BY BOZZA

The quadrennial sporting extravaganza that is the Olympic Games is in full swing and we have a week already in the History Books. Welcome to our second Wednesday Wrap as we take a look at Days 10 & 11 of action from Rio.

Australian Medals:

Cousin’s Lisa Darmanin and Jason Waterhouse sailed away with the silver medal in the Nacra 17 sailing event. Going into the Medal Race they sat in fourth place but a strong showing in that race saw them fall a single point off Gold.

Tom Burton went into the Medal Race of the Laser class assured of a medal but needed something akin to a miracle to claim the gold. Needing to put five places between himself and Croatian Tonci Stipanovic in the nine person race, Burton gave himself hope by crossing the line third. He then had to wait and hope, when Stipanovic finished ninth, Burton’s miracle was complete and he could celebrate Gold.

Quarter Finals have been disastrous for our teams:

The Hockeyroos followed the Kookaburras exit at the Quarter Final stage with their own shock loss at the hands of New Zealand 4-2.

Our Women’s Water Polo team the Stingers’ competition ended in the same manner as the Matildas with the heartbreak of a penalty shoot-out after drawing their Quarter Final.

The Opals, considered a certainty to medal, fell to Serbia 73-71 in one of the Olympics’ biggest boilovers.

Memorable Moments

Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas won a dramatic 400m Final in a finish that will be debated for years to come.

The Bahaman pipped American Allyson Felix with what appeared to be a last ditch dive for the line.

The move has started much debate as to whether such a move should be allowed.

Whatever your view, Miller has the Gold and we have an Olympic moment we won’t soon forget.

Heartbreaking Moment

With 4 minutes to play and 2-0 up over Germany in their Quarter Final, New Zealand’s men’s hockey team The Blacksticks, could be forgiven for letting their minds wander towards the Semi Finals and playing for medals. What followed was as extraordinary as it must have been heartbreaking for the Blacksticks. The German’s facing elimination threw caution to the wind and were able to find three goals in the last moments and stole the semi-final berth right from the Kiwi’s grasp. Sport can be cruel.

Biggest Dummy Spit

Some people are just jerks

Egypt Judoka Islam El Shehaby refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent Or Sasson after losing his first round bout.

After refusing his opponents proffered hand, El Shahaby stormed off the mat without completing the customary bow either.

The referee called him back to the mat where he offered a quick nod and left again, to resounding boos.

What was that about?

American swimmer Ryan Lochte made worrying claims that he and three team mates were robbed at gun point by men purporting to be policemen.

IOC Spokesman Mark Adams quickly refuted the claims declaring them “absolutely not true”.

US Olympic Committee (USOC) then refuted this in a statement confirming Lochte’s claims.

In response to claims that the IOC were implementing a ham-fisted cover up, Adams, clearly frustrated, responded “People asked me to give them an update, I contacted the USOC, they told me the story was not correct. I responded it was not correct.”

What a positively amateur response to a chilling claim by an Olympic athlete.

Brazil’s synchronised diving pair have vowed to never dive together again. The break up was not as a result of the pair’s performance in the 10m event which was deemed ‘pathetic’ by the local press, but a dispute in the Olympic Village. The pair shared a room in the Village, which Ingrid Oliveira allegedly kicked Giovanna Pedroso out of, to spend an evening with male competitior Pedro Goncalves. Something Pedroso did not take too kindly leading to the end of their partnership.

Biggest Upset

The women’s basketball Quarter Finals saw what appeared to be a massive miss match when the world’s number 2 ranked team our Opals, undefeated in this tournament, took on Serbia who could only manage two wins from their five group games. The Opals looked to be in control throughout the match but at no point put a space between them and their rivals. This wastefulness came back to bite them when the Serbs caught fire taking the lead late and not being headed, dumping the Australians out of the competition 73-71.

Best Meme’s and Tweets

Although there have been many memes created from this image, I believe the undoctored image is worth celebrating, not really a meme so much as an extraordinary illustration of greatness.

