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  1. Big news today: IOC considers ending Winter Olympics after 2034 edition amid climate change fears: https://gamesbids.com/eng/winter-olympic-bids/future-winter-bids/ioc-considers-ending-winter-olympics-after-2034-edition-amid-climate-change-fears/
    6 points
  2. Got a solo picture from the run in the turn before starting the climb up the roof. Was a bit afraid of that turn, but it was surprisingly easy.
    4 points
  3. looking at those rankings, in the men's Kata the 4 currently in the qualifying position look almost safe...the first not yet qualified man is the German Smorguner, but he has to make up around 500 points over Busato and 600 over Diaz, which is highly unlikely... in the men's -67kg Kumite, we have Dacosta and Crescenzo miles and miles ahead of the rest, and also Figueira in the -67kg "original" still has some margin over his closest rival...but the fight for the second spot in the -60kg "original" is very close, with many players within a few points... in the men's -75kg, the situation is quite locked in, with only Horuna having a small chance to catch the 4th useful place (but he has a lot of points -around 500- to make up over Scott)... in the men's +75kg, Horne and Ganjzadeh from the "original" +84kg class are almost safe, they have such a wide margin over their rivals that probably they don't even need to show up at all the remaining events to qualify...meanwhile the -84kg part of the Olympic Heavyweights is a lot more interesting, even if the fight is basically down to 3 players ( Kvesic, Isakau and Chobotar) for 1 place ( Aktas is also almost safe in his top spot)... the women's Kata has 3 names ( Sanchez Jaime, Bottaro and Lau) basically sure to be in Tokyo, with the 4th spot still up for grabs and with many pretenders (at least 4 still fully in contention)... in the women's -55kg class, we have the -50kg "original" part of the ranking already decided, with Arapoglu and Plank having a really wide margin over the closest rival ( Bouderbane, who has more than 700 points to make up, almost impossible)...meanwhile the -55kg "original" part is still a mess, with 5 girls still in contention with legitimate ambition... and this class is also our main regret, with Sara Cardin out because of an injury to her knee since a few months and now basically with only the highly risky world tournament left to keep her Olympic dream alive... in the women's -61kg, we have Lofty and Yin well ahead of the other girls, Coban with a slimmer margin over the "dangerous zone" and then Prekovic and Philippe fighting for the last spot, but with at least 3 more girls ( Sadini, Grande and Jumaa) not to be completely left out of contention... in the women's heavyweights, Chatziliadou is pretty much safe in top spot, with the +68kg "original" part of the ranking featuring a great fight for the second spot ( Keinanen, Aboualyazed, Florentin and Palacio Gonzalez are all still within a few points) and the -68kg even more messy (only Zaretska is quite a few points above the rest of the girls, but still not so far ahead to be considered safe)...
    3 points
  4. Therese Johaug has signed a 5-year sponsorship deal with Blivakker, one of Norway’s biggest make-up shops. Blivakker, who is part of Brandsdal Group AS, writes in a press release: “We are proud that one of Norway’s biggest sports star wants to join Brandsdal Group. We see Therese Johaug as a good model to promote our products for Blivakker. We will soon launch a new product line of lipsticks at Blivakker and we hope that Johaug’s name will add an extra commercial awareness to our new product line – says CMO of Brandsdal Group AS, Nina Gjorum.” Full press release with comments from Johaug: https://www.brandsdalgroup.com/press-release
    3 points
  5. WKF updated the Olympic ranking. we have lots of changes because of the continental championships. someone corrects me if I'm wrong but it seems right now only except Oceania we have continental Championships points included in the ranking for other continents ?! while continental champs for Africa and Asia are scheduled for July which means 2018 results are irreverent for these continents ! so why WKF are counting them ?! we didn't send most of our A team members to the Asian Champs last year (saving them for the Asian Games) so I assume they can collect more points this year. but at least having all continental champs done, the ranking is more balanced, still long way to go but not bad to have a summary of top 4 in each weight right now Men Kata: 67kg: 75kg: +75kg: Women Kata: 55kg: 75kg: +75kg: only Italy and Turkey have more than 2. they both have 4 which is great. Spain, Azerbaijan and Iran, also have 2.
    3 points
  6. Good point, even though rules in FIBA doesn't let them buy a "whole new team" they cheated in past forging documents, but once in 2011 (or 2013) FIBA investigated seriously and disqualified 6-7 of their players, they had to play the Asian Championship with only 4-5 players but seriously it will be a disaster if Qatar hosts the Olympics, mostly because they usually start buying athletes (or taking it to another level) when they host a competition. this wave of naturalizing athletes in different sports started for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. they always had naturalized players in handball but when they hosted the World Champs they bought a complete team ! so let's just hope that never happens.
    2 points
  7. dcro

