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Let i've said before, no real boycott will happen at the end and it's just smoke and lightning from a few countries to see, if their bluff will work. US and Canada will not boycott in anyway and France is the worst host for this idea, as they are a valuable strategic partner in bigger, non-sports, departments. Do people actually believe there won't be any backstage strings being pulled, so that the French Games aren't ruined? The 3 Baltic states are the only ones i see, that could potentially stick it to the end, as it won't be a significant loss for them (or the Games), if they missed out. Mayyyyybe 1-2 of the Scandinavian ones, but i can't see how Macron wouldn't sway them. Poland is barking the loudest, but i would be gobsmacked, if they actually boycotted. Their politicians are just using what is popular today and then will promptly make up an excuse, when time comes.

So, the proposed solution is a new IOC with only "western" countries? lol

KAZAKHSTAN ON!

If I had to go for a top 5, then "Still Into You", "The Only Exception", "Ain't It Fun", "Fast In My Car", "That's What You Get" and many other tracks in Riot! are the first ones that come to mind. I actually liked the sound direction in After Laughter, can't really form a strong opinion on This Is Why, since I've only listened to the album once up to now and remember the songs not really grabbing me. It's nice, cause it's Paramore, but it's not Paramore at their best.

Will Sakkari win this SF?

Poland sanah - najlepszy dzień w moim życiu Lyrics in English

Still deciding my song, will have it with yous soon.

Ah yes, good old Chuck. Still the only one who won the pursuit before starting in the Sprint

Chuck Norris did it twice I heard

Prince Hubertus will start tomorrow, because as I recall there are special rules, which adds racers from different countries aside those who qualified today.

Nice race, well deserved medals, our team did very good, more than 4th place was not possible, but still very solid performance.

The current deal with NBC expires after the 2032 games, so I think how LA goes matters a lot more than how Paris goes.

Grand Slam (Tel Aviv, ) Results - Day 1 Women's -48kg Gold: Blandine Pont Silver: Tamar Malca Bronze: Mireia Lapuerta Comas / Natasha Ferreira Men's -60kg Gold: Luka Mkheidze Silver: Francisco Garrigos Bronze: Jorre Verstraeten / Salih Yildiz Women's -52kg Gold: Chelsie Giles Silver: Ana Perez Box Bronze: Larissa Pimenta / Odette Giuffrida Men's -66kg Gold: Vazha Margvelashvili Silver: Orkhan Safarov Bronze: Alberto Gaitero Martin / Lasha Nadiradze Women's -57kg Gold: Jessica Klimkait Silver: Christa Deguchi Bronze: Timna Nelson Levy / Mina Libeer

At this point the IBU could create new rules exclusively for JTB, like longer penalty loops or something, because it looks too easy for him

Single Mixed Relay Non-Olympic Event Final Results Norway Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Johannes Thingnes Boe 35:37.1 (1+6) Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser David Komatz 35:50.9 (0+6) Italy Lisa Vittozzi Tommaso Giacomel 36:28.1 (2+9) Full Final Result HERE

Much ado anbout nothing so far. I'll be amazed if anyone actually boycotts Paris 2024 but it's long away enough that a lot of countries think they can bluff IOC with a weak hand. Watch that tactics ho nowhere the closer we get to 2024. NBC didn't pay billions of dollars for TV rights to have no US athletes involved either

Women's Giant Slalom Final Results Mikaela SHIFFRIN 2:07.13 (1:02.54+1:04.59) Federica BRIGNONE 2:07.25 (1:02.85+1:04.40) Ragnhild MOWINCKEL 2:07.35 (1:03.25+1:04.10) Full Final Result HERE

Single Mixed relay line-up. France & Germany with second/third tier choice

There are a couple of theories. Officially, it’s because she made a complete mess of a Gender Reform Bill which, as literally everyone with common sense foresaw, ended with a newly convicted rapist being put in a Women’s Prison just a few weeks after the Bill passed. Unofficially…..there are persistent rumours about a large sum of money which mysteriously disappeared from SNP Party accounts a few years ago.

Shiffrin wins gold despite a huge error!!! 0.12!!!

