European Games 2023

hckošice · March 28, 2023

Universality quota also for :SVK Ingrid Suchánková -61kg

Also congrats to both our Table Tennis teams to qualify for first time in both categories :thumbup:

TeamGB · March 28, 2023

13 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

awarded a universality quota. There’s something you don’t see often

I didn't think Great Britain were competing in non-olympic sports

Monzanator · March 28, 2023

Ticket prices for ski jumping are between 50-90 PLN so basically less than 20 Euro for the most expensive ones

Dragon · March 28, 2023

24 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

awarded a universality quota. There’s something you don’t see often

Quite a drop. Only Japan were better than Britain in the early 1980s.

Cinnamon Bun · March 28, 2023

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

awarded a universality quota. There’s something you don’t see often

I'm more surprised we didn't let our ego get in the way and reject the quota.

Monzanator · March 30, 2023

Polish Minister of Sport has said Russian athletes will be allowed to participate in EG (and the fencing World Cup) if they sign a special declaration they are against the war in Ukraine AND the war crimes committed by Putin according to the International Criminal Court. Well, you can stick a fork in anyone signing that document especially that Russia (just like USA, China or India) doesn't recognize ICC to begin with :coffee:

https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/igrzyska-olimpijskie/kamil-bortniczuk-wpuscilby-rosjan-do-polski-tylko-pod-jednym-warunkiem/hqzhmcy

Olympian1010 · April 2, 2023

Flame of Peace will be lit in Rome tomorrow :torch:

I believe the ceremony will be broadcast here: https://eoctv.org

Edited April 2, 2023 by Olympian1010

Grassmarket · April 2, 2023

On 3/30/2023 at 9:07 AM, Monzanator said:

Polish Minister of Sport has said Russian athletes will be allowed to participate in EG (and the fencing World Cup) if they sign a special declaration they are against the war in Ukraine AND the war crimes committed by Putin according to the International Criminal Court. Well, you can stick a fork in anyone signing that document especially that Russia (just like USA, China or India) doesn't recognize ICC to begin with

https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/igrzyska-olimpijskie/kamil-bortniczuk-wpuscilby-rosjan-do-polski-tylko-pod-jednym-warunkiem/hqzhmcy

Agree, that is really asking people to stick a target on their back, Polish Government should really have known better given Poland’s Communist history when such Declarations were demanded almost weekly.

Olympian1010 · April 7, 2023

EOC released some info on a couple of sports today: https://www.eurolympic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023_04_04_Participation_Sports_KM2023.pdf

An interesting highlight: “Medals will be awarded to the three best athletes (across all three divisions) of each
individual discipline. However, no medal ceremonies will be arranged. Medals will be counted in the official medal table of the 2023 European Games.”

Edited April 7, 2023 by Olympian1010