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Im back after our travel to Japan, here some pictures of that journey

Q&A: -------- What the hell ? : First, thank you for this great question. The Roller Games are the first roller sports games organized by the roller sports federation also known as the "Fédération internationale de Roller Sports", pardon my french). During these games, 110 events from 10 disciplines will be show off during 15 days. 4,000 athletes are expected. Nanjing, like in Nanjing, China ? : Yes, very good ! Not exactly your roller sports mecca, the city was initially chosen to host the second Roller Games in 2019, but after the withdraw of Barcelona in early 2016, both cities switch places making Nanjing the host city of these inaugural games. So what are the sports ? : Immagine the Winter Olympic Games but without the snow and the ice ? Excited yet ? No ? well, you should, because that is exactly what you're going to get: Artistic, Alpine, Speed, Hockey (x2 !)... Wait...two hockeys ? : Yes ! One is played on classic quad skates, when the second one is played on inline skates (pro tip: don't mention the existence of the other hockey to the other group). Rink Hockey, Artistic and Roller Rerby are played on quad skates; Alpine, Downhill, Freestyle, Inline Hockey and Speed are played on inline skates; and finally skateboarding is played... well, on skateboards. No rollerball then ? I'm affraid no. But you have Roller Derby (but yes, that's not the same without the explosions) Why should I care? Because... it's on TV !. Ah forget about that, it probably won't be. Still, with 110 events, the odds are one of your countrymen is going to win one of these medals. And you like some random medals as much as the next guy, right ? Any streams anywhere ? The federation actually has a pretty serviceable streaming service here. There is some hoping, we will be able to catch most of it.

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Yeah, I guess, there is not so much you can do with it sportswize. Yes, but that's the same problem with the other general threads here, someone which is only interested in the legacy issue might not click on a general thread about Rio Games. Besides, we could have a nice recap of every venues and what they become (yeah, that's a bit of work)

Start End Venue Sport Events Expire October 9th October 16th Doha Cycling - Road 4 September 2017 - - Total 1 4 - Medals obtained by Nations only in Olympic Events, considering only the 2016 World Championships for each Sport. Medals obtained by Nations without a recognized Olympic Committee (Scotland, Faroe Islands, etc.) will be assigned to the Nation for which they will compete for at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games (if Scotland wins a medal in Men's Boxing AIBA World Championships, then that medal will be assigned to Great Britain, if Faroe Islands wins a medal in Swimming FINA World Championships then that medal will be assigned to Denmark etc.) Some World Championships allow Athletes from different Nations to compete as a Pair or Doubles Team. This is not possible at the Olympic Games, so in case a mixed team win a World Championships medal, that medal will be awarded to both Nation. Some sports do not have a proper World Championship and some events have a World Championship format which is different to the Olympic format. In order to consider every single Olympic event in the Medal Count, the World Championships medals for these events will be awarded as follows: Event System Click on a Nation to open that Nation's Medals. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Denmark 1 0 0 1 1 Germany 1 0 0 1 1 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 1 United States 1 0 0 1 5 Netherlands 0 2 0 2 6 Belarus 0 1 0 1 6 Great Britain 0 1 0 1 8 Australia 0 0 1 1 8 Belgium 0 0 1 1 8 Finland 0 0 1 1 8 Spain 0 0 1 1 Total Road to Tokyo 2020 4 4 4 12

