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World Athletics will lift the suspension of the Tokyo Olympic qualification system for the marathon and race walk events from 1 September 2020, due to concerns over the lack of qualifying opportunities that may be available for road athletes before the qualification period finishes on 31 May 2021. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/shoe-technology-rules-tokyo-qualification-roa Road athletes will be able to register Olympic qualifying entry standards from 1 September to 30 November, but only in pre-identified, advertised and authorised races being staged on World Athletics certified courses, with in-competition drug testing on site. The accrual of points for world rankings and the automatic qualification through Gold label marathons /Platinum Label marathons remains suspended until 30 November 2020. The Virgin Money London Marathon, due to take place on Sunday 4 October, is committed to working with World Athletics to promote this opportunity to athletes around the world and to assist with their travel challenges so they can participate in London and achieve their Olympic qualifying time. World Athletics will also work with the ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon to see if they can offer similar opportunities. In addition, we expect there will be at least two major race walking events staged between 1 September and 30 November 2020 World Athletics will also work with its Member Federations and meeting organisers to ensure that there are sufficient pre-Olympic competition opportunities for all track and field disciplines, particularly those that traditionally have fewer meeting opportunities, from 1 December 2020 onwards. World Athletics also revised rules that govern shoe technology.

Football UEFA Champions and Europa League Knockout Phase 2020 Prediction Contest is now open Deadline is August 5th, 18:55 (GMT +2) @toulousain, @dcro, @Monzanator, @Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo, @Henry_Leon, @Dolby, @ritesh, @africaboy, @Vojthas, @George_D, @Agger, @Pablita, @ady48, @heywoodu, @SteveParker, @Speedy, @hckosice, @JOSE SEIJO, @Federer91, @PakoNatxo, @vinipereira, @Gianlu33, @Ufilov, @NikolaB, @tuniscof, @vlad, @szy123 @Dunadan, @Herberth10, @mihamiha, @MCMXC, @IoNuTzZ, @Wanderer, @Dnl, @SalamAkhi, @Michal Hroch, @anuj, @rybak, @Benolympique, @Laraja, @sami-eg, @CCB, @justony, @LDOG, @Chatan, @andreas1990, @Kirkpatrick, @EselTheDonkey, @Topicmaster1010, @monte88, @Illya

You MUST hide your post. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of the prediction post. Do the same at the end of the prediction post with "[ /hide]" too. PREDICTION DESIGN - START COPYING HERE ---> [ hide] UEFA Europa League - Round of 16 August 5th - August 6th, 2020 16 Clubs, 8 Clubs will qualify for the Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Club 1 T1 T2 Club 2 August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 Shakhtar Donetsk Wolfsburg August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 Copenhagen Istanbul Basaksehir August 5th 2020, h. 21:00 Man. United LASK August 5th 2020, h. 21:00 Internazionale Getafe August 6th 2020, h. 18:55 Sevilla Roma August 6th 2020, h. 18:55 Leverkusen Rangers August 6th 2020, h. 21:00 Basel Frankfurt August 6th 2020, h. 21:00 Wolves Olympiacos UEFA Champions League - Round of 16 August 5th - August 6th, 2020 16 Clubs, 8 Clubs will qualify for the Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Club 1 T1 T2 Club 2 August 7th 2020, h. 21:00 Juventus Lyon August 7th 2020, h. 21:00 Man. City Real Madrid August 8th 2020, h. 21:00 Bayern Chelsea August 8th 2020, h. 21:00 Barcelona Napoli UEFA Europa League - Player Predictions Top Goalscorer 1st Choice 2nd Choice August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 (GMT +2) Country + Name Country + Name Top Assists (excl. Galeno) 1st Choice 2nd Choice August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 (GMT +2) Country + Name Country + Name UEFA Champions League - Player Predictions Top Goalscorer (excl. Haaland and Lewandowski) 1st Choice 2nd Choice August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 (GMT +2) Country + Name Country + Name Top Assists 1st Choice 2nd Choice August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 (GMT +2) Country + Name Country + Name [ /hide] ---> PREDICTION DESIGN - STOP COPYING HERE