    Pan American Games 2019

    qualify a dressage team, get the remaining two individual spots. Eventing and jumping rankings should be published later this week.
    2 points
  8. actually 6x10=60pts for each win. normally you have to win 4-5 matches at least for the gold medals. that's something like 900pts . considering this, even 1000pts difference is not that big to catch up with.
    1 point
  9. NASA WARNING in live WARNING WARNING NASA anounced an Asteroid is coming RUUUUUUUUUUUN RUUUUUUUUUUUUUN SAVE YOURSELVES
    1 point
  10. Therese is a model for everything and everyone.
    1 point
  11. I'll have my votes done in the 24 hours. I told Konig yesterday. Sorry for being late. I don't receive notifications from here so I forget to check it sometimes.
    1 point
  12. 1 point
  13. She needed a new dietary sponsor? Edit:
    1 point
  14. The Shiva Keshavan hype was real
    1 point
  15. Oh come on, the US could have at least sent one of our U16 development squads and won gold . No offense to other nations, were just better than most at women’s soccer (oh yeah I said soccer). Happy that Costa Rica benefits though.
    1 point
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  17. The Barkley Marathon began yesterday . It is known as the toughest endurance race (and I totally recommend watching the documentaries made about it). Currently there is only Karel Sabbe from left in the race after loop 4 of 5. He to do the impossible to make the cutoff for the last loop. Looks like no finishers again this year . Laz (the race director) wins again. P.S the is the only race in the world with an unknown start time (there is a period of 12 hours in which the race can start (runners are given a half hour warning before the start)) and the only race starting by the lighting of a cigarette and firecrackers.
    1 point
  18. intoronto

    Pan American Games 2019

    and (who would have been the 4th team) have withdrawn from the women's soccer tournament, for obvious reasons (to prepare for the World Cup). and received the reallocations, the first team sport for the latter.
    1 point
  19. I would give up on You Tube (though some African/Central Asian/Latin American channels may stream there). I would imagine that Olympic Channel will post all replays about 3-6 months later like Pyeongchang 2018.
    1 point
  20. Here's my photos and videos: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2019_Montevideo_Sprint_Triathlon_American_Cup_and_South_American_Championships
    1 point
  21. Which is still better than having the arrogance to simply not show things live and wait for 'the good time'
    1 point
  22. Congrats wow what a season so far for , now let´s hope for the golden home hattrick with the Seniors . 9 days to go ! Belgium barely even skating tonight, in fact I can understand it, zero motivation its hard to play a last match when you know you are already relegated, but c´mon it´s still a World Championships match and you are playing for your country, show at least a try ... Serbia has all the reasons to run the score, they play at home and for their nation
    1 point
  23. heywoodu

    [OFF TOPIC] General Chat

    If a baby arrives before the 2022 Olympics, you can be quite sure it is not planned Won't say 'accident' or 'not welcome' of course, but not planned
    1 point
  24. I forgot to mention, but I sent in my votes yesterday.
    1 point
  25. 26 Nations winning at least a Medal, 8 of them winning at least 1 Gold Medal... and with only 12 individual and 4 team events (p.s. 25 of the 26 Countries on the podium at least once and all the 8 Gold Medal winners would be in the medal table also without the team events, just considering the individual competitions alone)... and talking of 1 continent only, not even the most dominant one in the world of karate... but still, this isn't enough...better have that fuckin' break dance at the Olympic Games rather than, Athletics and Soccer apart, the most widely spread sport in the world (at the top level, at least)......'cause it's not youth and urban...someone said...
    1 point
  26. Aaaaaaand Sabbe is out as well, second consecutive year with no finisher.
    0 points
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