What was your favourite Tokyo 2020, Olympic moment?
Posted by: TaylorCS
9th Aug 2021 04:32pm
As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close, we'd love to know - what was your favourite Olympic moment?
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marty
I have many favs in sport but my all time favourite was the women's Boxing at Times even better than some of the men's.
Skylark
When the corrupted, bloated, waste of taxpayer's money was over! And to think that I'll have to endure it in Brisbane in 2032. A disgrace.
Sport
Watching the swimming relay of the Australian teams ...on the podium handing out the medals to each other...
Joh :)
Everyone has a beautiful story in their own right, but this one just stuck with me.
Cedric Dubler finished 21st overall in the decathlon but deserves a share of Ash Moloney’s bronze for the way he spurred his training partner on during the final leg. Knowing he was out of medal contention, Cedric sacrificed his own race and ran alongside Ash to act as a pacer, yelling encouragement and spurring his mate on. He sacrificed his own event here just to help his teammate.”
Totally selfless - the human spirit never ceases to amaze me!
Natasa
My favourite Olympic moment was the opening and closing ceremony. I always love seeing what countries come up with and I think that given the current pandemic Japan did a fantastic job. They paid respect to the current situation and incorporated it into the ceremony.
Danni30723977
Jess Fox’s commentating while she competes and wins gold - a beautiful moment.
Danni30723977
When Cedric Dubler yells encouragement at Ashley Moloney during the 1,500m which helped he secure a bronze medal. Shows the true essence of team work and the strong Aussie spirit - amazing to watch!!
funnysag
The opening ceremony & many events: the gymnastics & 10,000 metres running events.
monicag8
The opening ceremony is when everyone is fresh and enthusiastic
Joolsey
Silver medal in Women’s high jump. She was absolutely gorgeous. Brilliant post match interview. Praise God !
Loz
Jess Fox winning gold
yahoo
seeing Australia carry on showing the world how good we are at sports
dicky a
Australian Pat Tiernan's efforts in the 10km, the grace of Kate Ledecky and Arienne Titmus whenever they competed against each other and the 2 marathons - just gripping
Colonel Snr
Kookaburras winning the hockey silver medal
Jules
when we all saw the amount of medals our athletes received they did us proud
Jules
the time when we all saw the amount of medals our athletes won for a small country they did us proud
Cassidy32114055
It was for sure when the Boomers won the bronze medal in the basketball. That moment when the buzzer went off and the whole team went running in to hug each other with excitement. That medal, although it only be a bronze, means so much to the team, to Australia and to the Boomers that came before them. We have been so close to getting a medal in the men’s basketball multiple times before and this time we did it! It was definitely an emotional game and they made Australia proud!
snowbelldb
I have so many, but probably the ones that you don't see but hear about. The ones where peoples true colours shine through. Where winning isn't everything.
But if I was to pick just one from Australian team mates it would be Jessica wining her gold in the kayak. Her face said it all. Pure excitement and joy, after years of competing, she finally got her Gold. Very well deserved.
Loz
Totally agree and such a wonderful person. Her father commentating was brilliant too!
Stephanie31083282
Seeing Pat Tiernan push through to the end of the 10,000m final! Such a show of determination!
Thinkhard
The most favorable to me was the basketball match between USA and AUS. The scores were close. If Australia won that match - that would be amazing - the sport itself will become more popular in Australia as more bigger sponsors will invest there time and budget to develop the sport in Australia. However, Australia lost the match :(