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Adolescent, someone in puberty, I don't know. Also: please refrain from using the term Jurassic when it's not about an interesting theme park or about @phelps

naaa..it's quite entertaining... I saw something similar in the Italian Parliament...more than once, actually!

https://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2020&mm=01&dd=15&nav_id=1642126 Znaci i Jokic u paketu

99% of Italians competing in winter sports come from Sud Tirol and have a German heritage. I wasn't born yesterday, you know

"But the green light is still on!" "The red light is on!" "And he goes over half a second faster!!!!" --> someone who was 28th or something in run 1 and so going half a second faster than number 29 is just not very interesting since the medals are - normally - far from being decided yet.

Anyone else noticed how every few skiers someone is 'a powerful athlete who can make up time in the bottom!' who then goes on to follow the trend of his run and not make up time in the bottom?

No. The rules are clear, every player had to play. In fact every player had the same ice time. 3 periodes of 16 minutes each. 3 lines of 3 players + 2 alternating guys (every match 2 different players), the first line play the whole match meanwhile the other two lines add the alternates for every second shift to replace always another player. For every game the first line has to be different, in match 2 the 2nd line became the 1st line etc... each shift is on the ice for exactly for 1 minute and have to be changed by the next line (48 shifts in total) Each team had 2 Goaltenders, they were changed every 8 minutes, so even the goalies had the same ice time.

I watch a bit of equestrian once in four years and if the jumping is shown on Dutch TV that's with Dutch commentary, if it's only on a stream it's with no commentary. I've also never had the need to watch gymnastics with English commentary. There really isn't that much I need to watch with English commentary, luckily.

It looks that the Italian WinterSports Federation and the Italian National Olympic Committee officially asked the IOC to include Natural Track Luge (3 more events, men and women's Singles and open Doubles...most likely, no Team event) in the 2026 Olympic Games schedule...

well, the team is as strong as its weakest link. they won gold so they were the strongest Congrats for your athlete, they are seriously impressive here

So both Spanish players (Pablo González and Eva Aizpuria) have won gold medals in ice hockey. I guess they have not been the most important players of their teams (even though Pablo scored a goal in the final), but it is fun to see some Spanish ahletes doing well in Winter sports.

