5 Favourite Aussie Golds

[c_eagle]

This is amazingly difficult because there were so many great moments but these are the 5 (ok, 7) moments which were my favourite.


Tied 5th Chantelle Newbury - Women's 10 m Platform &
Anna Meares Women's 500m Time Trial
4. Jodie Henry - 100 m Freestyle
3. Ryan Bayley - Men's Sprint
Tied 2nd Petria Thomas - 100 m Butterfly & 4X100 Women's Relay

1. Sara Carrigan - Women's Road Race

 

[hotsnow]

This is a hard list to make.

5) Anna Meares 500 TT
4) Ian Thorpe 200m
3) Sara Carrigan
2) Petria Thomas 100
1) Mens Hockey

Bayley would be an unlucky 6 in my list.

 

[c_eagle]

I didn't get to see much of the Hockey as I was extremely busy on the weekend. I'm certain it would have made my top 5 if I would have seen the match. Terrific effort though.

 

[Anonymous]

Hummmm could we have a gard question next time !!!!

5-Maddison Cycling
4-Keiren Cycling
3-Thorpey 200m
2-Petria Thomas
1-Sara Carrigan

Effort Award (Would have been my no.1 had they won)- Mens 4x800 track silver medal.

 

[mightybears]

overall

the relay silver was a great effort 4X400, didn't see as a medal hope at all
hockey was the great monkey off the back effort
the cycling team in general
and as much as it bores me, the divers did great

 

[BuffaloRules]

5.Sara Carrigan
4.Hackett 1500m
3.Womens 4x 100 Medley ( specifically Petria Thomas butterfly leg)
2.Mens Hockey
1.Thorpe 200 ( the race of the games...)

Enjoyed all of the golds though!!!

Most disappointing moments - Loretta Harrop and Mens 4 x 200 freestyle

 

[Big Mick]

5. Ryan Bayley
4. Sara Carrigan
3. Womens 4 x 100 Freestyle relay
2. Chentelle Newbury
1. Mens Hockey

EFFORT AWARD - Loretta Harrop (I nearly cried when she lost), Mens 4 x 400 athletics team, Womens Basketball and Nathan Baggley

 

[The Colonel]

5. Ryan Bayley
4. Grant Hackett
3. Women's 4 x 100m freestyle
2. Men's Hockey



1. Petria Thomas 100m butterfly - out of the shadow and a champion now in her own right.

 

[Tupac Shakur]

5 - Anna Meares - Cycling 500m Time Trial
4 - Petria Thomas - Swimming 100m
3 - Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle
2 - Mens Hockey
1 - Ryan Bayley - Cyling both events.

 

[OVP]

5. Ballogh in the shooting ... probably our most unlikely gold medal after she only just qualified
4. Bailey cycling sprint
1. Thomas 100m Butterfly
1. Hackett 1500m freestyle
1. Mens Hockey

Cant split those 3 for best Gold ... i screamed my head off at all 3 :lol:

 

[c_eagle]

Anyone who doesn't have Carrigan in their list is INSANE :twisted:

 

[Tidus_Raider]

5. Petria Thomas 100m butterfly
4. Grant Hacket 1500m
3. Womens medley relay
2. Thorpe 200m freestyle
1. Ann Mears - launched our cycling dominance.

 

[Raider_69]

5. Womens Medley Relay - Finally smashing the US stranglehold
4. Thorpe 200m - redemption
3. Sara Carrigan - Aussie spirit at its best
2. Petria Thomas 100m butterfly - Finally an olympic champion in her own right
1. Ryan Bayley - anyone that can win gold on a junk food diet is a hero in my books

 

[sunny]

For me its a toss up between Petria (f**kin' champ she is, fantastic), Thorpey in the 200m or the first womens relay gold. Sara Carrigan's was great also and Bayley's were real good too. Congrats to all our gold medallists though and all our medallists, and most of our competitors........ and most of all the competitors LOL

 

[Wiljoy00]

I think Sarah Carrigan deserves all 5 places,She was riding in the peloton quite a way back from a leading group, no one was going to chase them ,so she did it alone and caught them,I thought,God she wont have anything left, well,we all know the answer now ,don't we???

 

[c_eagle]

I think Sarah Carrigan deserves all 5 places,She was riding in the peloton quite a way back from a leading group, no one was going to chase them ,so she did it alone and caught them,I thought,God she wont have anything left, well,we all know the answer now ,don't we???

Not only did she chase them, she flew right past them, then won the sprint to the finish. What an awesome effort by a great Australian.

 

[CycloneSteve]

All the Golds were great, especially those ones that were unexpected.

But for me, the Aussie performance of the games was the Mens 4x400m Athletics. These are guys we have never even heard of, and to win a silver medal is just awesome. HUGE future for these guys for sure.

 

[Tupac Shakur]

Yeah i was shocked to see them get a medal aswell. No other relay team were even competition to the Americans but good to see us beat the Brits.

 

[c_eagle]

Yeah i was shocked to see them get a medal aswell. No other relay team were even competition to the Americans but good to see us beat the Brits.

Well, the Brits did win the 4X100.

 

[Macca]

5) Hackett - 1500
4) Bailey - Sprint
3) Carrigan - RR
2) Womens 4 X 100
1) Mears - TT