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest. If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith. Competition Details City Various Cities Start Date August 5th, 2020 End Date August 23rd, 2020 Participants 24 Gold Monzanator Silver Agger Bronze LDOG Instructions In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following: Select with your mouse specified content of the Post named Prediction Contest Design Copy the selected content Go to Reply Box at the end of the Page, click on "Reply to this topic" Paste the copied content ( When information "You have pasted content with formatting" appears at the end of the Reply Box, ignore it, it will disappear eventually. DO NOT click on "Remove formatting" under any circumstances) Once you have specified content in new Post, start making your predictions according to the Rules To post your predictions, click on "Submit Reply" button Rules For this Prediction Contest you are predicting the result (Win of either Team or Draw/Tie) for each match. To do that, you have to write in the empty Cells the number of goals each team will score in that particular match. If your prediction is that Nation 1 is going to score 3 goals, you should type that number in appropriate Cell of T1 Column. If your prediction is that Nation 2 is going to score 1 goal, then type that number in appropriate Cell of T2 Column. From the Round of 16 onward, result at the end of eventual overtime (BEFORE penalties/shoot out) will count as final result. Example UEFA Europa League - Round of 16 Date & Time (GMT +2) Club 1 T1 T2 Club 2 August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 Wolfsburg August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 Copenhagen 1 1 Istanbul Basaksehir Points will be awarded as follows:- Right predicted outcome (winner or draw) + right score at the end of the regular time or at the end of overtime/before penalties if necessary - 5 points.- Right predicted winner + wrong score but right goal difference - 4 points.- Right predicted draw but wrong score and right predicted winner + wrong score and wrong goal difference but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 3 points.- Right predicted winner + wrong score + wrong goal difference + wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 2 points.- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) but right number of scored goals for Team 1 or Team 2 - 1 point.- Wrong predicted outcome (winner of draw) and wrong number of scored goals for both teams - 0 points. Example UEFA Europa League - Round of 16 Date & Time (GMT +2) Club 1 T1 T2 Club 2 August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 Wolfsburg If Shakhtar Donetsk wins 3-1, you get 5 points If Shakhtar Donetsk wins 4-2 or 5-3 or 6-4..., you get 4 points (right winner and goal difference) If Shakhtar Donetsk wins 4-1 or 3-0 or 2-1 or 10-1..., you get 3 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, right number of goals for one of the teams) If Shakhtar Donetsk wins 1-0 or 5-2 or 8-3..., you get 2 points (right winner, wrong goal difference, wrong number of goals for both teams) If Wolfsburg wins 4-3 or 5-3 or 6-3... or if match ends 1-1 or 3-3, you get 1 point (wrong outcome, right number of goals for one of the teams) If Wolfsburg wins and France score more or less than 3 goals or if match ends with draw but not 1-1 or 3-3, you get 0 point (wrong outcome and wrong number of goals for both teams) UEFA Europa League - Round of 16 Date & Time (GMT +2) Club 1 T1 T2 Club 2 August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 Copenhagen 1 1 Istanbul Basaksehir If match ends 1-1, you get 5 pointsIf match ends with draw but not 1-1, you get 3 points If match ends with winner and one of the teams scores exactly one goal, you get 1 point If match ends with winner and both of the teams score more or less than exactly one goal, you get 0 points Users/predictors will predict top goalscorers and top assists for each tournament. That is 4 additional predictions. Users pick two players for each of these additional predictions. Users rank/prioritise the two in each prediction. If the 1st choice player top the goalscoring list or equal with one or more players, the predictor will score 7.5 points. If the 2nd choice player top the goalscoring list or equal with one or more players, the predictor will score 5 points. These additional predictions will be made before the start of the first match of the prediction contest, August 5th, 18:55 (GMT +2). Notice! Lewandowski and Haaland are both way in front on the top goalscorer list in UCL. Therefore they will both be excluded/not included in the top goalscorer prediction question in UCL. Users will be asked to predict which player will score most goals in UCL beside/not including Lewandowski and Haaland. In UEL, Galeno will also be excluded as a choice from the top assists list. Example UEFA Champions League - Top Goalscorer Top Goalscorer (excl. Haaland and Lewandowski) 1st Choice 2nd Choice August 5th 2020, h. 18:55 (GMT +2) Country + Name Country + Name TB Rules If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie. Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of second best scores will be compared, then number of third best results and so on. Example Contestant 1: 10x5, 5x4, 5x3, 10x2 Contestant 2: 10x5, 5x4, 4x3, 11x2 Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2. Contestant with most points wins the competition. The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Matches. You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the matches you predicted AND which haven't started. In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first matches of the UEFA Europa League/UEL - August 5th, h. 18:55 (GMT +2). You can EDIT your predictions whenever you want until the start of the first match of the Prediction Design Post. Once competition starts, you are not allowed to edit your post and any further changes will be ignored. On contestant's request, edited predictions will be accepted, but contestant will earn 0 points for finished matches and the matches that have started. Moment at the latest editing will be considered as the entry moment, in other words. If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread only. If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, SHA-WOL 3-1 or SHA 3 1 WOL means Shakhtar Donetsk beats Wolfsburg by 3-1. SHA 2 WOL means nothing. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions. Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of prediction post too. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows: You cannot see this If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message.