2020 UWW Ranking Series, Matteo Pellicone Tournament (Ostia, ITA) The first stop on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games travels through Rome, Italy, for the first of two Ranking Series events, the Matteo Pellicone. The four-day tournament kicks off January 15-18 in Ostia, a port city of ancient Rome, located 30km away from the city center. The stacked entry list includes seven reigning world champions, all three 2019 Wrestlers of the Year and over 30 world medal holders from the 2019 World Championships. Freestyle boasts nine world medalists, one of which is a two-time world champion. Greco-Roman features four podium finishers from Nur-Sultan, and women's wrestling rounds out the tournament with an astonishing six reigning world champs and 18 medalists from Kazakhstan. World Champions That Are Registered: FS 74kg - Kyle Douglas DAKE (USA) – two-time world champion at 79kg WW 57kg - Linda MORAIS (CAN) – world champion at 59kg WW 62kg - Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) – world champion at 65kg WW 62kg - Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) WW 69kg - Tamyra Mariama MENSAH (USA) WW 76kg - Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) – world champion at 72kg WW 76kg - Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) Trio of Wrestlers of the Year Entered The trio of United World Wrestling's 2019 Wrestlers of the Year Frank CHAMIZO (ITA), Viktor LORINCZ (HUN) and Tamyra MENSAH-STOCK (USA) will all be in action at the Matteo Pellicone. Frank Chamizo, the Freestyle Wrestler of the Year and two-time world champion, is searching for his third Ranking Series title since 2018. He competed in three Ranking Series events last season and captured gold at the City of Sassari Tournament in front of a friendly Italian crowd. He also finished with a silver medal at the Yasar Dogu and a bronze at the Dan Kolov before dropping his world finals match to Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS). Viktor Lorincz, Greco-Roman's Wrestler of the Year, is making his sixth Ranking Series appearance of his storied career. Through his five previous showings, the 2019 world runner-up has tallied a perfect 19-0 record while reaching the top of the podium in each outing. Tamyra Mensah-Stock, the 2019 Women's Wrestler of the Year and reigning 68kg world champion, will scrap in her seventh career Ranking Series event. Last year, she wrestled at three of the four Ranking Series events and claimed gold medals at the City of Sassari Tournament, Dan Kolov and Ivan Yariguin. Potential Dake and Chamizo Matchup Some of the biggest personalities in the sport already reside at 74kg. Well, Kyle DAKE (USA) just added his name to the likes of Jordan BURROUGHS (USA), Frank Chamizo and Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS), among many others. The weight gained massive depth after Dake announced he's moving down from 79kg, a weight where he's the reigning two-time world champion. The timing of Dake's move couldn’t have come at a better time for wrestling fans, especially heading into the Matteo Pellicone where there’s a long list of renowned wrestlers entered, including Italy's own Frank Chamizo. Dake and Chamizo is a must-see potential matchup that wrestling fans can't miss. Although Dake is fairly defensive at times, he is one of the best offensive wrestlers on earth when it comes to unconventional positions. Coupling that with Chamizo being one of the toughest wrestlers to score on because of his unorthodox defensive style of wrestling; it’s a match that could light up the scoreboard. In addition to the above-mentioned pair of two-time world champions, 74kg will also feature Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR), James GREEN (USA) and Yones EMAMICHOGHAEI (IRI). Demirtas is a Rio bronze medalist, Green is a two-time world medalist, and Emamichoghaei is a reigning world bronze medalist, though that was down at 70kg. Indian Stars Making the Trip to Rome Reigning world medalists Kumar RAVI, Bajrang BAJRANG, and Deepak PUNIA will lead a loaded freestyle squad into the Matteo Pellicone. Ravi qualified India for the 2020 Olympic Games at 57kg with a bronze-medal finish in Nur-Sultan and quite possibly has the toughest road to gold in Rome. Ravi's road could weave through a trio of seasoned American wrestlers with past senior or age-group world medals and a 2020 Olympian. The United States is sending Joseph COLON (USA), Daton FIX (USA) and Thomas GILMAN (USA). Colon medaled (bronze) at 61kg in 2018, while Gilman was a 2017 world runner-up in Paris and finished in fifth place in 2018. But it's the youngster Fix who is the leading man at the weight for the Stars and Stripes after downing Gilman for the world championship starting sport. Fix was a junior world champion back in 2017 Serbia's Stevan MICIC will also be competing at 57kg. Micic became his nation's first freestyle Olympian after finishing in fifth place at the 2019 World Championships. Bajrang, a 2018 word silver medalist and 2019 world bronze-medal finisher, could see Iran's reigning world bronze medalist Behnam EHSANPOOR on his road to a potential fourth career Ranking Series gold. India’s inserted junior world champion Deepak Punia at 86kg. The 2019 Junior Wrestler of the Year qualified India for the Olympic Games after finishing the 2019 World Championships with a silver medal. Punia's toughest competition at the weight will be 2018 world silver medalist Fatih ERDIN (TUR) and 2020 Olympian Myles AMINE (SMR). U23 World Champion Nickal Moving up to Challenge Snyder at 97kg Three months after bulldozing his way to a U23 world title at 92kg, Bo NICKAL (USA) is bumping up to the Olympic weight of 97kg with hopes of dethroning two-time world and Rio Olympic champion Kyle SNYDER (USA) for the starting spot. Snyder, known by American fans as "Captain America," qualified the weight for the 2020 Olympic Games with a bronze-medal finish in Nur-Sultan. He's been America's starter since 2015 when he became the youngest American to win a world title. Six of Ten Women's Wrestling World Champs Set to Scrap in Rome Over a handful of women's world champions from Nur-Sultan will be in action in Rome – six to be exact – but of those six reigning champs, there's