HPN #Rio2016 – Day 15 Preview

Highlight of the day Handball – Women’s Of all the Olympic sports, handball might be the most neglected. Handball has the speed of basketball, the tactics of water polo and the scoring of volleyball. Two time defending champions Norway were knocked out in the semi-finals in overtime, by a plucky

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HPN Rio 2016 Day 14 preview

Highlight of the day Cycling – Women’s individual BMX, Men’s individual BMX OK – we’ve gone heavy on cycling so far, but we promise you that the BMX is worth it. After the qualifying run, three quarterfinals and three semifinals, the whole thing comes down to one freaking run over

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HPN #Rio2016 – Day 13 preview

Highlight of the day Diving – Women’s 10m platform The 10m platform is legitimately insane. If you miss you mark from 10 metres up…you’re going to have a bad time. Also FLIPS AND TRICKS AND STUFF. JUST ENDLESS FLIPS!!! Current world champion Kim Kuk-hyang, the first North Korean champion in

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HPN #Rio2016 – Day 12 preview

Highlight of the day Athletics – Women’s long jump We’re on record as pro-long jump in terms of the spectacles and narratives it produces, the drama of foul jumps, the tension of close measurements, and the like. The biggest point of interest here is that it’s the only competition that

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HPN AFL Round 21 ratings

We’ve now got a fairly clear picture of where teams sit in their season performances to date. Four clubs sit at the top, rated above 110%, with a gap back to Hawthorn (shaky early, maybe still shaky) and the fading Bulldogs. Down the other end Essendon are making a late

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HPN #Rio2016 – Day 11 Preview

Highlight of the Day Cycling – Women’s Omnium Laura Trott will be going for her second straight gold in the Omni, but faces a tough challenge in the ever-unpredictable event. One bad event can sink a campaign, or one opportune breakaway in the  points race (one of the best Olympic

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HPN #Rio2016 – Day 10 preview

Highlight of the day Athletics – Women’s 3000m steeplechase The steeplechase consists of 28 barrier jumps and 7 water jumps and originated in Ireland. It is usually dominated by Kenyan runners and a Kenyan is likely to win this one too. However the question is whether she will be wearing the

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HPN #Rio2016 Day 9 Preview

Highlight of the Day Diving – Women’s 3m springboard At HPN we rate backflips and twists pretty highly. It doesn’t get much more backflippy and twisty than the 3m springboard. There’s sports that we could reasonably compete in, and there’s things like the springboard in which we’d be lucky to

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