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I’m guessing they should’ve held the trials at SOPAC then? Which is newer Even the southport pool seemed to be faster but its outdoors so that wouldn’t suit trials, but those times in April were crazy considering no one was tapered

Is there an actual such thing as slow pools and fast pools? Like I know in the velodrome that’s a thing but in swimming? That would be interesting.

My hopes are too high because of Fukuoka 😂

And I think there is inevitably going to be a disappointing result for us, such as mcintosh surprising Titmus or no gold in the w100free. I guarantee at every Olympics in swimming there has been at least 1 massive disappointment for us, such as w4x200 relay in Tokyo. At least there is no way we could do as bad as rio or London, and thank god for that 😂😂

I think with Kaylee it’s probably smart heading in to assume that she doesn't win least 1 of her backstroke events to smith, probably 100. If she just goes on to successfully defend both that would honestly be crazy as with Aus only a few swimmers have ever done that. At this games she could become our greatest ever swimmer if she wins all 3 events

Ah yes Dressel didn’t even qualify for 100 free what was I thinking 😂. But I did have him on my mind considering those 3 gold he won in Tokyo that I think the US will likely not defend. 100m free as you mentioned, 50m free which is assumed to be between McEvoy and proud, and then 100m butterfly, which will be his best chance but no guarantee with the likes of Grousset and milak then there’s also the 400im which Kalisz won in Tokyo but surely Marchand will be the strong favourite over foster. Also Finke wouldn’t be a lock in the 800 so that’s around 4 golds that I could see them not defending, whereas for us I’ve got 3 (w50), woman’s medley and Zsc but 2 very strong replacements in 4x200f and 200im. It really opens the door

Well that’s a shame. Does that mean during the parade of nations countries won’t be getting recognised individually but rather in groups? I always liked the traditional way of how they did it, each country no matter how small gets the spotlight during the ceremony

As for the canoeing I’ve got Fox winning K1 and C1, but not medalling in cross. This is very possible as she has done this double at world cups before, but Olympics is obviously different ball game.

Yeah I know I probably should be setting my expectations lower 😂. Without a doubt swimming is gonna make or break it all. I’ve gone with woman’s 3x3 basketball getting a bronze as they are apparently ranked well and actually qualified this time, whilst I don’t think the boomers will get a medal this time around. I also hope for the gold in surfing due to Australia’s good past performances at the venue in Tahiti. I was thinking maybe with Jack Robinson. As for defeating the US in swimming it can for sure happen if we reach that mark, but it’s gonna be close such as Kaylee needing to win all 3 of her races, and hoping for things such as pan beating Dressel and whatnot.

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Athletics 1 1 2 3X3 Basketball 1 Canoe Slalom 2 Canoe Sprint 1 1 BMX Freestyle 1 BMX Racing 1 Cycling Road 1 Cycling Track 1 1 1 Diving 2 1 Equestrian 1 Football 1 Hockey 1 Judo 1 Rowing 2 3 Rugby Sevens 1 Sailing 1 1 Shooting 1 Skateboarding 1 1 Surfing 1 1 Swimming 9 8 5 Weightlifting 1 Total 19 18 21 Total Medals: 58 Maybe I am too ambitious But if our swimming team gets to that 8-10 gold mark once again then it is VERY possible for us to break that 17 gold record. Outside of swimming we have a good amount of chances, more than many would think. But swimming is crucial for setting up the second week. I also cannot see a gold in rowing but canoeing will hopefully replace that.

Let’s see how you get on against India first 🤭 If you win then fair play

We are giving someone else a go at winning a ICC tournament for once 😉

I love how everyone just seems to collectively hate on breaking 😂😂

Small but wealthy. Team NZ would be funded well compared to these other countries in this topic

Ok cheers guys I have updated it I guess some things we won’t know exactly for sure until much closer to the day such as if Neill does swim the 200IM.

Disastrous result for reigning Olympic champion Logan Martin finishing 17th and not going through. I believe however continental qualification will save him or should I have a panic attack?