Medals obtained by Nations only in Olympic Events, considering only the Latest World Championships for each Sport. When a new World Championships is held, previous World Championships' medals will be removed from this Medal Count and replaced by the new set of World Championship medals for these events. Medals obtained by Nations without a recognized Olympic Committee (Scotland, Faroe Islands, etc.) will be assigned to the Nation for which they will compete for at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games (if Scotland wins a medal in Men's Boxing AIBA World Championships, then that medal will be assigned to Great Britain, if Faroe Islands wins a medal in Swimming FINA World Championships then that medal will be assigned to Denmark etc.) Some World Championships allow Athletes from different Nations to compete as a Pair or Doubles Team. This is not possible at the Olympic Games, so in case a mixed team win a World Championships medal, that medal will be awarded to both Nation. Some sports do not have a proper World Championship and some events have a World Championship format which is different to the Olympic format. In order to consider every single Olympic event in the Medal Count, the World Championships medals for these events will be awarded according to different formats, listed in detail year by year. Click on a Nation to open that Nation's Medals. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 50 27 23 100 2 China 41 31 24 96 3 Russia 28 27 18 73 4 Japan 18 25 16 59 5 Germany 17 7 19 43 6 Great Britain 16 14 23 53 7 Netherlands 15 16 6 37 8 France 14 10 18 42 9 Australia 12 17 19 48 10 New Zealand 10 4 3 17 11 Hungary 8 5 4 17 12 South Korea 7 6 14 27 13 Brazil 6 6 9 21 14 Italy 5 12 19 36 15 Poland 5 7 8 20 16 Kenya 5 2 4 11 17 Spain 4 12 10 26 18 Cuba 4 5 2 11 19 Ukraine 4 4 8 16 20 Canada 4 2 16 22 21 Denmark 4 2 2 8 22 Czech Republic 4 2 0 6 23 Turkey 3 5 5 13 24 Jamaica 3 5 4 12 25 Uzbekistan 3 2 3 8 26 Chinese Taipei 3 2 2 7 27 Georgia 3 0 3 6 28 Ethiopia 2 5 1 8 28 Ireland 2 5 1 8 30 Belarus 2 4 4 10 30 North Korea 2 4 4 10 32 Belgium 2 3 3 8 32 Serbia 2 3 3 8 34 Azerbaijan 2 2 3 7 35 Greece 2 2 2 6 36 Iran 2 1 4 7 37 Philippines 2 1 1 4 38 Slovenia 2 0 2 4 39 Uganda 2 0 0 2 40 Sweden 1 7 9 17 41 Croatia 1 4 7 12 41 India 1 4 7 12 43 Switzerland 1 4 6 11 44 Kazakhstan 1 2 10 13 45 Norway 1 2 3 6 45 Portugal 1 2 3 6 47 Armenia 1 2 2 5 48 Colombia 1 1 3 5 49 Indonesia 1 1 2 4 49 Israel 1 1 2 4 49 Thailand 1 1 2 4 52 Bahrain 1 1 1 3 52 Qatar 1 1 1 3 54 Bahamas 1 1 0 2 55 Grenada 1 0 0 1 55 Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 1 55 Peru 1 0 0 1 55 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 59 Romania 0 3 2 5 60 Mexico 0 2 3 5 61 Estonia 0 2 2 4 61 Malaysia 0 2 2 4 63 Bulgaria 0 1 4 5 63 South Africa 0 1 4 5 65 Austria 0 1 3 4 65 Ecuador 0 1 3 4 67 Argentina 0 1 1 2 67 Chile 0 1 1 2 69 Algeria 0 1 0 1 69 Bosnia and Herzegov. 0 1 0 1 69 Latvia 0 1 0 1 69 Puerto Rico 0 1 0 1 73 Hong Kong 0 0 4 4 74 Kosovo 0 0 3 3 74 Mongolia 0 0 3 3 74 Morocco 0 0 3 3 77 Egypt 0 0 2 2 77 Nigeria 0 0 2 2 79 Bangladesh 0 0 1 1 79 Burkina Faso 0 0 1 1 79 Cote d'Ivoire 0 0 1 1 79 Dominican Republic 0 0 1 1 79 Finland 0 0 1 1 79 Jordan 0 0 1 1 79 Kuwait 0 0 1 1 79 Moldova 0 0 1 1 79 Namibia 0 0 1 1 79 North Macedonia 0 0 1 1 79 Slovakia 0 0 1 1 Total Road to Tokyo 2020 339 340 421 1100

Amazing They look so happy. Congrats, you have great talents in women´s K1 for the future, no doubts