The last traditional sport I will present on this day will be Aikido. Aikido is yet another martial art sport in Japan that works with defensive manuevers that is closely linked with philosophy and principles. The concept is similar to judo, with the aim being to redirect an opponents, but the philosophy tends to be different. Aikido also has its origins in jiu-jitsu but focuses more on a peaceful approach of harmlessly redirecting attacks. Aikido is purely defensive and is not supposed to have any attack maneuvers, other than moves done for distraction. Aikido perhaps has the most non-violent philosophy comapred to judo.

Next traditional sport is Yabusame. Yabusame uses the Japanese art of archery and does it on horseback. Being able to shoot a bow and arrow on horseback was done in samurai battles, and was a highly esteemed skill to have. During the time of samurai battles, samurais would aim to hit their target while going full speed on their horse. In modern times. the aim of yabusame as a sport and martial art is usually to be able hit targets while moving. Demonstrations are held in shrines and temples, and sometimes during festivals.

Kendo, "the way of the sword", is another traditional sport in Japan. Essentially similar to fencing. Kendo has its influences in sword practices of the samurai. Kendo came from kenjutsu which is a type of sword-based training and fighting that came from samurai. Kendo is a martial art that typically uses wooden/bamboo swords, not real metal swords. Two opponents wearing protective armor and black hakamas will "duel" against each other using various sword techniques. An interesting thing about kendo is that it often will be offered as an elective or optional sport in schools in Japan. If you ever go a Japanese school, you might just see some students practicing kendo with their full uniform on. It has a long significant history in Japan, and continues to prevail as a major cultural activity within the martial arts.

The Japanese gaming industry has touched many aspects of life around the world. Many people worldwide were exposed and grew up with Japanese video games and cartoons. The Japanese gaming industry started around the latter part of the 60s and early part of the 70s. Several gaming development companies made it big in Japan, including Nintendo, Sega, Sony Computer Entertainment, Taito, Capcom, Konami, Namco, Square Enix, SNK and NEC. Japan was not the first to invent video games, but when they did, they embraced it with such dedication and passion. Video game expert Blake J. Harris, who authored Console Wars, said that without Japan’s contributions, the video game industry would not be what it’s like today. The country not only created video games. The Japanese also created software, hardware controllers and even the gaming culture, which greatly influenced console gaming. Since video games were released as arcade games, music has become a part of the game. In the early days, players only heard computer beeps. Later theme songs were created for the games. Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64 started the trend of sample audio clips for video games. But music for video games took on a different path when Nobuo Uematsu was commissioned to compose the score for Final Fantasy. The series included music using vocals and a full orchestra ensemble. To celebrate this day of Japanese culture, I'm going to present a musical piece by composer, Nobuo Uematsu, which he composed for the video game, Final Fantasy VII.

As this day is a celebration of Japanese culture, I will present a fragment of Japan's sports culture, as we are after all a community of worldwide sports fans here on Totallympics. Football and baseball are arguably the most popular sports in Japan, and two of the most widely watched. However there are so many more sports and activities. Many of them traditional to Japan that are still praticed even today. There are also many modern spins on traditional sports as well as sports that have been influenced by others. First we will take a look at what some might consider the national sport of Japan, Sumo. One of the most famous and well-known of the Japanese sports is sumo. Sumo is essentially a wrestling sport, but the rules are a bit different from western style wrestling. Usually the match begins when both wrestlers put both hands on the ground, and ends when one player is pushed out of the ring or any part of their body other than the soles of their feet touches the ground. The match also will end if any sumo wrestler loses the loincloth around their body, mawashi, as the wrestler becomes disqualified when that happens. Although many people tend to look at sumo as fascinating but comical, there is actually a very serious element to sumo wrestling, and it is highly esteemed and respected. Sumo wrestling has religious elements as its origins are founded in Shinto tradition. However, it's not as strongly tied to Shinto as it once was, although you can still see a lot of its influence in sumo traditions. Many people don't realize that sumo wrestling also tends to be rigid in its rules and discipline, and sumo wrestlers must follow strict rules that are set on them including things like diet and dress code. Sumo wrestlers often reside in places called heya where they train and learn strict discipline, and there is also often a hierarchy that influences how each wrestler is treated and the chores they must do. As there are rankings in sumo between the wrestlers, the top wrestlers acquire a celebrity like status and are treated as such. There are only six official tournaments a year, and they tend to sell out as they are a popular spectator sport.

It seems three more grand prixs will be added to the calendar: https://www.racefans.net/2020/07/22/nurburgring-to-join-2020-f1-calendar-with-portimao-and-imola/ Nurburgring Portimao Imola

2017 world champion in men's 1500m, Elijah Manangoi, has been provisional suspended.

