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Starts this Friday.

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Geez that Rugby 7's is a fast game. Aussies into the quarter finals tonight.
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Folks, as you find them, please post dates & times of events you're interested in.

Swimming finals (week 1, as always): seem to be in the 4.30am-5.45am time slot.

Perfect!! :wink: You're not doing anything else then, right? (Sleep does not count!)
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Sitting in Canada and I will say itโ€™s the worst opening ceremony Iโ€™ve seen in a long time. Some special moments but alas itโ€™s just crap. No idea what the order of countries is supposed to be. Canada TV full of adverts makes it even worse. Wild Turkey 101 and helybut fish being baked means itโ€™s something to look forward too.

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It was a horrible opening ceremony. Mocking Christianity with their grotesque depiction of the last supper of Jesus Christ.

The Parade of Nations on boats reminded me of the 2022 Grand Final parade with Geelong and Sydney when the players and coach were on boats in the Yarra.

The only positive thing about it was Celine Dion's performance at the end.
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The Christians will be up in arms over the drag show Last Supper. I just thought it was like a Les Girls show.
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What did Titmus win ?
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^ 400m freestyle.
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Will you be posting the daily medals table count Jezza?
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^ I'll post it every now and then.

Current gold medal tally

5 = China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

4 = Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต, South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท, Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

3 = USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

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1 = Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น, Kazakhstan ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ, Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช, Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ, Uzbekistan ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
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James Magnussen teed off in his newspaper column. Seems to like mouthing off!

Says there was a 60%-vegan-friendly quota on food in the athletes' village... So of course they ran out of meat and dairy, 'cos top athletes don't eat vegan.

(Can't argue with him on that one...)
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Six Olympians share their training diet secrets

https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/hea ... 5jxcc.html

'CJ Allen, 29
US, track and field


Most mornings he drinks a blended coffee, which combines a remarkable list of ingredients: French press coffee, cordyceps fungus, MCT oil, grass-fed butter, grass-fed whole milk or cream, pure vanilla extract, Ceylon cinnamon, collagen peptides, a cacao LMNT electrolyte packet, peppermint essential oil and local raw honey.

He pairs his coffee with a โ€œhigh-protein whole food,โ€ he said. One day in early July, he chose a bacon, egg and parmesan quiche with butternut squash crust.


Homemade bone broth: Allen makes his own bone broth, which he includes in his afternoon post-training meal. He makes big batches: 4.5 kilograms of marrow bones with 11 other ingredients, including celery stalks and sweet onions.'

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Up and about in Canada, and we were watching basketball. Australia is behind, Mills just fouled. Canada looks to have the edge at the moment and just went up by 9. They won in the end Aus plays Greece. Then watched the Women's Rugby 7's and they choked against Canada. Watched McKeown win and that was great. Watching the men's 200 Breast Stroke heats currently.
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Current gold medal tally

7 = China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ, Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

6 = France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท, UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

5 = South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท

4 = USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

3 = Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

2 = Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช, Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ

1 = Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ, New Zealand ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ, Kazakhstan ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ, South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช, Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช, Azerbaijan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ, Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ, Serbia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ, Uzbekistan ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
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Jess Fox another gold. Smashed the best time by 4 Seconds. Start the long journey back to Oz tomorrow, back in Melbourne Saturday arvo.
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