Thumbs Up

Abbey D’Agostino. The American 5,000m runner reminded everyone of the Olympic Spirit in the heats of her event.

New Zealander Nikki Hamblin fell mid-race accidently bringing D’Agostino down with her.

The American was able to regain her feet but instead of re-joining the race she turned around and helped the fallen Hamblin regain her feet before continuing.

After the race Hamblin was effusive in her praise for D’Agostino “I’ve never met this girl before, and isn’t that just so amazing, such an amazing woman. Regardless of the race and result on the board, that’s a moment that you’re never ever going to forget for the rest of your life, that girl shaking my shoulder, like ‘Come on, get up’.”

Thumbs down

I’m not going to pretend that I know what does or doesn’t help a man run at his absolute best, but I listen when the fastest man who ever lived makes comment on the matter.

Usain Bolt and his fellow competitors slammed organisers for the extremely short turn-around time between the 100m Semi Finals and Final and pointed to this as a reason for the slow times in the final.

Rather than the usual two hour twenty minutes between them, as has been the case at previous Olympics, in Rio there was only one hour twenty minutes. “So we didn’t get any time to rest, to put our feet up and get the lactic (acid) out. We had to come right back out. It’s challenging but this is what we train for” the Jamaican said.

The results appear to bear this out with Bolt’s winning time of 9.81 in the final only being fractionally faster than the 9.86 he ran in the Semi Finals.

MEDAL TALLY AFTER DAY 11

Country	G	S	B
USA	28	28	28
Great Britain	19	19	12
China	17	15	19
Russia	12	12	14
Germany	11	8	7
Australia	7	8	9

AUSTRALIAN MEDALLISTS

GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
Mack Horton – 400m Freestyle	Maddi Groves – 200m Butterfly	Men’s Team Archery
Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay	Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay	Keeney/Smith – Sync. 3m Springboard
Catherine Skinner – Women’s Trap	Men’s Quadruple Sculls	Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Women’s Rugby	Mitch Larkin – 200m Backstroke	Equestrian Eventing Team
Kyle Chalmers – 100m Freestyle	Men’s Cycling Team Pursuit	Emma McKeon – 200m Freestyle
Kim Brennan – Single Sculls	Men’s Four Rowing	Jessica Fox – K1 Canoe Slalom
Tom Burton – Laser Sailing Race	Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay	Dane Bird-Smith – 20km Walk
	Mixed Nacra 17 Sailing	Anna Meares – Keirin
		Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay

AUSTRALIAN RESULTS

Athletics

Men’s 1500m Round 1 – Heat 1: Ryan Gregdon 2^nd

Men’s 1500m Round 1 – Heat 3: Luke Matthews 12^th

Men’s 200m Round 1 – Heat 6: Alex Hartmann 5^th

Men’s High Jump Final: Brandon Starc 15^th

Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 2: Michelle Jenneke 6^th

Women’s 200m Round 1 – Heat 7: Ella Nelson 2^nd

Women’s 200m Semi Final: Ella Nelson 3^rd

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final: Madeline Hills 7^th, Gen LaCaze 9^th

Women’s 400m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 5: Lauren Wells 4^th

Women’s 400m Hurdles Semi Final 3: Lauren Wells 7^th

Women’s 5000m Round 1 – Heat 1: Madeline Hills 6^th

Women’s 5000m Round 1 – Heat 2: Eloise Wellings 6^th, Gen LaCaze 7^th

Women’s Discus Throw Qualifying Round A: Dani Samuels 2^nd

Women’s Discus Throw Final: Dani Samuels 4^th

Women’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Round – Group A: Kim Mickie 12^th

Women’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Round – Group B: Kathryn Mitchell 5^th, Kelsey-Lee Roberts 13^th

