Dmitry

Unusual result. Many favorites lose. From top-4 only Metallurg previously won KHL tournament (last time 2016). Lokomotiv and Traktor played in the final only. But Lokomotiv won Russian championship (last time 2003). For Avtomobilist it's the best result ever.

Just want to check. There aren't any official World indoor records now, correct? There are only Short Track records on a track. In jumping and shot put indoor and outdoor records were fully merged. At least there isn't any information about a term "World indoor records" at the World Athletics website. https://worldathletics.org/records/by-category/world-records

And I've just found that Men's Team Event in Ski Jumping is with 2-person format now — Super Team. https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Milano-Cortina-2026/Milano-Cortina-2026-Event-Programme.pdf#_ga=2.187834024.1637782579.1709071719-1860462306.1709071688

104 chess players from Russia have changed their nationality in 2023. The biggest names are Alexandra Kosteniuk, Sanan Sjugirov, Alexey Sarana, Vladimir Fedoseev, Nikita Vitiugov, Alexandr Predke, Kirill Alekseenko, Maksim Chigaev, Alexander Motylev, Anton Demchenko, Pavel Tregubov, Nikita Petrov, Evgeny Alekseev. 88 did it in 2022 including Evgeny Romanov and Alina Kashlinskaya, 10 in 2021. https://www.sports.ru/chess/1115746343-104-rossijskix-shaxmatista-smenili-grazhdanstvo-v-2023-m-pyatero-peres.html

Kyrgyz Republic is in the process of changing its flag. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-flag-change-sunflowers-lawmakers-approve-japarov/32740275.html

Denis Taradin who already won Olympic license in kiteboarding competes for

NO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN 2024. There will be no World Championships 2024 for men and women. Unfortunately, FIB has to accept that the clubs and national associations that first showed interest in arranging the tournaments have later chosen not to do so. For this reason FIB has no organizers in 2024. Now FIB have turned it’s focus on World Championships 2025 for both men and women. To start the process now gives FIB and the national member associations good conditions to create really good events in 2025. FIB Executive Committee will have a meeting next week and more information might be published after that.

So it looks like relay in Nordic Combined was excluded from the programme, Team sprint instead

I think some European teams may send their reserve players to South America if they will play in those games or at least to stay some of their big players in Europe without travelling across the ocean.

https://youtu.be/iV1lajRsdjY?si=FZ9ylh2-_k90ZC6U&t=593 Interesting goal to the own empty net. The goal was credited to the last Avangard player who touch the puck, and it was not the goalie.

I think this topic is the best for this news. Members of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) have approved the final steps in the liquidation of the organisation https://gaisf.sport/extraordinary-general-assembly-approves-the-final-liquidation-of-gaisf/

Shericka Jackson aiming for FloJo's 200m world record in Brussels https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/38346398/shericka-jackson-aiming-flojo-200m-world-record-brussels

Yes, but if we don't have petanque in the game I think we can't say what will be France's first choice. In the LA case we can say confidently that in the list there are much more preferred sports for organizers than cricket.

And more of that it will be ridiculous if the local organizers will pay for additional athletes quota with sport they don't want (if it is required, of course)

I thought LA 2028 prefers baseball-softball, flag-football and maybe lacrosse because they are more popular than cricket in the USA. But if they take cricket than lacrosse that means additional sport concept works more from what the IOC wants than the home country.

Two chess players with big positions in the FIDE Ranking. Sanan Sjugirov (31st) will play for and Nikita Vitiugov (25th) will play for

Some more notes to this topic. Runner Alsu Lenneman (Bogdanova) represents since 28 Jun 2023 https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/alsu-bogdanova-14450398 Runner Sardana Trofimova represents since 22 Nov 2022 https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/sardana-trofimova-14408066 She was 2nd at the Belgrade marathon this year. 2012 Paralympic Games bronze medalist in time trial (H3) Svetlana Moshkovich now represents

2018 Russian champion at 50m butterfly in swimming Sofia Spodarenko will compete for Kazakhstan. Figure skater Sofia Samodelkina is going to compete for Kazakhstan too.

141 according to the media.

Daria Virolaynen who last started at the Biathlon World Cup in March 2018 can compete for Finland since 2023-2024 season. https://www.biathlon.fi/2023/08/18/daria-virolaiselle-oikeus-edustaa-suomea-ampumahiihdossa/

And another chess grandmaster, European champion-2021 and 137th in the World ranking Anton Demchenko will play for Slovenia too.

60th in the FIDE ranking chess grandmaster Vladimir Fedoseev will play for

55-years old Tony Hawk have competed at the X Games 2023 in Very Best Trick competition. He was 9th from 10 competitors.

Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (figure skating) will compete for since the new season.

Yes, he is the son and the big Klevchenya is training Golubeva and Silaeva in Kazakhstan too.