😂 imagine if that actually happens tho. I would never watch swimming again 💀

Figured the first thread would be around general news and selection for the Paris Games. Everyone else is welcome to add insight or information The Team officially Selected (as of 21 June) Competitors Artistic Swimming Woman’s Team - Carolyn Buckle, Georgia Courage-Gardiner, Kiera Gazzard, Margo Joseph-Kuo, Milena Walkmann, Putu Anastasia Kusmawan, Raphaelle Gauthier, Zoe Poulis Athletics Woman’s 800m - Abbey Caldwell, Claudia Hollingsworth Woman’s 1500M - Jessica Hull Woman's 10,000M - Lauren Ryan Woman’s 100M Hurdles - Michelle Jenneke Woman’s 20K Walk - Jemima Montag, Rebecca Henderson Woman's Marathon - Jessica Stenson, Genevieve Gregson, Sinead Diver Woman’s High Jump - Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers Men’s 800m - Peter Bol Men’s 20K Walk - Rhydian Cowley, Kyle Swan Men’s Marathon - Brett Robinson, Liam Adams, Patrick Tiernan Men’s Discus - Matthew Denny Men’s Long Jump - Chris Mitrevski Badminton Woman’s Singles - Tiffany Ho Womans Doubles - Setyana Mapasa, Angela Yu Beach Volleyball Men’s - Thomas Hodges, Zach Schubert Womans - Taliqua Clancy, Mariafe Artacho del Solar Boxing Men’s Flyweight - Yusuf Chothia Featherweight - Charlie Senior Lightweight - Harry Garside Welterweight - Shannan Davey Middleweight - Callum Peters Super Heavyweight - Teremoana Jr Womans Flyweight - Monique Suraci Bantamweight - Tiana Echegaray Featherweight - Tina Rahimi Lightweight - Tyla McDonald Welterweight - Marissa Williamson Middleweight - Caitlin Parker Breaking B-Boys - Jeffery Dan Arpie B- Girls - Rachael Gunn Canoeing (Slalom) Men’s C1 - Tristan Carter Mens K1 - Timothy Anderson Womans K1 & C1 - Jess Fox Canoeing (Sprint) Mens K1 1000m - Thomas Green Men’s K2 500m - Thomas Green & Jean van der Westhuyzen Men’s K4 500m - Jackson Collins, Riley Fitzsimmons, Noah Havard, Pierre van der Westhuyzen Womans K1 500m - Alyce Wood Womans K4 500m - Ella Beere, Alyssa Bull, Alexandra Clarke, Yale Steinpreis Diving Womans 10m Platform - Ellie Cole, Melissa Wu Womans 3m Syncro Springboard - Anabelle Smith & Maddison Keeney Womans 3m Springboard - Maddison Keeney, Alysha Koloi Mens 10m Syncro Platform - Cassiel Rousseau & Domonic Bedggood Mens 10m Platform - Cassiel Rousseau, Jaxon Bowshire Mens 3m Springboard - Kurtis Mathews Football Womans Team - Alanna Kennedy, Caitlin Foord, Clare Hunt, Clare Polkinghorne, Clare Wheeler, Cortnee Vine, Ellie Carpenter, Emily van Egmond, Hayley Raso, Kaitlyn Torpey, Katrina Gorry, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Mackenzie Arnold, Mary Fowler, Michelle Heyman, Stephanie Catley, Tameka Yallop, Teagan Micah Gymnastics (Artistic) Men’s All Around - Jesse Moore Woman’s Team - Kate McDonald, Emma Nedov, Ruby Pass, Breanna Scott, Emily Whitehead, Jessica Weintraub Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Woman’s Team Alex Kiroi-Bogatyreva, Emmanouela Frroku, Lidiia Iakovleva, Phoebe Learmont, Saskia Broedelet Gymnastics (Trampoline) Mens Trampoline - Brock Batty Sailing Woman’s Kite Foil - Breiana Whitehead Womans 49erFx - Evie Haseldine & Olivia Price Womans ILCA 6 - Zoe Thomson Mens 49er - Shaun Connor & Jim Colley Mens ILCA 7 - Matt Wearn Mens Windsurfing - Grae Morris Mixed Nacra 17- Brin Liddell & Rhiannon Brown Mixed 470 - Conor Nicholas & Nia Jerwood Sport Climbing Men’s Boulder & Lead - Campbell Harrison Woman’s Boulder & Lead- Oceania