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Absolutely. There were some really stupid decisions made by UK Athletics this time round. Not picking Jade O'Dowda (hep) and Lavaii Nielsen (individual 400s) was especially dumb

For those who follow motor sport Ben Llewellin is the son of David Llewellin who was British Rally Champion in the 1980s and competed regularly in the World Rally Championships.

This is actually a better ranking than the one officially published because it ignores all the results that will not be counted when the rankings close next June

Helen Smart (formerly Helen Don-Duncan), British swimmer at the 2000 Olympics and World Short Course Championships medalist, died on Saturday at the age of 42.

My mistake. I had Kouame as being born in 2001.

1 - Actually I thought that was true as well. Although I think not all the new parts will be on every bicycle. 2 - Finucane was 0.17 seconds slower than Friedrich in February, today she was 0.16 seconds faster. Not unexpected that a 20 year old could improve that much in 7 months. 3 - Very important that you remember that Finucane is eighteen months younger that Propster and Kouame and at the World Juniors was a sixteen year old competing against eighteen year olds. The fact she beat them at the European Juniors that year kind of proves my point.

Also she won two silver medals at the Europeans in February and was European Junior champion in 2019 as a 16 year old, beating cyclists two years older than her...

I knew she was good but I didn't expect her to be this good at such a young age.

Reminds me of the controversy about using the word "Niggardly" in English. It's an obscure word meaning "mean about money". It doesn't have any links with racist terms but the far right use it because they can still hint at being racist to their followers while still being able to deny being racist.

I can see a Kuala Lumpur / Singapore / India Commonwealth Games bid working well for 2016

http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/recent_deaths Not easy to find on the website

5 Live Sports Extra are providing about 2 hours radio commentary of the finals most days.

Sarah Lavin of qualified for the Paris Olympics at the 100m hurdles today. You might not know that her boyfriend/partner was the rally driver Craig Breen, who was killed practicing for Rally Croatia three months ago.

Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali said on Twitter: "We are so sad to learn of the passing of Dilano van 't Hoff today at Spa-Francorchamps. "Dilano died in pursuit of his dream to reach the pinnacle of motorsport. Along with the entire motorsport community, our thoughts are with his family and loved ones." McLaren also added: "The McLaren Racing Team are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dilano van 't Hoff in a Formula Regional race at Spa-Francorchamps today. "Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and the entire MP Motorsport team at this difficult time."

The medal format in athletics is just plain stupid.

The vote to expel the IBA passed on a vote of 69 to 1 with 5 declining to vote. Wonder who voted in favour of the IBA?

In Graz, Hmmm.

Rest In Peace Sir Ben Helfgott 1929-2023 His parents and sister were killed by the Nazis and he survived 3 years at the Triblinka extermination camp before sent to England after the war ended. He was captain of the British weightlifting team at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and became a leader of the Jewish community in the UK. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2018.

American ski jumper Patrick Gasienica has been killed in a motorcycle accident in Poland. He was only 24 EDIT - He may have died near his home in the USA. I was fooled by Polish sources reporting his death before American newspapers

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgian-racing-pigeon-auction-record-price-b1723237.html You sure it's not Belgian?

Liang Wenbo Age: 36 Ranking: 72. Finalist in 2015 UK Championship Given a lifetime ban and ordered to pay £43,000 in costs. He was found guilty of fixing or being a party to fixing five matches, trying to get other players to fix nine matches, betting on snooker matches, threatening another player, deleting messages and asking other players to, failing to cooperate with the enquiry. Li Hang Age: 32 Ranking: 71 Given a lifetime ban and ordered to pay £43,000 in costs. He was found guilty of fixing or being a party to fixing five matches, trying to get other players to fix seven matches, betting on snooker matches, deleting messages and asking other players to. Lu Ning Age: 29 Ranking: 65. Semi-finalist at the 2020 UK Championship Given a ban of five years and four months, reduced from eight years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He was not found guilty of inducing others to fix matches. He accepted charges of fixing four snooker matches he played in, betting on matches and deleting messages. Yan Bingtao Age: 22 Ranking: 23. First player born in 2000 to turn professional, won 2021 Masters Given a ban of five years, reduced from seven and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing four snooker matches he played in and betting on matches. Zhao Xintong Age: 25 Ranking: 11. Won 2021 UK Championship and 2022 German Masters Given a ban of one year and eight months, reduced from two and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of being a party to another player fixing two matches and betting on matches himself. Zhang Jiankang Age: 24. Ranking: 93 Given a ban of two years and 11 months, reduced from four years and five months after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in, betting on matches and not giving the WPBSA information. Chen Zifan Age: 27. Ranking: 104 Given a ban of five years, reduced from seven and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing or contrived, or being a party to an effort to fix or contrive the result or score of three snooker matches that he played in. Chang Bingyu Age: 20 Ranking: 88 Given a ban of two years, reduced from three years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in. Zhao Jianbo Age: 19 Ranking: Amateur Given a ban of two years and eight months, reduced from three and a half years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in - and betting on that match. Bai Langning Age: 20. Ranking: 130 Given a ban of two years and four months, reduced from four years after his early admissions and guilty plea. He has to pay £7,500 in costs. He accepted charges of fixing a snooker match he played in.

"How do they decide who gets entered in the men's doubles" "And who gets seeded in the mixed event" Etc. Etc.