a trio of women moving from non-Olympic weights to Olympic weight in preparation for a run at Olympic gold. The six Nur-Sultan winners are: Linda MORAIS (CAN), Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS), Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), Tamyra Mariama MENSAH (USA), Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) and Adeline Maria GRAY (USA). But Morais, Trazhukova and Vorobeva will all be moving from their non-Olympic winning weights to Olympic weight classes. Morais, who won world gold in 2019 at 59kg, is on her way down to already stacked 57kg. In early December, Morais defeated Hannah TAYLOR (CAN) in two straight matches at the Canada Wrestling Trials and will be Canada’s starter for the 2020 season. The addition of Morais bolsters a weight class that now features three-time world and Olympic champion Risako KAWAI (JPN) and RONG Ningning (CHN), who fell short of defending her 2018 world title in this year's gold-medal bout. Although Kawai won't be in action in Rome, Rong will be. Another star who competed at 59kg in Kazakhstan, Pooja DHANDA (IND), will also be making her descent down to 57kg. Dhanda was a bronze medalist at 57kg back in 2018 but moved up to 59kg in 2019, where she finished in fifth place at the World Championships. Also in the field at 57kg are past world medalists Emese BARKA (HUN), Iryna CHYKHRADZE KHARIV (UKR) and Allison RAGAN (USA). Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) is the second world champion that's switching weights. She was the 65kg world champion but has decided that moving down to 62kg gives her the best shot at making Russia’s Olympic team. But Trazhukova won't have to wait long to see how she stacks up against the world's best at the weight as Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) is set to make an appearance at the first Ranking Series event of the year. Tynybekova, the reigning 62kg world champion, was named a United World Wrestling History Maker after becoming the first wrestler from Kyrgyzstan to win a senior-level world title. Marianna SASTIN (HUN) and Yuliia TKACH OSTAPCHUK (UKR), who both have world gold on their resumes, will also compete at 62kg. Sastin, a four-time world medalist, won her world gold in 2013, while Tkach Ostapchuk, who is also a four-time world medalist, won her world title in 2014. Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) is the third and final reigning world champion leaping from a non-Olympic weight class to an Olympic weight. The 2019 Comeback Wrestler of the Year is moving from 72kg up to 76kg. Vorobeva joins fellow Olympic champion Erica WIEBE (CAN) on the entry list at 76kg. But it isn't either of the Olympic champions who are the favorite coming into Rome. The clear favorite to win the weight is Adeline GRAY (USA), who made United States history by winning her unprecedented fifth world title at the Nur-Sultan World Championships late last year. Past, Present and Future Greco-Roman Stars Set to Compete at Matteo Pellicone Although Greco-Roman lacks the presence of a reigning world champion in the entries, there isn't a shortage of current and future stars that'll be looking to make some noise in Rome. World runner-ups Aram VARDANYAN (UZB) and Viktor Lorincz will wrestle at 72kg and 87kg, respectively. Meanwhile, rising stars Mohamed ELSAYED (EGY), Kerem KAMAL (TUR) and Semen NOVIKOV (UKR) are looking to make some noise on the senior-level after climbing to the summit of world ranks at the age-group World Championships in 2019. El Sayed, who is wrestling at 67kg, has been extremely active since qualifying Egypt for the 2020 Olympic Games at arguably the toughest weight class in Nur-Sultan, 67kg. Shortly after the 21-year-old finished in fifth place at the 2019 World Championships, he won gold at the World Military Games then tacked on a second U23 world title to his resume. Kerem Kamal, who was named United World Wrestling's Junior Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year after winning his third consecutive junior world title, is entered at 60kg. The young Turkish spark plug is no stranger to the senior level. Last year, he won the Grand Prix of Zagreb, which was a Ranking Series event. He finished with a bronze medal at the European Championships before representing Turkey at the World Championships in Kazakhstan. Kamal's most significant competition at 60kg will be China's Sailike WALIHAN, who was a world bronze medalist in 2018. Semen Novikov, a 2019 U23 world champion, rounds out the Greco-Roman rising stars that are on the entry list. He'll be accompanied at 97kg by three-time 2019 Ranking Series medalist Tracy Gangelo HANCOCK (USA). Last season, Hancock won the Grand Prix of Hungary, took second place at the City of Sassari Tournament and third place at the Grand Prix of Zagreb. At the World Championships, Hanock fell to France's 2014 world champion Mélonin NOUMONVI, who is also plugged in at 97kg. The Matteo Pellicone begins on January 15-18 and can be followed at www.unitedworldwrestling.org or flowrestling.org. SCHEDULE Wednesday (January 15) 08:00 - Medical Examination, Weigh-in & Draw GR55-60-63-67-87-97-130kg 10:30 - Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 55-60-63-67-87-97-130kg 17:00 - Opening Ceremony 18:00 - Finals GR – 55-60-63-67-87-97-130kg / Award ceremonies Thursday (January 16) 08.00 - Medical Examination, Weigh-in and Draw GR – 72-77-82kg & WW – 57-62-68-76kg 10.30 - Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 72-77-82kg & WW – 57-62-68-76kg 18:00 - Finals GR – 72-77-82kg & WW – 57-62-68-76kg / Award ceremonies Friday (January 17) 08:00 - Medical Examination, Weigh-in and Draw WW – 50-53-55-59-65-72kg & FS – 97-125kg 10:30 - Qualification rounds & repechage WW – 50-53-55-59-65-72kg & FS – 97-125kg 18:00 - Finals WW – 50-53-55-59-65-72kg & FS – 97-125kg / Award ceremonies Saturday (January 18) 08:00 - Medical Examination, Weigh-in and Draw FS – 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92kg 10:30 - Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92kg 18:00 - Finals FS – 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92kg / Award ceremonies ENTRIES https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/matteo-pellicone-entries

