Lightning Blue Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) Well what a great result for NZ day !!! the great results for Nathan Purdon at Melton last night . and now Zoi Sadowski-Synnot has just won Gold Medal at the Olympics in the women's Slope Style Snowboard !! What a great result on the Special Day. and the Aussie girl Tess got third and a Bronze medal too (after blowing a knee just before the last Olympics) . How cool !! well it is pretty cool there on those mountains anyway . Congratulations to ZOI for NZ !! and hope everyone is having a great Waitangi Day !!!!!! Edited February 6 by Lightning Blue 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesi Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Great, just watched it, awesome, and to do it on the very last run of the comp and not only do it, but put up a huge run to blitz the score she needed. That's pretty cool under pressure, and only 20, the mind boggles Born in Aus I note 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 8 minutes ago, Hesi said: Born in Aus I note Yes that probably makes her more of a STANDARDbred rather than a kiwi THOROUGHbred ?😄😀😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karrotsishere Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Yip saw it too. Nerve raking watching the final 3rd runs. Then awaiting the score. BUT yes she did it. 1st GOLD for NZ someone was saying at Winter Olympics?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 15 minutes ago, karrotsishere said: Yip saw it too. Nerve raking watching the final 3rd runs. Then awaiting the score. BUT yes she did it. 1st GOLD for NZ someone was saying at Winter Olympics?? It is Karrots !! the First ever Gold for New Zealand at the Winter Olympics . Australia only has 5 in history at Winter Olympics as well. It's a tough gig ???? Think much easier sitting in sulky than flying through the air for 50m + at 100+ kph ...... those girls are/were so brave today flying off that mountain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesi Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Nico Porteous(21) is tipped to take gold and Alice Robinson(20) a medal chance. What's going on in NZ sport, all of a sudden we are producing young champions with ice water in their veins, in a sport we typically have not had great success in, Annelise Coberger being the only other to medal Interesting that when a sport is doing well at the elite level, you can almost always trace it back to the coaching and administration in place. Great examples in NZ sport were Arthur Lydiard back in the 60's, also rowing, cycling and kayaking. A good parallel then for racing in NZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 good to see sports other than rugger get airtime although to be truthful the only Winter Games event i like is the Biathlon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 They are doing things on skis,and boards nowadays that one wouldn't have ever dreamed about, let alone see. Mind boggling spatial awareness when in full flight and at those speeds.She is a real talent as are the other Kiwi contingent. Bloody good to see ,so I can't wait to watch the others . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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