It seems it will go ahead as planned. Of course without spectators. https://skiskyting.no/nyheter/her-er-blink20-lista/ (In Norwegian) The program will be as followed (The exact time schedule will be released soon): Friday, August 7, Sandnes Sparebank Arena, Melsheia - Shooting duel/Shoot-off (Don't know exactly what that means?) - Prologue Supersprint, Men and Women - Supersprint, Women - Supersprint, Men Saturday, August 8, Sandnes Sparebank Arena, Melsheia - Mass Start, Women - Mass Start, Men Current start lists: Påmelding-skiskyting-Blink20-endelig.xlsx

Formula 3 FIA Championship 2020 (Hungaroring) Mogyoród (HUN) - 17 July 2020 - 19 July 2020 Official Website Programme Results System Results Database Facebook Page Discussion Thread

Formula 2 FIA Championship 2020 (Hungaroring) Mogyoród (HUN) - 17 July 2020 - 19 July 2020 Official Website Programme Results System Results Database Facebook Page Discussion Thread

Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2020 (Aramco Magyar Nagydij) Mogyoród (HUN) - 17 July 2020 - 19 July 2020 Official Website Programme Results System Results Database Facebook Page Discussion Thread

I have been considering to make a UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League prediction contest for August. I know it's unusual to have a club competition prediction contest, but this sports year have been quite unusual. My initial plan is to have a quite regular football prediction contest. Predict the winner and goal difference in each match. Keep the same point system. However, I do consider to add some additional predictions as it's not a full or "normal" prediction contest. Users/predictors will predict top goalscorers and top assists for each tournament. That is 4 additional predictions. Users pick two players for each of these prediction questions. Users rank/prioritise the two in each prediction. If the 1st prioritised player top the goalscoring list or equal with one or more players, the predictor will score 7.5 points. If the 2nd prioritised player top the goalscoring list or equal with one or more players, the predictor will score 5 points. These additional predictions will be made before the start of the first match of the prediction contest, August 5th. Notice! Lewandowski and Haaland are both way in front on the top goalscorer list in UCL. Therefore I will exclude them from the top goalscorer prediction question in UCL. Users will be asked to predict which player will score most goals in UCL beside/excluding Lewandowski and Haaland. In UEL, Galeno will also be excluded as a choice from the top assists list. I would appreciate to hear from you if this could be interesting? Totallympics' Prediction Contest Manager Wumo @toulousain, @dcro, @Monzanator, @Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo, @Henry_Leon, @Dolby, @ritesh, @africaboy, @Vojthas, @George_D, @Agger, @Pablita, @ady48, @heywoodu, @SteveParker, @Speedy, @hckosice, @JOSE SEIJO, @Federer91, @PakoNatxo, @vinipereira, @Gianlu33, @Ufilov, @NikolaB, @tuniscof, @vlad, @szy123 @Dunadan, @Herberth10, @mihamiha, @MCMXC, @IoNuTzZ, @Wanderer, @Dnl, @SalamAkhi, @Michal Hroch, @anuj, @brunamoura, @rybak, @Benolympique, @Laraja, @sami-eg, @CCB, @justony, @LDOG, @Chatan, @andreas1990, @Kirkpatrick, @EselTheDonkey, @Topicmaster1010, @monte88, @Illya

The match schedule has been published: https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/fifa-world-cuptm-match-schedule-confirmed-hosts-qatar-to-kick-off-2022-tournamen Schedule: https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-match-schedule-x6962.pdf?cloudid=zh9sqqpotyf6jhqpv2uw

There will instead be sprints, pursuits and mass starts.

I have made a youtube playlist with all the songs for those interested. Songs and countries are sorted by which groups they are in. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLICNv5ge4lvfQCqIB2qx2w2kAZfzwvGk0 I don't know if @OlympicIRL would have an interest in linking to it in one the first posts of this thread?

A great response by Julian Edelman to DeSean Jackson's tweet

Denmark has withdrawn from hosting the 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships due to be held in Copenhagen in October 2021 https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2917

Well there were some Debreceni VSC "fans" yesterday evening who didn't seem to practice social distancing when their club was relegated for the first time in 27 years from the 1st league.

I did not see that ITG had reported on that. I wasn't sure that ITTF had already planned to postponed it again? To be honest, I have not been following sports news that closely in May and June. I'm starting with it again as more sports begin to start again after the pandemic break.

Already today ITTF announced that World Team Table Tennis Championships was postponed to 2021. IFF has also announced that they will make a decision on the Men's World Floorball Championships in October.

It has been postponed to 10-23 May 2021 https://len-budapest2020.com/2020/05/05/the-2020-european-aquatics-championships-postponed-to-may-2021/ I wouldn't mind doing a prediction contest for Champions League and Europa League. And as you write, maybe change the point system and include some extra predictions options.