Brignone takes the lead by 0.10! Bronze medal at worst...

https://www.sport.pl/sport/7,65025,29470890,dopuszczenie-rosjan-do-igrzysk-to-nie-naiwnosc-to-mierzony.html#s=SNO_Img_1 an interesting text imo Here is Google Translate: Allowing Russians to participate in the Games is not naive. It's a measured punch with deep purpose Michal Kiedrowski 16.02.2023 13:35 When I hear Kamil Bortniczuk say: "The International Olympic Committee sins with naivety", I am sure that the Minister of Sport does not really understand what is at stake at all – comments Michał Kiedrowski from Sport.pl. Kamil Bortniczuk talked about naivety in the context of the idea of allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the Games under a neutral Olympic flag. And here, of course, I agree with the Minister of Sport that this is fiction. The neutral flag under which Russian athletes performed during the Winter Games in Beijing did not bother Russian President Vladimir Putin. He applauded his compatriots from the stands, and also used the athletes for propaganda during a rally at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. This event was one big manifesto of support for aggression against Ukraine. But I do not agree with the suggestion that the IOC and President Thomas Bach were unaware of this. If someone has already climbed such a function in the Olympic movement, he must know this world and its rules from the inside out. And if I had to choose the qualities most useful for this, it would be: cynicism and hypocrisy, not naivety. The global south does not look who is the aggressor and who is the victim I think that both for Bach and for the vast majority of IOC members there is no doubt that it is impossible to reconcile the participation of Russians in the Games with the message of peace. But that's not the point. It is not even about Russia itself, but about showing who is in charge here, or rather, strictly speaking, that the West is no longer in charge. It is not Bach himself who is behind the admission of the Russians to the Games, but the entire coalition of countries - one can guess - with China at the forefront. After all, it was from Asia that the initiative for the Russians to take part in the Asian qualifications for the Games came from. It is in India that the World Women's Boxing Championships will be held in March, during which Russian women will perform both under their flag and with their anthem. It will be the same at the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent in May. All because the boxing federation is ruled by Umar Kremlin - Putin's trusted man. Poland, together with the Czech Republic, Canada, the USA, Great Britain, Sweden, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia decided to boycott the event. In response, the authorities of the boxing federation proposed that all boxers from these countries be allowed to compete, regardless of the decisions of the national associations. They even promise to cover the costs. Russian boxers have already performed under their flag in the recent World Boxing Tour Golden Belt Series tournament in Marrakech. As you can see, Moroccans don't mind Russian crimes against Ukrainians either. And here it is worth listening to what political scientists, such as Michał Lubina from the Jagiellonian University, say: "China managed to present this war in pro-Western countries as an intra-European conflict, a local proxy war of the West with Russia. This is how the Third World, i.e. the global south, thinks about it. who is indifferent to this war. He dislikes Americans more than he sees who is the aggressor and who is the victim." We don't have a lever. The Chinese comrades will gladly replace us It's brutal but true. If we look at the activities of the Olympic movement in this way, they are completely legible. Countries that are not Westerners are outraged by the moral blackmail that the Americans and their allies are exerting on them. Especially since we, as the West, have no leverage. European companies cannot say to the IOC: we will not pay you a broken euro if you do not respect our values. Olympic officials will just shrug: it's okay, you pay us almost nothing anyway. Chinese comrades will gladly replace you. Western politicians should open their eyes. This is not naivety, but a calculated act. Anyway, let's look further. Not only at the IOC. Take the International Football Federation (FIFA). It is also where the influence of autocratic regimes is growing, which shows at every turn: the West no longer rules. The whole of European football depends on the money that flows to it from China and Arab states for television rights and sponsorship. For Asian fans, matches in England, Italy or Spain are scheduled for early afternoon hours on weekends. Due to fans from that region of the world, the Champions League final was moved from Wednesday to Saturday. The most influential man in European football is the Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaifi: not only the president of PSG, but also the CEO of beIN Media Group, as well as the head of the Association of European Clubs. The most sponsors of the European Championships are from China. Saudi Arabia even sponsored the Women's World Cup, much to the outrage of all human rights activists. The World Cup in Qatar was a breakthrough: now we can do it all The World Cup in Qatar became a breakthrough. Not only did they succeed, but they also turned out to be a great success. In addition, despite the fact that the hosts on many issues - such as allowing the sale of beer with percentages or rainbow bands - stood their ground against the protests of public opinion in the West. Indignation at each other, and fans delighted with the World Cup itself. FIFA boss Gianni Infantino can say to his colleagues what Bolo in "Football Poker" said to the Laguna referee: Now we can do it all, the biggest numbers in the world. The Qatari people, whose emir had a friendly talk with Putin even before the start of the World Cup, did not wait long. They have already treated the workers brought from abroad to service the World Cup out of hand. Saudi Arabia won the Club World Cup. Another World Cup in the Persian Gulf, built by low-paid workers who are exploited beyond their means, seems a foregone conclusion. The Saudis want to organize it together with Egypt and Greece in 2030. If the West wants the sporting world to continue to respect its ideals, it must have a new FIFA and a new IOC. In the old ones it will mean less and less. In Asia, they believe that the future center of the world lies there, and they will use every opportunity to show how little Europe and the United States matter anymore. I will repeat again. The participation of Russians and Belarusians in the Games in Paris is no naivety, no pro-Russian sympathies, it is simply an opportunity to say: the West no longer has power.

