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  1. Joshi
    A very unique opening ceremony. You ain't going to beat a back drop of famous Parisian landmarks during the ceremony, nice breakaway from sterile stadiums.
  2. Joshi
    NZ 3 times with possession, 2 tries. Ireland really frustrated them.
  3. Joshi
    Fiji will only lose if teams get physical with them and play very direct. If you let them have too much space, no chance in beating them. Argentina, France, Ireland and NZ are all very physical and these 4 teams have caused them problems for the past olympic cycle.
  4. Joshi
    Sports hype is not really happening much in NZ with people's attention focused on the economy, cost of living, inflation. When the official cash rate is going to drop,? Which if it does will lead to lower interest rates. There are more pressing issues at the moment. It could change a little if we win a medal very early during the olympics. But in the meantime you wouldn't know that it's only a week and a bit away.
  5. Joshi
    Surprised you haven't added the women's team as well since they'll be your biggest threat in the K4
  6. Joshi
    From athletics alone I'm a huge fan of Kenny Bednarek after following him on his YouTube channel. Comes from a really small town in rural Wisconsin, adoptee, really interesting story behind him. Love Noah Lyles especially when he stirred the pot with about the NBA, I mean he's not wrong lol. Tebogo, Simbine, Sydney Mclaughlin, Perez, Adeleke. Would absolutely love it if Nuguse upsets the apple cart in the 1500m, and overshadow both Kerr and Ingebretsen but can't see it. Would love to see Alex Rose win a medal in the discus for Samoa our near neighbours.
  7. Joshi
    There would be riots if that happened.
  8. Joshi
    There are a few Greeks who work here, but as you can imagine a lot of Brits and even Germans who say they escaped Europe .
  9. Joshi
    That's exactly what a few Europeans who are here (NZ) on a workers visa have told me. I do believe it's now becoming a phenomenon in a lot of the western world. Where a lot of these countries are becoming more conservative. It will be even more emboldened say for example if Trump gets elected again, which I think will happen regardless of his issues with the court system.
  10. Joshi
    The USA could beat Pakistan here
  11. Joshi
    To be honest that was a comfortable win for the US. 14 balls to spare, 7 wicket win that's a thrashing.
  12. Joshi
    James Preston breaks the 62yr old 800m national record that was held by the great Sir Peter Snell's 1:44.30. His time of 1:44.04 is also well below the Olympic standard of 1:44.70.
  13. Joshi
    Well NZ has had famines in the last few olympics in cycling considering the amount of talent they have. But must say we haven't come across so much talent particularly in women's endurance before. But I still lack confidence in them because just like rowing you can't gauge anything on past performance unless you were Hamish Bond and Eric Murray who practically forced out rival athletes from other nations to seek other boats. Because the gold was literally there's already.
  14. Joshi
    Pretty fair reflection on NZs past championship results. But I guess what gracenote can't forsee is in rowing in particular NZ will be welcoming back 10 olympic medalists from the US College system back into the scene, and have substantially already bolstered quite a number of crews. Im expecting at least 4 medals from the womens canoe sprint squad. Emma Fairweather would be lucky to medal at the Olympics, same with Dylan Schmidt. Not convinced about men's team winning 7s gold. Cycling for NZ is too hit and miss who knows what they'll do.
  15. Joshi
    Will probably end up with around 165-170 odd athletes. Our smallest since Athens. No womens hockey, a reduced rowing squad with no eights. Will probably reject a few quotas and they'll get allocated elsewhere as we are the gift that keeps on giving. Just looking at who qualified and what I think we will reject quota in, it will probably be Archery (2), Artistic Swimming (maybe?) (2), Taekwondo (2) and 1-2 Shooting quotas that will get allocated
  16. Joshi
    I doubt the NZ Mens 7s team will be winning gold or even medalling. But I can however see Lisa Carrington contributing to 3 gold medals however.
  17. Joshi
    Also Hawaii (according to Native Hawaiians an illegal US state) would be the powerhouse of surfing.
  18. Joshi
    1. There's no money in boxing and 2. Those that partake in combat sports and with NZ's relative success in the UFC and MMA they'd rather be Israel Adesanya instead (not the greatest role model to follow however).
  19. Joshi
    Coming from NZ where cricket is only popular among the private schools and upper class snobs, I don't feel it warrants a place in the Olympics. For the mere fact that cricket has a lot of corruption particularly match fixing. There's actually nothing wrong with the nuances of the game if you can sit for a 5 day test but I feel as a purest who actually enjoys test cricket and not really a fan of T20, cricket in the Olympics just wouldn't sit well.
  20. Joshi
    I'm actually very surprised only 1 NZ crew is out of olympic contention. This is perhaps the weakest and least experienced rowing team we've sent to the world championships.
  21. Joshi
    No medals for NZ either. A 4th, 5th, 6th and a 7th plus 2 top 10s. A complete flop by the pole vaulters. Seriously lacking some top 2 inches. Mentally weak.
  22. Joshi
    Let's hope we see a Carrington and Fisher rivalry in the WK1 500m next year. All of NZ want to see it.
  23. Joshi
    Quite frankly Oceania really is only 2 countries. Also, the Olympics is a worldwide event not the European Benefit Games. The Olympics has been dominated no matter what sport or event it is by the Northern Hemisphere and that is primarily not down to purely athletic talent but geography. Example, accessibility. 90% of all World Championships seem to be in the NH particularly Europe. The sports that are in the Olympics one could argue are mainly European but that's purely down to economics and politics.
  24. Joshi
    Not sure the Dutch were going to win gold regardless of the fall but what drama.
  25. Joshi
    I really hope England bring that same approach v. Spain. Now what to do with Lauren James? Do they start her? I would think they would. Just another physical presence that the Spanish may well struggle to contain...
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