Summer World University Games 2021 Road to Paris 2024

[Grassmarket 2,759]

31 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Such names are common in South India especially on the Southern India - Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. I know many people who have 4 and even 5 words in their name. The presence of Portugese can be attributed to that. Stalin, however  is a Tamil surname, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state is MK Stalin. 

Really?  Nothing to do with any other  Stalin?   
 

I have always associated South Indian cricketers & musicians with names that do not fit on a single line.  

Edited August 4, 2023 by Grassmarket

[Fly_like_a_don 936]

12 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Really?  Nothing to do with any other  Stalin?   
 

I have always associated South Indian cricketers & musicians with names that do not fit on a single line.  

https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/whats-behind-a-name-indias-stalins/

 

Unsurprisingly, the occasional naming of sons after Stalin, Lenin, Brezhnev, or Khrushchev in India is usually connected with a love for communism. As for daughters, in Kerala one can even, if very rarely, stumble upon women named Pravda (“truth” in Russian), after the Soviet newspaper

 

Kerala is also where the first state-level communist government was formed, back in the 1950s. Thus, a few Keralites were named Pravda, Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Khruschev, Mao, Trotsky, or Che Guevara. Some other names were more neutral and related to Russian culture and traditions, rather than communist ideology: Pushkin, Tanya, or Olga. There is even a village in Kerala – yes, of course it is called Moscow – where meetings of the region’s Stalins and Lenins are still being held. 

 

Aside from Kerala, one can find some Lenins and Stalins in neighboring Tamil Nadu.

 

 

[hckošice 13,267]

Missed it somehow, but earned yesterday its 3rd medal of the games, 2nd silver.

 

The W 20km Race Walk Team (from left Ema Hačundová, Hana Burzalová, Alžbeta Ragasová) finished second behind and ahead of However, It was also the only 3 teams entering the competition ... and yet they still awarded and counted the medals ...

well, good for us, I guess

 

 

 

[bestmen 2,566]

2 bronze in 800m 

 

[bestmen 2,566]

Only 2 bronze , cheateeeeeers 

[bestmen 2,566]

The good thing both got medals , but they have to dominate , europe should not be in the podium , this result is suspicious 

[PHI2019 188]

USA wins first gold medal in these Games thru Jackson Keaton Jones in the men’s 200 meters backstroke. Averting what could have been a gold medal shutout at the Universiade

Edited August 6, 2023 by PHI2019

[Bearas 365]

I'm really doubting the quality of these games considering Lithuania is in top10  I have a feeling none of these medals will mean much...

 

[LDOG 2,199]

Is this the last edition of this nonsense? How does this event survive financially speaking? Like, who even watches it?

[Olympian1010 7,480]

1 hour ago, LDOG said:

Is this the last edition of this nonsense? How does this event survive financially speaking? Like, who even watches it?

They already have hosts lined up for 2025, 2027, and 2029.

 

In general, I watch a lot of the competition, but the time zone was bad for me this time around. 

Edited August 6, 2023 by Olympian1010