Luckily there were no vowels involved.

As a Raiders fans I can only say Derek Carr was like Kirk Cousins with even worse PR. After 9 seasons it was time for a change and I wonder how he does if he finds a team with a better defense. Panthers might be interested and NFC South in general looks like a perfect landing spot for him. Meanwhile Raiders defense remains an issue for 10+ years now. It was never ranked inside Top 20 once during Carr's tenure here. We have Maxx Crosby but the defensive backs are a sieve over & over again. Not good when you have Mahomes & Herbert in the division plus Sean Payton might somehow resurrect the Broncos offense next season. If Carr wasn't the answer we don't have it on our roster even with him gone either. Dark times ahead in the Black Hole and don't get me started on McDaniels as HC. He made his move at QB so let's see how much time that buys him...

Thank you! I have nothing against Karkonosze and CZE, but if I could choose, I would prefer POL-SVK bid. Anyway, we can dream, but it won't happen. It is just politics on POL side. We have our parliamentary elections this autumn. Zakopane and around are traditional pro-PiS area. So they want to gain more of their votes by telling them how much money they would invest in the area trying to get the olympics here. I think this is too early for olympics in POL. Way too early. We should start with Nordic Skiing WCH, i think we would be able to organize them in Zakopane and that would be: 1. fun to watch. 2. and it would be a competition that REALLY MATTERS, not these 2023-European-Games-sth.

Probably the oldest, and by far, alpine skier in the world. I’m more curious about his outfit than his result, though. Best of luck to Sarah Schlepper in women’s GS.

U.S Song Selection It was an exciting year for the American jury. We gained a jury member and held our first ever national selection contest. There were three songs that emerged from the semifinals as contenders, but only that rose above the rest. We hope you enjoy the song as much as our jury members did. Without further ado, we present the U.S entry for the 2023 TISC Annual Song Contest… Judah & the Lion - scream! Lyrics

TUNISIA KASO -KBERNA

Events for this week Dressage Neumunster - CDI-W Cascais - CDI3* Eventing Tamborine - CCI4*-S Quillota - CCI4*-S Jumping Vejer de la Frontera - CSI4* Sharjah - CSI5*-W Thermal - CSI4* Wellington - CSI3*

ITALIA La Rappresentante di Lista - Ciao Ciao

After a dissapointing research of chilean music, I'm pretty happy with my choice :D !!! I hope you will enjoy this song

it is a weird dynamic system, depending on what you select on the first choice it will automatically reduce the sessions you can buy on the second/third choice. i was messing around and chose 1 quarter final for basketball and 1 for tennis…after that for my third choice i had only the worst sessions in any sport ( like only 2 qualifying sessions for athletics and preliminary rounds for volleyball) I was looking at the hospitality offerings for basket but no finals and only cat 3 tickets for the semi…did they already sell out the final in the hospitality ? 800 euros for a cat 3 ticket for the semi is a rip off…prices were shown with no vat included which is actually illegal according to european law…not sure how they get away with it. Tickets are too expensive and the actual rules are way too complicated, i will pass and watch it from home

meanwhile in the men's GS quali, tomorrow, legendary Hubertus von Hoenlohe is back!

Our preferred option is to go from 5 till 9 August and definitely want to see beach volleyball, athletics and hockey. Really curious how much is left on friday night.

I'm in

Tim Lobinger (pole vault) passed away from cancer which was public knowledge for some time.

Gut-Behrami blows it in the tight section at the bottom. Misses Mowinckel by 0.09...

I see a lot of messages on twitter from people who have a time slot. So I'm starting to worry that there won't be anything left, if I get a time slot at all.