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woot! australian wins first gold in 60 years for field event
« on: August 23, 2008, 04:54:39 am »

in pole vault. and he broke a world record while he was at it (",)


http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24228668-5016752,00.html
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Re: woot! australian wins first gold in 60 years for field event
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2008, 05:22:53 am »
Yeah, those damned Australians are doing well again on the olympics. Amazing how such a small country (population wise) can end up with so many medals every time. So far, Jamaica has got you guys beat though  :P

Overall Medal Tally, Olympic Medals per Capita
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Re: woot! australian wins first gold in 60 years for field event
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2008, 10:36:08 am »

i see india are on the back foot with 1 gold per 1.1 billion people  ;D
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Re: woot! australian wins first gold in 60 years for field event
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2008, 06:06:34 pm »
Quote from: danny_galaga on August 23, 2008, 10:36:08 am

i see india are on the back foot with 1 gold per 1.1 billion people  ;D
lol, ouch.
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Re: woot! australian wins first gold in 60 years for field event
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2008, 10:32:34 pm »
Congrats, man!  But I thought this thread had something to do with some kind of Austrailian Woot site... ;D
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