Well all I can say is - thank fkn Christ for sailors! Australia's medal tally finally gained a bit more forward momentum after our water walkers took gold and silver on Day 11. Tom Burton took gold for Australia in the Men's laser, while Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin in the Nacra 17s. I'm going to put my hand up straight away and say I know SFA about sailing and haven't watched a second of it so all I can add is - GO YOU GOOD THINGS!!!!! However, I think our performance of the day has to go to starlet sprinter Ella Nelson - the 22yo who tore her harmstring back in April missed out on the final of the Womens 200m by just 1 hundredth of a second!!! She produced a stirring performance in her semi-final to smash her PB and finish third in a scoching 22.50.
The medal rush in the water masked another horror day for the rest of the Australian team. The lowlight was the Opals - perennial medal contenders in the Women's basketball, who become the 4th team in three days to crash out at the Quarter Final stage of their competition. In true Aussie fashion they had been undefeated in the group stage but when it got to the game that mattered they absolutely dogged it. Pathetic.
#Chokefest2016 continued over at the kayaking where Murray Stewart could only finish 4th in the Men's K1 1000, having entered the final as the fastest qualifier. That wasn't our only 4th for the day as Dani Samuel's grabbed the potato medal in the Women's discus - however that was actually a quality performance and she deserves a commendation - the rest of the team deserves extradition to Nauru - ASAP. That includes Annette Edmonson, who was seen as an outside chance of a gold medal in the Women's Omnium in the track cycling. But as we know by Australian standards - outside chance of gold means missing the podium completely. Jarrod Poort went out to a huge lead in the Men's 10k marathon swim, getting ahead by over a minute at one stage. However, he 'did a Mack' in the back half of the race and collapsed horrifically to completely miss the medals. At least he had a fair dinkum crack I guess.
Finally, the Mountain Goat has been in touch suggesting Usain Bolt is a greater athlete than Michael Phelps. This is the worst call since Jeff Buckley thought it would be a good idea to take a midnight swim. Phelps has a shedload more medals over a much greater time period and doesn't come from a country that has basically ignored drug testing for the last 12 years.
Medal Tally
1 - US - 28-28-28
2 - GB - 19-19-12
3 - China - 17-15-19
9 - Australia - 7-8-9
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