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Well, that was 9/10 race. All the attrition made it feel like 1994 again. F1 needs some of these races for sure.

The "new in" is having more women competing. To the IOC gender equality only matters if its for women.

You can't offend something that doesn't exist.

Not so Olympic, but surely collection

No word on Artistic Swimming when it's their biggest problem when we talk about equality in the games. If they boot the sport they would have room and quotas for everything else they are asking.....

agree , i'm one of those who lost some interest in F1 cuz of these very expected races where u always see same names on podiums and no big changes during race

I can see some country codes on the left hand side.

Same here - but different year obviously since I'm not ancient and I didn't follow it yet when I was 1 year old

Lin Dan is the best badminton player ever. No one can come close to how legendary Lin Dan is.

If we’re re-living history, let’s hope those flat-earthers are paying attention when we get to the part where we all re-discover that the world is not flat.

There is obviously not enough swimming events at the moment

That’s exactly what happened to me too. NASCAR, F1, WEC just became uncompetitive over the last 5 years Sounds like it was a fun race today, I might even have to watch it

Same time, same place next week

Norris on the podium

Good thing I watched it, if I just read this I'd think he had a huge crash Respect for Albon's attempt, too bad it was a tiny bit overenthusiastic.

That is correct, yes. Although he should have had it last year until Hamilton fucked him up for nothing in the last lap or so.

Remco Verstappen is out.

vs Davis Cup Friendly match in Prague and - Fed Cup Friendly match in Bratislava Both matches are 1-1 after yesterdays first singles

Schumacher is infinitely more likeable and charismatic. He had a string of memorable rivalries for many years with just as exceptional and interesting drivers, which has been lacking in F1 in the last 7-8 years. He had the aura that made you believe he was the best. No one was talking about the car 15-20 years ago, like they do now. Everything about Hamilton's persona on and off the circuits is off-putting and the whole world, bar an island, is dreading the time when history will be disgraced..

I am refering to a possible sign that you're winning in Plague.

Huh what?

What is the point of kneeling during the Austrian anthem? I mean, I would understand it about 80 years ago, but now? Charles says the way of common sense. Like heywoodu is against Hamilton for some time and this all just increases it, that's exactly why I'm supporting Charles, even if he's driving for that whores... I mean, horse.

That is an exaggeration of epic proportions

Hamilton wont stop until he fully destroys F1 isn't he? Undoubtedly he is the worst thing that has happened to F1 in it's 70 year history...

This is what I mean, and this is perfectly fine to do/say. Especially the second sentence.

Having fewer and fewer active cases is a possible sign that you're winning in Plague...

I hate Hamilton basically forcing everyone to do what he wants them to do. It is perfectly fine for drivers to say "I am 100% against racism, but in a race weekend I am going to focus on my race and I won't be taking a knee." This does not make them complicit in anything, this makes them people who say they are against racism (which is a good thing, I'm sure we all agree). The whole thing is that one should have the freedom to choose those things, just like Hamilton should absolutely be free to show a protest or support or whatnot. It's not freedom (and also not a genuine show of support) if people are only doing it because Hamilton yells in their ears that they have to do it 'or else'.

Or just poop with a proper pooping technique..

Idea is good but let's not call best of the worst Call it the Challeger Trophy, Plate League or Plate finals

Also thankful I don’t sleep until 1AM nowadays

I feel bad for all our veterans with PTSD tonight. People are going apeshit with fireworks where I live.

Happy #AllCountriesMatterDay to you too!