It's not only about water polo. We can say the same about cricket or netball or ... I think no other sport other than football has 200 teams trying to quality for the world cup. If you can find a handful of people who know the rules, you can already play matches. The players don't have to be professionals, even I could be there. Perfect example was the Oceanian Weightlifting championship. 1st Australia, 2nd New Zealand and noone else. There is nobody in the rest of the 12 countries who can lift at least 5 kg? That automaticly means a bronze.

@Sindo I recommend adding a search function, so I could put in a name like “Adam Hofstedt” and scroll through the various posts (results) that include a particular athlete. It would also be nice to search other things like “Individual 10km”, or “2020 Youth Olympics”, etc.

https://www.rt.com/sport/478157-wrestling-mass-brawl-instanbul/ Not a nice thing to start a thread with.

People also didn’t like that they weren’t shinny like the ones in Rio and Pyeongchang. Olympic ticket design is always fun. As we always conclude around here, some will like, some won’t, and many don’t care either way.

Personally, I like the tickets. It is simple and colorful with the pictograms. I like the venues on the tickets as well.

Like everything, I got in artistic debate over the look of the tickets yesterday with people in my Going To Tokyo 2020 group (which is now up to 400!). I love the simplistic design of the tickets, but many didn’t. Most people wanted anime, or rising sun, or other stuff that I just find overtly stereotypical and not pertaining to the Olympics.

I was amazed, but apparently skating to the Purifying Mantra doesn't lead you to a clean program.

I'm trying to catch up with the alpine skiing, but am I seeing it right they streamed the women's giant slalom live (on YouTube).....but only the 1st run?

Looks like at least one of is guaranteed to qualify.

I think I wrote it to somebody from your country a few months ago about that - you in Hungary won't understand the situation in most of the countries. In your country you have a big waterpolo event in almost every year, you have your league in the national TV, the LEN Cup and Champions League as well, your players are nominated to the best sportspeople of the country... On the contrary we have for example your "jó barát" - Poland - with six teams playing in league but one absolutely favorite for the win. Still, last time a Polish club played in Champions League qualifications was like... three or four seasons ago. Girls in waterpolo exist only until some age (max. 16 I suppose) and they play in the co-ed teams with boys. The only one who is playing is in a Slovakian league. Poland has just one professional player - goalkeeper who is retiring these days. The national team of men didn't enter the Euro qualifications because the money is so short they could not have prepared even for the qualification tournament in a way they could do anything positive (the words of our coach I talked with personally). That's totally other world and I think there is much more countries like Poland than like Hungary in a matter of waterpolo.

It came literally one day after he posted this.

Ouch these mixed team figure skating team names are surely annoying.. I thought the commentator was talking about the rest of team members supporting their fellow member when he said 'Team Motivation'

Canada lose their biggest chance at a medal right there. They’ll have to count on the Canadian Air Force now.

Final confirmed: Mountfield HK will host the clash against Frölunda indians What started out with 32 teams in late August is now down to just two teams in mid-January. In three weeks' time we'll know which team has been crowned Champions of Europe in 2019/20. This season's Champions Hockey League Final will take place on Tuesday, February 4th in Hradec Kralové, the home of Mountfield HK, marking the first time the CHL's climax is held in the Czech Republic. They will face defending champions, three-time winners, and fifth-time finalists Frölunda Indians. Mounfield HK earned the right to host the showpiece event by having the better overall record during this CHL season of the teams left to contest the final. Mountfield clocked 26 points en route to the final, while Frölunda picked up 22. The spectacular setting offered by Hradec Kralovè arena for the Champions Hockey League matches:

These entire primary debates take waaaay too long tbh. And there's little substance to them since the media focus on why there are no candidates of color or why women are supposedly at disadvantage. Not to mention the in-house fighting is useless when the enemy is sitting in the WH. This is just a gigantic waste of time. Unless you're a registered voter, most people actually make a decision right at the end of the campaign. There's a lot more emotion attached to these votes, nobody has time to analyze months of rallies or debates. Btw, Buttigieg would have a bigger chance if he run for Indiana governor first but WH is waaay above his league IMO. He kinda shot his load running for WH so early.

Quite literally a win/lose day for Dutch @heywoodu: https://games24.totallympics.com/?p=1540

which one you mean ? the last one ? NOC. But overall from Both + searching around the web

Also world number 1 in doubles Robert Farah also is suspended by doping

Nicolas Jarry was found positive to an antidoping test and is currently suspended from ITF

I think they did mean 1998 but simply misspelled it. Also the first question was wrong I think - as far as I remember it was 776 BC, bot 796 BC.

It would been hilarious if Nagano was the right answer though

WOW ! Japan is out from 1st Rd after losing to both KSA and Syria , this can be the biggest surprise of football qualification overall till now edit : i just forgot that Japan is going to host Olympic Games in 2020