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I knew that former US speed skater - Silver in the Relay at Sochi - Eddie Alvarez had quit skating to play pro baseball.  Although he has mostly been in the minor leagues, he has had a few MLB starts.  Did not realise until just this minute that he is currently playing for the USA in the Tokyo Baseball Final!  

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Apparently a Chinese guy posted a 33.83 500m in Beijing (sea-level!) today (?) :lol: 

 

 

Could be Gao Tingyu, but not sure. @Vic Liu Could that be the name listed in 1st there?

 

Just to clarify: 33.83 would be truly insane on a non-altitude track. Shinhama's 34.07 in Heerenveen is already considered an insane outlier...

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4 minutes ago, dcro said:

Meanwhile, the Four Continents Championships got cancelled again. It was supposed to be held in Japan lol

 

I think this could be the final nail in the coffin of this event which took place only once in Wisconsin of all places. :wacko:

I hope not, and just be another victim of COVID/Japanese xenophobia.

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55 minutes ago, dcro said:

Meanwhile, the Four Continents Championships got cancelled again. It was supposed to be held in Japan lol

 

I think this could be the final nail in the coffin of this event which took place only once in Wisconsin of all places. :wacko:

The whatnow? :p 

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8 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Apparently a Chinese guy posted a 33.83 500m in Beijing (sea-level!) today (?) :lol: 

 

 

Could be Gao Tingyu, but not sure. @Vic Liu Could that be the name listed in 1st there?

 

Just to clarify: 33.83 would be truly insane on a non-altitude track. Shinhama's 34.07 in Heerenveen is already considered an insane outlier...

It's Gao Tingyu. It's held in Urumqi with round 800m-1000m altitude, still a good result though.

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8 hours ago, dcro said:

:yikes:

 

 

Ah, that slightly refreshes the memory and also reminds me why this probably won't be missed a whole lot in terms of overall quality :p 

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Uuuugh just go back to having the events in separate weekends, as had been succesfully the case for many years:wall: 

 

 

There is just no single valid reason for the nonsense that is combining these two events.

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