Emma Navarro takes out defending champion Cori Gauff for the second Grand Slam in a row. Gauff played terrible, she had more double faults than winners
Discussion over on a British athletics board that this was just too late in the season for most people, who have probably been running since the University season in May. Mind you, the Australians have been going since February, so....
Well yeah, but I’d honestly be surprised if Russia weren’t in medal contending form, they always are. Russia has been one of the top nations in ice hockey for many many years and there’s no reason to think otherwise.
They have a good non-NHL team (they did win gold in Beijing after all…), and with NHL players finally returning to the Olympics they’ll be even stronger. Some of the players like Kucherov have spoken about the upcoming Olympics and are quite keen to represent their countries if given the chance of course.
The last time Russia played was in February 2022 in Beijing at the Olympics, and Belarus probably even earlier. We don't know what form these teams are in, which players will decide to play at the Olympics, etc. For example, Italy in football, less than a year after winning Euro 2021, didn`t qualify for the World Cup after losing at home to North Macedonia...