Wait, something in a local newspaper's website http://www.ed.nl/sport/teunissen-otten-en-leenders-europees-kampioen-kanoslalom~ab1a72cd/

i don`t think that "Europe"will do sth Europe doesn`t hurt as such, they undertake many tough jobs, economies probably like them normal people hurt and there will be "one magical moment" of crossing the border. I think that some kind of gangs, ultra-right groups of "IRA" character (military groups) will start get created, not big even, 5-10 people per city - it will be enough. ISIS probably only waits for this and sadly this way or another it will start to happen. When there`s action there`s reaction...that was, is and will be a nature of mankind. The reaction is so slow up-to-date really only because Europe got really civilized and forgiving. In former ages it`d be totally different story. Guess why ISIS wants innocent muslims to be killed... :/

Fabian De Luna with good chances of advancing to the Rings final

The future semi-senil grand pa in me wanted to share something It's actually not the first time, the Nîmes romans arenas host a sporting event. In the early 90's the arenas were coverted and a couple of handball matches and a Davis Cup tie were played there. Thank you for your time.

I just realized that you didn't stated it was a men's road cyling event in the thread's tittle. And yet, I didn't get confused, thinking it could be a women BMX event. intriguing

May the force be with you

Yes, she is a team member. You can ceck it here

Hahaha, Margit Appelt

This looks like it's going to cause trouble

I also got on Inside The Games - they are screwed without us!

Duh.. screw this and watch SEA Games Opening instead ()

Sounds like the Vuelta will start in Spain after all

I lived and worked in Nimes for almost 2 years yes it´s a beautiful place, but too hot in summer..too hot

Sound now. https://livestream.com/FISU/events/7635091

How convenient for Canter, the only one in this team rotation without refusal.

The 4th fence is the evil

Yes, they are here solely as the individuals.

No. But you can turn them back.

And that's bad. Obviously more terror attacks are to be expected and even though every one is a shock, it's absolutely not a 'surprise'. Also 'counter attacks' are to be expected, against just as innocent people, and both of them are pure shit.

Luckily swimming is only a technical sport and doping wouldn't help as much there.

I doesn't look good in this photo, but I wanted share of whom I saw today

Another thing: why always the semi-autistic 'need' (I'm an autist so I can call it that ) to always have [Gender] [Sport] [Event] as thread titles, whereas in many cases, like Tour de France, that's just really unncessary. There is no 'Women's Sprint Canoeing Tour de France' or something, for the love of everything, just relax with these super tight North Korean-like rules

Since there's not a whole lot of discussion about it in the General Chat (none, to be precise), I'll just throw down my suggestion right here about more topics instead of forcefully having to post each and every bit of news, even major news, in one central thread. ------------ By the way, about new users: it doesnt exactly help that all tennis news goes in one tennis thread, all biathlon news goes in one biathlon thread, all road cycling news goes in one road cycling thread and so on. It'd be a lot more helpful if certain 'news events' would have their own thread, especially if it's sort of unique news. Like, if there's big news about speed skating but only in Dutch yet, I could translate it and open a thread for it, then link to it in English on social media. Or big news about sport X that's only in media in a country with non-English language Y yet, someone who speaks language Y could translate it (or at least the highlights/main points) and have a thread about it which can be linked and shared in English on social media. If everything is in all these central threads and any change in that is absolutely impossible 'because it is impossible', there's no reason at all to link to Totallympics on social media. I post pretty much sports news on social media but I only link to Totallympics maybe once or twice a year to give someone an example of something. Example: http://totallympics.com/index.php?/forum/23-beach-volleyball/ A beach volleyball subforum, which a beach volleyball fan could see and think "Awesome! Let's see all the fun that's in there!", only to discover that there's literally just four threads in it, with literally just one that could still logically be active. One! An entire subforum for one single thread! Like is the case with most sports. Why not have a subforum for beach volleyball and open a bunch of threads there when there is news, for a tournament, etc? It just doesn't make sense. --------------

Giannis Antetokounbo will miss eurobasket due to injury

Namtsava is eliminated

Too bad that they're replacing the archeological museum with this futuristic horror of a 'modern architecture' building, right next to the arena..