I'm not totally against it, but maybe it would be a bit harsh to try to find out the worst of the worst (which is what we will do when trying to find the best of the worst) . I have considered it though so I'll wait to see if anyone has strong opinions either way on the matter. Edit: actually on further reflection, yeah it sounds like a good idea. If it's 24 nations, the 8 who are eliminated could enter a consolation bracket to find the winner via knock-out. No need to find the worst that way About your second thought, well I already brought up that issue earlier on this thread as that issue occured to me. The only fair way to prevent it would be to have everyone vote in advance of the contest but that was ruled out. And I am fine with that. I strongly believe that everyone or indeed the vast majority of people will vote for the songs they like the most, regardless of seeding or how it impacts the draw. I'm not sure anyway that there will be seeds after the group stage. It will follow a simple format like Group A winner vs 2nd place in Group B. Or maybe Group A winner vs 3rd place in Group B. It will depend on the format. But it won't be possible to seed them especially if we are using simple format like 3 points for win, 1 point for draw and if each match has different number of judges who completed their votes. I have no idea how the competition will go in honesty, it's very difficult to plan out in advance especially when we have to chase up votes from users as we go. So from an organisation perspective, it's probably going to be far from a neat process. But I'm sure it will be fun nonetheless.

There was a sports science episode made a while back on the anatomy, physical demand, and mental strength involved in competitive eating, and it was fascinating.

Formats depending on the final number of entries: 24 entries 6 groups consisting of 4 nations each Top 2 qualify for the Round of 16 The 3rd placed nations will qualify for the repechages (6 songs competing for 4 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th placed nations are eliminated 25 entries 5 groups of 5 nations each Top 3 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 The 4th placed nations will qualify for the repechages (5 songs competing for 1 remaining place in the Round of 16) 5th placed nations are eliminated 26 entries 6 groups (4 groups of 4 nations and 2 groups of 5 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in the 5-nation groups also qualify for Round of 16 The 3rd placed nations in the 4-nation groups enter repechages (4 songs competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16. 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 27 entries 6 groups (3 groups of 5 nations and 3 groups of 4 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in the 5-nation groups also qualify for Round of 16 3rd placed nations in the 4-nation groups enter repechages (3 songs competing for 1 remaining place in the Round of 16) 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 28 entries 7 groups of 4 nations each Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (7 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th placed nations are eliminated 29 entries 7 groups (6 groups of 4 nations and 1 group of 5 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group and the 4th placed nation in the 5-nation group will enter the repechages (8 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th placed nations in the 4-nation groups and the 5th placed nation in the 5-nation group are eliminated 30 entries 6 groups of 5 nations each Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (6 nations competing for 4 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 31 entries 7 groups (4 groups of 4 nations and 3 groups of 5 nations) Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (7 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16) 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated 32 entries 8 groups of 4 nations each Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16 3rd and 4th placed nations are eliminated

2 time Olympic champion Lin Dan just announced retirement from national team and giving up trying his 5th Olympics due to age and health issue. Personally, I think Lin Dan is the icon of Chinese badminton and an international legend. Good luck to him. And according to his announcement, he still possibly attend national games representing his provincial team for the very last time.

New governement, new politics Prime Minister Igor Matovic traveled to Warsaw today for the V4 summit and decided to took 30 children from orphanages with him to the plane and offer them a free touristic trip to Warsaw during his meeting.

Yes, and what's more we are humble as hell... I mean, as well. :P

Things are getting worse and worse here, and we are back to square 1 like February/March with almost 150 deaths per day with more than 2500 infected. and that's just the official number. who knows what's the true number. and exactly like 4 months ago everyday we hear news about famous people getting infected too, celebrities, athletes, politicians. from today wearing mask is mandatory ! (even though I don't know how they are going to "force" people into that) , 7 provinces are in critical situation and 7 more (including where I live and also Tehran where I travel regularly) are almost in critical situation ! and that means half the country, we have 28 provinces. while to be honest I don't care much about the politicians (well except only few of them) I do care a lot about our athletes, Iran football league started something like 10-12 days ago and now half players from those two teams played the first match are tested positive for coronavirus ! it will probably take few more days to hear the same thing about other 14 teams. (I hope I'm wrong though) and last but not the least, one of our current top wrestlers is in critical situation Hossein Nouri, 2017 world bronze medalist and 4 times Asian Champion. I don't know how bad is his situation but moving him to the best hospital in Tehran and to the ICU doesn't sound good.