Start this week. There are the big rivalries to look forward to, but I think the biggest question on everyone's lips is...
...Will Yorkshire beat Australia in the medals table again?
Aussie will dominate your ass once again, they only won by 40 golds last time. Yorkshire sucks
Yip, they got twice as many gold's as we go total <_<
We (NZ) are ranked 11th.. hopefully we can get into the top 10 this time.. Valerie Adams is always good for a gold 'touch wood'..
Yip, they got twice as many gold's as we go total <_<
We (NZ) are ranked 11th.. hopefully we can get into the top 10 this time.. Valerie Adams is always good for a gold 'touch wood'..
Commentators curse!
I would expect we will get a lot higher on the medal table this time. The 2010 Commonwealth Games were very disappointing for NZ in terms of gold medals. We just kept getting 2nd. We ended up with 6 gold medals, 8 bronze, and 22 silver medal. In terms of the total number of medals won it was a pretty successful games for us (36 medals - 5th highest overall), but 'success' at Commonwealth (and Olympic) games seems to judged almost solely in terms of the number of golds....
I'm predicting we will get into the double figures in terms of gold medals these Games. We should get a few golds in cycling and athletics, and we have strong gold medal contenders in swimming, triathlon, weightlifting, squash and netball, and will certainly be favourites in the 7's again.
I'm not usually a big cycling fan, but it will probably be the highlight of the games. Australia completely dominated at the last Commonwealth Games in cylcing, but Great Britain were the dominant force at the Olympics. Obviously England, Scotland and Wales will individually be weaker the Great Britain, but they clearly have plenty of quality cyclists! New Zealand too probably have their strongest Commonwealth Games cycling squad ever, so there should be some fascinating contests...
If Valerie Adams doesn't win gold it will arguably be the biggest upset of the Games....
yeah i bet no-one knew i was from star trek
I see Canada moved past us again...
If we can beat Canada and NZ these games I'd be happy.
I see Canada moved past us again...
If we can beat Canada and NZ these games I'd be happy.
SimonG will be foaming at the mouth at this expression of colonial Imperialism, particularly since the games do not feature a Soccer competition.
The issue I have with the games is the value of medals...swimming for instance. GB had a fantastic Olympics in London except for the swimming where there were no golds...here there are 25. How many of these would translate to world or Olympic competition?
Rugby is pretty much a commonwealth sport (bar southwest France) so the winner of the 7s is the best there is....but I can't think of too many other sports where this would apply...cricket would be if it was played here too.