Mackenzie Surfing Woman’s - Molly Picklum, Tyler Wright Men’s - Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson Swimming (Men) 50m Free - Cam McEvoy, Ben Armbruster 100m Free- Kyle Chalmers, William Yang 200m Free - Max Giuliani, Thomas Neill 400m Free - Sam Short, Elijah Winnington 800m Free - Sam Short (presumably), Elijah Winnington 1500M Free - Sam Short (presumably) 200m Backstroke - Se-Bom Lee, Bradley Woodword 100m Breastroke - Samuel Williamson, Joshua Yong 200m Breastroke - Zac Stubblety-Cook, Joshua Yong 100m Butterfly - Matthew Temple, Ben Armbruster 200 IM - William Petric (presumably), Thomas Neill (presumably) 400 IM - William Petric, Brendon Smith 10K open water - Kyle Lee, Nicholas Sloman (Woman) 50m Free - Meg Harris, Shayna Jack 100m Free- Shayna Jack, Mollie O’callaghan 200m Free - Mollie O’Callaghan, Ariane Titmus 400m Free - Lani Pallister, Ariane Titmus 800m Free - Lani Pallister, Ariane Titmus 1500 Free - Lani Pallister, Moesha Johnson 100m Backstroke - Kaylee McKeown, Iona Anderson 200m Backstroke - Kaylee McKeown, Jaclyn Barclay Womans 100m Breastroke - Jenna Strauch (presumably) 200m Breastroke - Ella Ramsey, Jenna Strauch 100m Butterfly - Emma Mckeon, Alex Perkins 200m Butterfly - Abbey Connor, Elizabeth Dekkers 200 IM - Kaylee McKeown, Ella Ramsey 400 IM - Ella Ramsey, Jenna Forrester 10K Open Water - Chelsea Gubecka, Moesha Johnson (other selections for relays)- Jack Cartwright, Issac Cooper, Bronte Campbell, Kai Taylor, Flynn Southam, Iona Anderson, Olivia Wunsch, Zac Incerti, Taekwondo Men’s -80kg - Leon Sejranovic Womans -57kg- Stacy Hymer Triathlon Men’s - Luke William, Matthew Hauser Womans - Sophie Linn, Natalie Van Coevorden (all 4 to contest mixed relay) Water Polo Woman’s Team - Abbey Andrews, Alice Williams, Bronte Halligan, Charilze Andrews, Danijela Jackovich, Elle Armit, Gabi Palm, Genevieve Longman, Keesja Gofers, Sienna Green, Sienna Hearn, Tilly Kearns, Zoe Arancini Men’s Team - Angus Lambie, Blake Edwards, Charlie Negus, Chaz Poot, Jacob Mercep, John Hedges, Lachlan Edwards, Luke Pavillard, Marcus Berehulak, Matthew Byrnes, Milos Maksimovic, Nathon Power, Nic Porter Weightlifting Men’s -89kg - Kyle Bruce Woman’s -71kg - Jacqueline Nichele Woman’s -81kg - Eileen Cikamantana Wrestling Men’s -65kg - Georgii Okorokov Men’s -86kg - Jayden Lawrence 203 in 19 sports officially selected so far in a team expected to reach 460. Will update this as more selections take place in the coming weeks

Probably either the Dutch or Brits, unless I’m forgetting a country And for Australia I’d take any gold medal considering the horrible results at the last 2 games. Men’s team sprint is the best chance A smaller chance with Richardson in Keirin and sprint but Lavreyson will be favourite for both

Well its always USA so that’s pretty boring if you ask me

Official Selection Woman’s 10M Platform Melissa Wu Ellie Cole Woman's 3M Synchro Maddison Keeney & Anabelle Smith Woman’s 3M Springboard Maddison Keeney Alysha Koloi Mens 10M Platform Cassiel Rousseau Jaxon Bowshire Men’s 10M Synchro Cassiel Rousseau & Domonic Bedggood Mens 3M Springboard Kurtis Mathews

Oh ok makes sense 😂 I was so confused

Yeah she will dominate the 800 and 1500 as she usually does

It will be tight but wouldn’t even be close? Lol what 🧐

Yeah it’s strange, we have good contenders in the other skateboarding/bmx events but for some reason we have nobody in men’s street