Almaz Ayana smashed her heat

2nd ranked Opals go down to 14th ranked Serbia in the basketball

If there was a medal tally for choking we'd be at the top

The Opals going out is 'only' the loss of a possible silver or bronze medal, but still hilariously shambolic.

Kk, the australian olympic team is cursed.

Nah, just shit.

We not cursed, we are just mentally soft. Were great at being the underdog and almost snagging that thrilling win, but when we are expected to win and the pressure is on we fall into a heap.

Women's discus final was pretty great. Defending champion Sandra Perkovic manages one legal throw and still wins gold lol

I agree that, these days, when Australia are favourites, they crumble. When they are underdogs, it's another story.

But you should be able to handle the pressure of being expected to win.

Keith Miller famously said "pressure is a Messerschmidt up the arse. Playing cricket is not"

They love playing these sports, and  (at the end of the day), it's just sport. So they need to remember that and maybe they won't crumble so easily.

It's never been harder to win an Olympic medal than it is now. The traditional powerhouses are still strong but now there's a bunch of countries that have got stronger with improved access to facilities and training programs. We will never have it as good as we used to.

Meanwhile Tom Burton wins gold in the laser with an increadible clutch performance in the medal race. Great stuff.

Imo it's more difficult to win as many gold medals as it was previously. So much will depend on adequately funding both grassroots and elite sport.

But it's also a case of too many (but thankfully not all) Australian athletes choking badly. Too many weren't able to perform to their potential. Well done Tom Burton, though!!!

One thing that has occurred to me is it probably has not helped having Kitty Chiller in charge of them. It probably didn't make much difference, but it didn't help.

There's no point in having somebody so pushy who draws lots of attention to the Australian Team before the games have even started. For the wrong reasons. Then goes claiming that she anticipates record medal hauls (granted, she's not the only one, I thought we were a good shot at that too, as did Grace Note). But it's worse when the Chef de Mission is doing this on the record.

Next time, they need somebody who is competent, good at relating to everybody and a lot quieter in how he/she goes about things. Fly under the radar

Kitty Chille kick the winners out, made Australia Olympic team in her image...a group of losers who come 21st in a Olympic sport no body cares about

the only way Lithuania can beat the Boomers, is the Lithuanian shoot 3pts out of there ass......out side of Valanciunas and Maciulis, Lithuania a very  average team 

this

opal disappointing joining our hockey teams

great job winning the laser

Brazil out on penalties (women's football) which is great.

Opals gave away too many cheap possessions.  Serbia more determined.

This lad going off and calling it like it is.  What a champ.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/boxer-blows-up-in-extraordinary-postfight-interview/news-story/2381abb5633b61a245f540a1a015c21a

Australia win gold in the Lazer sailing.

Greece win silver in the 10,000m Marathon swim. 

Excellent! 

Look up at the ceiling in your office or house and just think that the blokes in the high jump are clearing the cornice in that room.

Blows you away that when you stand next to the wall the ceiling is still 500-600mm away and they're jumping over that.

They're currently clearing 2.36m.

Ella Nelson sets a PB in the 200m semis but unfortunately misses the final by 0.01

Do we have anymore medal hopes?

Friggin hope we beat our Beijing effort! 

More armchair experts giving it to Michelle Jenneke for coming 6th in her heat. These experts are probably so unfit they couldn't run to the corner shop for a pie and a coke.


Sickening.

Gotta love the reporter who didn't try to stop Michael from swearing. He knew he was robbed and had every right to be pissed off and unleash a foul-mouthed tirade.

The ghost of the London Olympics looms large over the current Rio contingent. You can tell that when the organizers were over-emphasizing the point that they were going to smash the London disappointment that it was the wrong mindset to be going into the Olympics with. 

Telling a favorite "We expect you to win gold" is not a great strategy for easing the pressure, regardless of mental toughness. 

I am happy with all the performances. It's not easy competing at that level and they work very hard to get there.

Just a couple more Australian Gold would go down nicely though. 

Exactly, non-Olympians having a crack at actual Olympians is disgraceful.

I see you having a crack at footballers on a weekly basis though ...... 

I genuinely believe his awesomeness and legacy is made even better by his showboating. 

And in 20+ years when guys are regularly hitting the 9.4s we'll still remember Bolt and still wondering what if, and that to me is a hell of a legacy. 

pundits "experts" expect :12 gold medals to rival great britain, china. to vindicate australia's dominance because "we" play our own sports

I am content with - any medal at all