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The two winners of each semifinal, which are played tomorrow morning, will grab the first two spots. Every other player who has played in Stage 2 will then play against each other in a new knockout stage, Stage 3, over Saturday and Sunday. The two semifinal winners of Stage 3 will grab the third and fourth spot, and for the men there will be a 5th spot-playoff between the two losing semifinalists. The seeding for Stage 3 will be based on how far players came in Stage 2. You can see how the schedule is for Stage 3, which as mentioned, is played Saturday and Sunday: schedule_3_guimares (4).pdf

He will have another chance to qualify in this tournament as all players who made Stage 2 (Knockout stage) will get another chance in Stage 3 (Repechage stage) to compete for the last 3 spots. Though his seeding will be worse as he lost early in Stage 2.

According to the Guardian, the two supposed clubs are Chelsea and Man. City: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/20/chelsea-and-manchester-city-have-super-league-doubts-says-executive As a long-time Liverpool fan I wish they hadn't engaged in this project, but I also know the owners are American and they are mostly familiar with the franchise-based closed-league structure, so it doesn't come as a surprise they want this system/league. Just like the owners of Man. Utd and Arsenal.

Australian Championships, Sydney, April 18, 2021 Women's Long Jumo: Brooke Stratton (6.84) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/brooke-stratton-14271241 Prueba de confrontacion de velocidad, La Habana, April 16, 2021 Women's 400m: Roxana Gómez (51.13) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/roxana-gomez-14637147 Another noticeable result came in women's high jump at the Australian championships when Nicola McDermott set a new Oceanian record with a jump of 2.00m. She is the first non-South African female high jumper from the Southern hemisphere to have cleared the 2.00m mark.

My personal Top 12+reserves: 1. Netherlands - 12 points 2. China - 11 points 3. Croatia - 10 points 4. Ireland - 9 points 5. Spain - 8 points 6. United States - 7 points 7. Great Britain - 6 points 8. Sweden - 5 points 9. Germany - 4 points 10. Mexico - 3 points 11. Lithuania - 2 points 12. Italy - 1 point Reserves: 1. Portugal 2. New Zealand 3. Finland

Nordic Cup Standing after 3rd Session: 1. Sweden - 123 points 2. Finland - 71 points 3. Norway - 69 points 4. Denmark - 56 points

Finally! Some points again. Thank you very much, @dcro

What about the votes from the Brazilian jury? https://totallympics.com/topic/8604-totallympics-annual-international-song-contest-2021/?do=findComment&comment=364975

Nordic Cup Standing after 2nd Session: 1. Sweden - 80 points 2. Denmark - 47 points 3. Finland - 35 points 4. Norway - 27 points

Thanks for the 6 points, @Werloc! Very much appreciated.

Thank you Nordic brother @Finnator123 for the 5 points.

Thank you very much for the 11 points, @Dnl!

Nordic Cup Standing after 1st session: 1. Sweden - 37 points 2. Denmark - 25 points 3. Finland - 17 points 4. Norway - 14 points

Thank you so much for the 10 points @Ionoutz24

Thank you for the 3 points @amen09

11 points! Thank you so much, @OlympicIRL!

He was born in Poland, close to Warsaw. He moved to Paris at the age 20, and yes, his name does sound very French. His father was of French origin. To my knowledge, despite him leaving Poland, he never forgot his country and he loved it very much. When he died, to early unfortunately, his last wish was that his heart was taken out and sent back to Poland to rest, as his heart never left this place where he grew up. From what I understand, and have being told, they actually did take out his heart during his autopsy and it was sent back in a box to Poland and placed inside a wall of a cathedral in Warsaw. The rest of his body was buried in Paris.

New York Hammer Summer Series #2, Wallkill, NY, April 11, 2021 Men's Hammer Throw: Rudy Winkler (77.89) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/rudy-winkler-14436941 20th National Sports Festival, Benin City, April 12, 2021 Women's 200m: Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha (22.79) (Already went under the Entry Standard in 100m) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/nigeria/grace-nwokocha-14886275

I picked Norway to win, but it's really close between so many teams. If I had to come with my best guess for the other teams in the semifinals, it would be, Netherlands, ROC and France. Also, I see good chances for Spain and Montenegro to take two spots in the semifinals. The rest of the teams have less of a chance to reach this stage in my opinion. Edit: My prediction for the podium would be Gold: Norway Silver: ROC Bronze: Netherlands

@rybak Tiny little thing I noticed. Isn't Portugal's national jury time suppose to be 17:00-17:15, not 19:00-19:15?

Updated General Standings and Medal Tables available here 2021 Totallympics Prediction Contests Provisional Top 3 As of April 14th (6 contests) juliosilva 3465 Henry_Leon 2660 Gianlu33 2585

