Russia back to win a main artistic swimming events after years.

gets a lot of bad press, but every now and then they get one of the big calls right.       China tells people who weigh less than 110 lb to stay indoors   Quite right, they are making the rest of us feel bad in the lead-up to the Easter chocolate season. 

Hungary and Croatia have won their first-ever medals at European championships after they reached semifinals

HSBC SVNS Singapore 6/7 | Kallang, Singapore   Men`s: 1.  Fiji 2.  Kenya 3.  Argentina 4.  Spain   Women`s: 1.  New Zealand 2.  Australia 3.  Canada 4.  France   Ful Results   Argentina  and New Zealand   are the HSBC SVNS 2024-25 regular season champions in the Men`s and Women`s respectively.   Next and Final Stop: Los Angeles  3-4 May. Top 8 of each gender will play for the Grand Final. Teams ranked 9-12 in each gender will play with the Top 4 in each gender of the Challenger Series final standings for the Promotion/Relegation to the 2025-26 SVNS Series.     Final Standings:   Men`s: 1.  Argentina / 104p CHAMPIONS 2.  Fiji / 96p 3.  Spain / 88p  4.  South Africa / 70p 5.  France / 65p 6.  Australia / 57p 7.  New Zealand / 56p   8.  Great Britain / 50p   This 8 teams will play for the Grand Final in LA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This 4 teams will play for the Promotion/Relegation against the Top 4 of the Challenger Series in LA.   9.  Kenya / 36p 10.  Uruguay / 27p 11.  Ireland / 23p 12.  United States / 12p       Women`s: 1.  New Zealand / 116p CHAMPIONS 2.  Australia / 106p 3.  France / 80p 4.  Canada / 72p 5.  Japan / 64p 6.  United States / 58p 7.  Fiji / 46p 8.  Great Britain / 43p   This 8 teams will play for the Grand Final in LA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This 4 teams will play for the Promotion/Relegation against the Top 4 of the Challenger Series in LA.   9.  Brazil / 33p 10.  China / 30p 11.  Ireland / 22p 12.  Spain / 14p

HSBC SVNS Hong Kong 5/7 | Kowloon, Hong Kong     Men`s: 1.  Argentina 2. France 3.  Australia 4.  Fiji   Women`s: 1.  New Zealand 2.  Australia 3.  Canada 4.  France   Full Results

Liu Jaelyn  wins golds as junior and cadet. she already has a World cup win at the age of 16

men's Cadet Individual Foil   Gold:  Yang Luao Silver:  Ryoga Ono Bronze:  Aiden Siu &  Marco Panazzolo   Semifinals   Yang b. Siu 15-8 Ono b. Panazzolo 15-10   Gold Medal Match   Yang b. Ono 15-11   Full Results & Rankings https://fie.org/competitions/2025/238?tab=results

women's Cadet Individual Foil   Gold:  Liu Jaelyn Silver:  Jo Ju Hyun Bronze:  Zhuang Xinyi &  Tie Zhihe   Semifinals   Liu b. Tie 14-3 Jo b. Zhuang 15-10   Gold Medal Match   Liu b. Jo 11-5   Full Results & Rankings https://fie.org/competitions/2025/237?tab=results

Just like this incident of Nord stream , Russia is making troubles between Mali/ALG to stop the project of pipeline Gas Nigeria/Europe   Europe should help ALG to control the area if they want this Gas , while governements of Niger/Mali are stupid manipulated by Emirats/Russia/Satanyahu 

Rowing season starts tomorrow afternoon & ends tomorrow evening  with The Boat Race.  Some familiar problems - water quality like a 50s horror film & disputes as to whether those recently arrived 28-year old Olympic gold medallists really doing that degree in Sanskrit Philology & Euclidean Geometry.