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Ramona records should not count. Field needs to include wind rules similar to track. I mean everyone is throwing over 70m so easily here but when they get to Europe we see throws around 70m. At the OG Stona was the only one who managed to threw over it (well right on the mark, not over it). It's a joke. 

Ramona records should not count. Field needs to include wind rules similar to track. I mean everyone is throwing over 70m so easily here but when they get to Europe we see throws around 70m. At the OG Stona was the only one who managed to threw over it (well right on the mark, not over it). It's a joke. 

This could have been a rival to the diamond league if done right, but this isn't it. It's boring, too many breaks not enough action. It would have been much more interesting as a league, say you get top 32 athletes in every track discipline together. You have 3 rounds or 2 in longer disciplines. So QF, SF and Finals. Essentially how sprints work in cross country skiing. For the disciplines that need longer recovery limit the amount of participants. Maybe you switch it up for some races and you do 1v1 like the Warholm vs Duplantis thing. That would provide constant action without breaks. But the biggest issue for me is no field events. I hope Coe sees this failure and realises how important they are. I also hope he stops trying to reinvent them with new rules every year. 

so happy it's his final term,and so happy he got buried in the world athletics elections. 

This could have been a rival to the diamond league if done right, but this isn't it. It's boring, too many breaks not enough action. It would have been much more interesting as a league, say you get top 32 athletes in every track discipline together. You have 3 rounds or 2 in longer disciplines. So QF, SF and Finals. Essentially how sprints work in cross country skiing. For the disciplines that need longer recovery limit the amount of participants. Maybe you switch it up for some races and you do 1v1 like the Warholm vs Duplantis thing. That would provide constant action without breaks. But the biggest issue for me is no field events. I hope Coe sees this failure and realises how important they are. I also hope he stops trying to reinvent them with new rules every year. 

Šutej and second places... If you're a betting man that's a sure bet. 

Not yet but for Slovenia is more or less decided and has been decided since august. 
 
Janja Garnbret is winning the women sportsmen of the year
Tadej Pogačar is winning the male sportsmen of the year
and National Football Team is winning the team of the year. 

What I'd give simply for the world juniors and such to even be back at Eurosport...those were the days  

RIP. Rebecca Cheptegei
 
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2024-09-05-athlete-rebecca-cheptegei-is-dead/

Based on what Gorazd said, he hasn't trained nearly as much in recent time as he did before. So he's a big ? for a medal. As for seated volleyball, everyone was saying that the women had a chance for a medal. Now the coach, after Valentina has been banned, is saying if we get anything it will be nothing short of a miracle. 

A bit of sad news for the Slovenian para volleyball team, which was already announced a few weeks ago but has now resurfaced as the Paralympics are beginning. Valentina Brik, who is Ukranian, but has switched her nationality to Slovenia since coming here a few years ago, has been denied entry to the games. This is a big loss to the whole team as according to the coach, our whole gameplay revolves around her. Without her he says our chances for anything are 90% smaller. Slovenia are the current european vice champions, mainly due to Brik. The reasoning why she's been denied is that the International Paravolley Federation wants to review her injury status again. And she can't compete until that examination is complete. When is that examination? Well in January 2025 :). This begs the question why did they allow her to participate in both the Euros and the olympic qualifiers. And why impose this examination right now and wait so long until they do it? Just a big shame as our volleyball team was likely the only medal hope for us. 

Also a reminder that you need to either watch that live or after it's finished, since the whole thing breaks down when you start a bit later and want to watch from the beginning.

For all olympic history enthusiasts, 17 minutes of exclusive (?) footage from the 1924 Olympics
 
 

That is correct. Excluding Serbia & CIS due to Yugoslavia & Soviet Union/Russia connections the only teams winless in Euro finals except Slovenia are Latvia (3 games), North Macedonia (3 games) and Georgia (2 games)

I read somewhere that we (Slovenia) hold the record for most matches played at the Euros without winning. Yesterday was our 6th match. We have 5 draws and 1 defeat. And yet we still somehow managed to qualify to the 2nd round. After the 2010 slap where we lost the chance of qualifying in the last seconds because USA scored, we feared it was going to be the same. Losing points against Serbs with that lucky goal hurt a lot. But finally some luck came our way. Let's see what we can do now. If Croatia has shown us anything is that you can just park the bus and play for penalties to progress. Also grande Kek! best coach on the planet. 

British guy just blocked both the Italian and the Dutch

Tentoglou taking no prisoners 

She was injured in training on Sunday. While gripping a stick, her upper arm slipped and the tip of the stick got caught in a muscle in her arm. The impact left her with a torn muscle in her arm. She came to Rome to compete for medals, but had to cancel.

Bravo Čeh!

She was injured in training on Sunday. While gripping a stick, her upper arm slipped and the tip of the stick got caught in a muscle in her arm. The impact left her with a torn muscle in her arm. She came to Rome to compete for medals, but had to cancel.

She was injured in training on Sunday. While gripping a stick, her upper arm slipped and the tip of the stick got caught in a muscle in her arm. The impact left her with a torn muscle in her arm. She came to Rome to compete for medals, but had to cancel.

She was injured in training on Sunday. While gripping a stick, her upper arm slipped and the tip of the stick got caught in a muscle in her arm. The impact left her with a torn muscle in her arm. She came to Rome to compete for medals, but had to cancel.

Bravo Čeh!

I really don't like this new qualification based on time. You can win your heat and still not qualify. What if the wind changes and allows another heat better conditions? At the very least the winner and the 2nd place should automatically get a Q. 

I really don't like this new qualification based on time. You can win your heat and still not qualify. What if the wind changes and allows another heat better conditions? At the very least the winner and the 2nd place should automatically get a Q.