Summer Non-Olympic Sports Discussion Thread

[Olympian1010 7,971]

In case anyone is confused by the situation, Draughts is a WADA signatory (I believe), and that’s why the Russian flag had to be removed and name tag changed.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

Not that many people might be interested, but the Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships have concluded.

 and  won their first-ever medals! Historic gold medals for both nations.  won a silver medal, their best result in the history of the world championships.

 won a medal after 11 years. Finally!

[phelps 7,670]

just saw the opening night of the new Cricket tournament, The Hundred...

 

it was quite a nice show (the girls can play very good and entertaining cricket, I must say)...I like the new 100-ball format and the new on-screen graphics concept...

 

I think it might be a good think to catch some new spectators also in the non traditional Countries...

 

now we only need an international board that actually wants to try to develop the Game outside the usual places...

[Olympian1010 7,971]

SkiMo World Cup begins tomorrow. From what I can gather, there should be some livestreaming at this link: https://tv.ismf-ski.org

[phelps 7,670]

On 12/16/2021 at 3:53 AM, Olympian1010 said:

SkiMo World Cup begins tomorrow. From what I can gather, there should be some livestreaming at this link: https://tv.ismf-ski.org

The first competitions have been held at the  Adamello, Pontedilegno-Tonale Ski Resort 

 

Men's Sprint

Gold:  Arno Lietha

Silver:  Hans-Inge Klette

Bronze:  Thibault Anselmet

 

Women's Sprint

Gold:  Emily Harrop

Silver:  Lena Bonnel

Bronze:  Giulia Murada

 

Men's Vertical Race (Non-Olympic event in 2026)

Gold:  Rèmi Bonnet

Silver:  Werner Marti

Bronze:  Michele Boscacci

 

Women's Vertical Race (Non-Olympic event in 2026)

Gold:  Axelle Gachet Mollaret

Silver:  Tove Alexandersson

Bronze:  Sarah Dreier

 

the "classic" Individual Races will be held on Sunday...

 

 

tbh, not a good couple of days for Italy, at least in the senior events...

in particular, the discipline's superstar Robert Antonioli was only 4th in the Sprint Race and 9th in the Vertical Race...

hopefully, we'll be better on Sunday...

to save the day, the U-23 & U-20 races, where Italy got a lot of medals (also a couple of Golds)...

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

First-ever medal for  at the Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Source: https://ginnasticando.it/2022/03/27/cantanhede-2022-7th-world-cup-altre-cinque-medaglie-nel-bottino-degli-azzurri/

[Grassmarket 3,403]

14th Annual British Wife-Carrying Championships held today. Congratulations to winner Alex Bone, who wins first prize - a barrel of ale, which I hope he won’t be sharing with the missus.

 

Has qualified for the Big One - the World Championships held annually in the historic home of wife-carrying, .

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10705125/Swept-feet-Couples-annual-wife-carrying-race-150-barrel-ale-prize.html

 

 

[Grassmarket 3,403]

Speedway Grand Prix starts tomorrow in Croatia.  It’ll be a bit of a sad occasion - long-time international feed commentator Nigel Pearson died suddenly just a couple of week ago.  Think TV coverage is now Eurosport Europe-wide, maybe some exceptions. Calendar is pretty much back to normal for the first time post COVID - except for a cancelled trip to , don’t know if they’ve scheduled a make-up race.

 

https://www.fimspeedway.com/sgp/calendar/

 

 

 

 

[phelps 7,670]

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Speedway Grand Prix starts tomorrow in Croatia.  It’ll be a bit of a sad occasion - long-time international feed commentator Nigel Pearson died suddenly just a couple of week ago.  Think TV coverage is now Eurosport Europe-wide, maybe some exceptions. Calendar is pretty much back to normal for the first time post COVID - except for a cancelled trip to , don’t know if they’ve scheduled a make-up race.

 

https://www.fimspeedway.com/sgp/calendar/

 

 

 

 

right now, there's no make-up race for Togliatti yet...

 

but I see that there's a very long break from the end of June to August...

[hckošice 14,822]

In the topic of Obscure sports, the beautiful city of Košice will host from tomorrow 4th June 2022 the European Mini-Football Championship in the former TISC venue and Košice Ice Hockey saint temple the Steel Arena

 

24 Nations will play

 

in Group A with and

 

https://www.emfeuro.eu/group-matches-en