niue	NIU
Norfolk Island	NFI
Northern Ireland	NIR
Pakistan	PAK
Papua New Guinea	PNG
Rwanda	RWA
Samoa	SAM
Scotland	SCO
Seychelles	SEY
Sierra Leone	SLE
Singapore	SIN
Solomon Islands	SOL
Republic of South Africa	RSA
Sri Lanka	SRI
St Helena	SHE
St Kitts & Nevis	SKN
St Lucia	LCA
St Vincent & The Grenadines	SVG
Swaziland	SWZ
United Republic of Tanzania	TAN
Tonga	TGA
Trinidad & Tobago	TRI
Turks & Caicos Islands	TCI
Tuvalu	TUV
Uganda	UGA
Vanuatu	VAN
Wales	WAL
Zambia	ZAM

-- Edited by Santa on Wednesday 11th of April 2018 10:15:39 AM

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

......... and here is the medal spread -

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games/102837310/gold-coast-commonwealth-games-2018-medal-table

Cheers - John

the rocket · Guru

We stayed right away from that neck of the woods. High rents, ads telling us use public transport, walk.

Tony Bev · Guru

I have not been watching the Commonwealth games, only some snips from the news

I was happy to read the following media report

It was an act of sportsmanship that will help define the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

As Lineo Chaka, representing the southern African nation of Lesotho, ran the last few laps of the women's 10,000 metres on her own at Carrara Stadium on Monday night, three Australian athletes stayed on the track waiting for her to finish.

From what I can make out, the last runner was way behind, so three Australian sport ladies, waited at the finish line to give her encouragement

The link is below

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-10/commonwealth-games-athletes-wait-for-final-runner-to-finish/9635536

the rocket · Guru

Tony Bev wrote:
I have not been watching the Commonwealth games, only some snips from the news

I was happy to read the following media report

It was an act of sportsmanship that will help define the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

As Lineo Chaka, representing the southern African nation of Lesotho, ran the last few laps of the women's 10,000 metres on her own at Carrara Stadium on Monday night, three Australian athletes stayed on the track waiting for her to finish.
From what I can make out, the last runner was way behind, so three Australian sport ladies, waited at the finish line to give her encouragement
The link is below
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-10/commonwealth-games-athletes-wait-for-final-runner-to-finish/9635536

Great sportsmanship

Hewy54 · Senior Member

Desert Dweller wrote:
Hewy54 wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
Hewy54 wrote:

As for pre-emping what may happen in the future for the Campbell sisters - get over it and give credit where it is due.
They'll take a lifetime getting over it after the Tokyo Olympics. Sad but definitely on the cards for them. The saying ''quit while you're ahead'' springs to mind.
Still find this a ridiculous point of view.
Quit just because you may not win?
Maybe Sir Donald Bradman should have quit after his first century.
Agreed, but the Don never got called a Choker did he. The media are SO cruel these days if athletes don't live up to THEIR expectations.

The Don needed 4 in his last innings to finish up his career on an average of 100. He scored a duck. Did he choke?

Thankfully swimmers are above the media. They are heavily into their PB's.

If you and others are sucked in by the media hype, I see it as your problem, not the swimmers.

The Campbell sisters are true champions regardless of what happens in the future.

Magnarc · Guru

Rocket our cricketers should be made to watch that clip 100 times.

JA2340 · Senior Member

Hewy54 wrote:

The Campbell sisters are true champions regardless of what happens in the future.

Truth, right there!

Desert Dweller · Guru

Hewy54 wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
Hewy54 wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
Hewy54 wrote:

As for pre-emping what may happen in the future for the Campbell sisters - get over it and give credit where it is due.
They'll take a lifetime getting over it after the Tokyo Olympics. Sad but definitely on the cards for them. The saying ''quit while you're ahead'' springs to mind.
Still find this a ridiculous point of view.
Quit just because you may not win?
Maybe Sir Donald Bradman should have quit after his first century.
Agreed, but the Don never got called a Choker did he. The media are SO cruel these days if athletes don't live up to THEIR expectations.
The Don needed 4 in his last innings to finish up his career on an average of 100. He scored a duck. Did he choke?
Thankfully swimmers are above the media. They are heavily into their PB's.
If you and others are sucked in by the media hype, I see it as your problem, not the swimmers.
The Campbell sisters are true champions regardless of what happens in the future.

Down boy, sit!

Kebbin · Guru

I'm sure the Campbell girls would be the first to tell you that they have under performed ( been disappointed, choked whatever) there has been a gold individual at World Championships and one or two at team events at Olympics maybe others I'm not sure.

I am sure of one thing though and that's the Commonwealth Games is not up to Olympic nor World Championship level. The Commonwealth Games is only a training camp with plenty of booze and sex at hand once the training is done! I think we are going to be brought back to earth in the next Olympics with a hard landing.