World Games 2025

[heywoodu 16,041]

1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said:

Watson? He's here and he's in final

Oh, overlooked him then, my bad  

[heywoodu 16,041]

I have, again, questions

 

What's up with so many team sambo matches being cancelled today?

 

Spoiler

 

Also, I knew sambo is heavily Russia-oriented, but I didn't know that like in wrestling everyone and their mom has gotten themselves a Dagestani to fight for them  

[phelps 8,307]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Just now noticed that 'road inline skating' isn't really what I thought it was, but just...well, a track...that happens to have a road-like surface  

 

I thought I was watching track inline skating the past two days, when they were skating on a track, turns out that was road. Roughly the same names in both I see, too bad there aren't really that interesting names from the world of speed skating - I've seen Fran Vanhoutte  and Dan Guo  and that's about it.

inline skating has normally 2 and a half "disciplines": "track" racing is done on a 200m oval track like the indoor athletics' but with a hard surface (and more often than not still outdoor), "road" racing is divided into the classic events (same criteria of the track racing, but on longer distances) contested on a road surface-alike track (with all kinds of shape possible and the lap distance being between 300m and 500m) and the true road events (the 100m race -normally being a time trial qualification race and then a knockout phase for the best 16/32- and the marathon race -no need to explain that...it is just what everybody imagine)

 

about participation, it's clear that the athletes care much about the world skate games and the world championships a lot more than the world games, especially because some big names who try and share the duties between inline and speedskating right now are already working for the season on the ice and the Olympic dream -2 names above all: Bart Swings and Metodej Jilek

[heywoodu 16,041]

It'd be nice if in the powerlifting they actually show the weights the athletes are attempting. I mean, I feel like that would add value to the viewing experience.

[Grassmarket 4,065]

3 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

The one you are talking about is not péanque , but boule lyonnaise, which as its name will tell you comes from Lyon and not the Porvence area. 

Traditionnaly, it's as much cig and booze compatible as the other one. But, they have been trying this 'sport' thing for some decades, thus, the running bit.

Internationnaly, there is only one federation running both 'sports', but in France, at least, there are two different differations.

So Lyon is guilty of two major crimes against humanity.

 

1.  Boule Lyonnaise

2. Restaurants sell win in ,46l carafes, not .50l as all the rest of the world does.  

[Fer GUA 581]

Silver for   in kickboxing. First time  has won more than 1 medal at a single Games.

[Olympicsnell 332]

really enjoying flag football, only watched morning session so far but 3 really close games including canada v u.s

 

the female commentator is really good, the male commentator is just reading from his generic phrasebook, just give her the mic and go have a lie down

[hckošice 15,556]

Slovakia at the World Games 2025

1 - 2 - 1

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4th Medal for , and second Silver, 2nd Combat sport medal

all 4 medals won by 4 women 

 

Lucia Cmarová 

Kickboxing (W K1 -60kg)

SILVER MEDAL

 

[heywoodu 16,041]

Well, those sambo team competitions were one big flop  

 

Most of the quarter finals cancelled, most of the fights in the medal matches didn't even happen due to injuries so we got like a 1-fight final  

[Faramir 445]

First ever medal for , with Gbetable advancing to the final in the petanque precision shooting.