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Women’s hockey quarter-finals: it’s three-quarter-time at Oi Hockey Stadium and still Australia have not found a way through India’s defence. The Hockeyroos are trailing 1-0 and have 15 minutes to do something about it.
This is a huge upset in the making. India’s women have never got to a semi-final at the Olympics before.
Sue Aspinall writes in to ask what I’m sure many are thinking:
Hi Scott enjoying the running commentary, but can you explain how in the HJ they have the same height and tie the gold, whereas LJ have the same distance and it gets separated on a mysterious countback, what is this?
Maybe you or, more likely, another reader can explain why long jumpers often start their run-up with those prancing, loping strides, rather than just accelerating as fast as possible like the sprinters do?