Women’s Long Jump Qualifying Round – Group A: Chelsea Jaensch 10^th

Women’s Long Jump Qualifying Round – Group B: Brooke Stratton 4^th

Women’s Pole Vault Qualifying Round – Group A: Alana Boyd 5^th

Basketball

Women’s Quarter Final: Opals def by Serbia 71-73

Canoe/Kayak

Men’s Canoe Single 1000m Heat 1: Martin Marinov 6^th

Men’s Canoe Single 1000m Semi Final 1: Martin Marinov 7^th

Men’s Canoe Single 1000m Final B: Martin Marinov 7^th

Men’s Kayak Single 1000m Heat 2: Murray Stewart 2^nd

Men’s Kayak Single 1000m Semi Final 1: Murray Stewart 1^st

Men’s Kayak Single 1000m Final A: Murray Stewart 4^th

Women’s Kayak Double 500m Heat 1: Bull/Burnett 7^th

Women’s Kayak Double 500m Semi Final 1: Bull/Burnett 3^rd

Women’s Kayak Double 500m Final A: Bull/Burnett 8th

Cycling

Men’s Keirin First Round – Heat 1: Patrick Constable 5^th

Men’s Keirin First Round – Heat 2: Matt Glaetzner 2nd

Men’s Keirin First Round Repechages – Heat 3: Patrick Constable 5^th

Men’s Keirin Second Round – Heat 1: Matt Glaetzner 4^th

Men’s Keirin Finals 7-12: Matt Glatzner 10^th

Men’s Omnium Time Trial 4/6: Glenn O’Shea 14^th

Men’s Omnium Flying Lap 5/6: Glenn O’Shea 6^th

Men’s Omnium Points Race 6/6: Glenn O’Shea 14^th

Women’s Omnium Scratch Race 1/6: Annette Edmondson 6^th

Women’s Omnium Individual Pursuit 2/6: Annette Edmondson 7^th

Women’s Omnium Elimination Race 3/6: Annette Edmondson 5^th

Women’s Omnium Time Trial 4/6: Annette Edmondson 1^st

Women’s Omnium Flying Lap 5/6: Annette Edmondson 2^nd

Women’s Omnium Points Race 6/6: Annette Edmondson 16^th

Women’s Sprint Round of 16 Finals – Heat 3: Anna Meares (Aus) def by Wai Sze Lee (Hkg)

Women’s Sprint Round of 16 Repechages – Heat 2: Anna Meares 2^nd

Women’s Sprint Race for 9^th-12^th: Anna Meares 10^th

Diving

Men’s 3m Springboard Preliminary: Grant Nel 16^th, Kevin Chavez 26^th

Men’s 3m Springboard Semi Final: Grant Nel 15^th

Equestrian

Jumping Individual 2^nd Qualifier: Edwina Tops-Alexander 26^th, Matt Willians 30^th, James Paterson-Robinson 53^rd

Jumping Team Round 1: Australia 13^th

Hockey

Women’s Quarter Final: Hockeyroos def by New Zealand 2-4

Sailing

Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser – Medal Race: Tom Burton 3^rd

Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser – Final Standings: Tom Burton GOLD

Men’s One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) Finn – Medal Race – Jake Lilley 5^th

Men’s One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) Finn – Final Standings – Jake Lilley 8^th

Men’s Skiff – 49er – Races 7-12: Outteridge/Jensen 4^th, 5^th, 8^th, 2^nd, 7^th, 7^th

Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 – Races 8-10: Belcher/Ryan 7^th, 1^st, 7^th

Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 – Medal Race: Waterhouse/Darmanin 2^nd

Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 – Final Standing: Waterhouse/Darmanin SILVER

Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial – Medal Race – Ashley Stoddart 2^nd

Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial – Final Standings – Ashley Stoddart 9^th

Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470 – Races 8-10: Smith/Ryan 15^th, 17^th, 12^th

Swimming

Men’s 10km Open Water Swim: Jarrod Poort 21^st

Women’s 10km Open Water Swim: Chelsea Lea Gubecka 15^th

Synchronised Swimming

Duets Technical Routine: Pablo/Stackpole 24^th

Water Polo

Women’s Quarter Final: Stingers Def by Hungary

Wrestling

Men’s Greco-Roman 130kg Round of 16: Ivan Popov (Aus) def by Johan Magnus Euren (Swe)