Individual General Standing Updated as of April 14th, 2021 Rank User Nation +/- # Avg. Points 1 juliosilva +1 6 577,5 3465 2 Henry_Leon -1 6 443,3 2660 3 Gianlu33 0 6 430,8 2585 4 George_D +4 6 412,5 2475 5 toulousain 0 6 394,8 2369 6 Speedy -2 5 458,0 2290 7 Monzanator 0 6 379,2 2275 8 Herberth10 -2 6 355,8 2135 9 Agger +1 6 348,0 2088 10 hckošice +1 6 315,8 1895 11 tuniscof -2 6 310,8 1865 12 africaboy +2 6 272,5 1635 13 EupenM +15 5 306,6 1533 14 ady48 -2 6 255,2 1531 15 Federer91 0 6 266,5 1446 16 varnoldr -3 5 277,4 1387 17 IoNuTzZ +1 5 274,4 1372 18 vlad -2 6 207,0 1242 19 Ufilov -2 6 201,3 1208 20 Pablita +2 6 198,2 1189 21 Vojthas +8 5 235,4 1177 22 Dolby +2 5 222,8 1114 23 PakoNatxo +10 6 185,3 1112 24 JOSE SEIJO -5 5 191,0 955 25 Hipooo +9 6 151,5 909 26 SteveParker +5 6 141,5 849 27 CiroMennella99 -7 3 258,3 775 28 Olympionikes -7 3 246,7 740 29 titicow -6 3 221,0 663 30 rybak -5 4 163,8 655 31 justony -5 3 215,3 646 32 Kirkpatrick -5 3 215,0 645 33 crovitlaci -3 2 244,0 488 34 heywoodu -2 3 147,7 443 35 rafalgorka 0 3 130,7 392 36 amen09 0 1 265,0 265 37 LDOG 0 1 255,0 255 38 Vic Liu NEW 1 235,0 235 39 Crolympic -1 1 178,0 178 40 sami-eg -1 1 171,0 171 41 NikolaB -1 1 143,0 143 42 MCMXC -1 1 136,0 136 43 Werloc -1 1 110,0 110 44 Fly_like_a_don -1 1 105,0 105 45 Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo -1 1 95,0 95 46 OlympicsFan -1 1 90,0 90 47 Lund2 -1 1 80,0 80 Team General Standing Updated as of April 14th, 2021 Rank Nation Points +/- User 1 Pt. User 2 Pt. User 3 Pt. 1 Italy 6434 0 Henry_Leon 2660 Gianlu33 2585 Pablita 1189 2 Brazil 6263 0 juliosilva 3465 Herberth10 2135 titicow 663 3 Poland 5773 0 Speedy 2290 Monzanator 2275 Ufilov 1208 4 France 4642 +1 toulousain 2369 EupenM 1533 Olympionikes 740 5 Romania 4538 -1 africaboy 1635 ady48 1531 IoNuTzZ 1372 6 Greece 2475 +1 George_D 2475 7 Tunisia 2130 -1 tuniscof 1865 amen09 265 8 Denmark 2088 +2 Agger 2088 9 Spain 2067 0 PakoNatxo 1112 JOSE SEIJO 955 10 Slovakia 1895 +1 hckosice 1895 11 Bulgaria 1446 +2 Federer91 1446 12 Hungary 1387 0 varnoldr 1387 13 Croatia 1311 -5 Kirkpatrick 645 crovitlaci 488 Crolympic 178 14 India 1219 0 Dolby 1114 Fly_like_a_don 105 15 Czech Republic 909 +2 Hipooo 909 16 Slovenia 646 -1 justony 646 17 Netherlands 443 -1 heywoodu 443 18 Argentina 255 0 LDOG 255 19 China 235 NEW Vic Liu 235 20 Great Britain 216 -1 MCMXC 136 Lund2 80 21 Egypt 171 -1 sami-eg 171 22 Serbia 143 -1 NikolaB 143 23 Lithuania 110 -1 Werloc 110 24 Germany 90 -1 OlympicsFan 90 Individual Medal Count Updated as of April 14th, 2021 Rank User Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 juliosilva 1 1 1 3 2 Speedy 1 0 1 2 3 EupenM 1 0 0 1 3 toulousain 1 0 0 1 3 Gianlu33 1 0 0 1 3 Henry_Leon 1 0 0 1 7 Agger 0 1 1 2 7 George_D 0 1 1 2 9 Herberth10 0 1 0 1 9 Federer91 0 1 0 1 9 Monzanator 0 1 0 1 12 varnoldr 0 0 1 1 12 Vojthas 0 0 1 1 Total 6 6 6 18 Team Medal Count Updated as of April 14th, 2021 Rank User Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 France 2 0 0 2 1 Italy 2 0 0 2 3 Brazil 1 2 1 4 4 Poland 1 1 2 4 5 Denmark 0 1 1 2 5 Greece 0 1 1 2 7 Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 8 Hungary 0 0 1 1 Total 6 6 6 18

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Spec Towns Invitational, Athens, GA, April 10, 2021 Men's Decathlon: Karel Tilga (8484) Garrett Scantling (8476) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/estonia/karel-tilga-14665173 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/garrett-scantling-14468103 Korean Olympic Marathon Trials, Yecheon, April 4, 2021 Men's Marathon: Shim Jung-Sub (2:11:24) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/korea/jungsub-shim-14383713 Miramar Invitational, Hollywood, FL, April 10, 2021 Women's 100m Hurdles: Devynne Charlton (12.84) https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/bahamas/devynne-charlton-14414505

Final Standing available here juliosilva Agger Vojthas After some days with the uncertainty if this world championship could be completed, yesterday the last games of the championship were completed with Sweden and skip Edin as the champions. Unfortunately due to the adjusted time schedule, the semifinals and the medal matches couldn't be counted in the prediction contest and it had to end prematurely. After counting the points from the Top 3 predictions, the three medallists of this prediction contest are, @juliosilva, @Agger, @Vojthas. Big congratulation to all three medallists. With a superior point differential of 13 points to the nearest predictor, @juliosilva secured the gold medal. He was in top of the table through many days and had very solid predictions throughout the contest. This is his first gold of 2021 and his third medal in total already this season. He becomes the first with a complete medal set in 2021 and cement his position as one of the top predictors this year. A huge congratulation with the gold medal. Well-deserved! In second place and securing the silver medal was @Agger. Being around the top 3 through contest, and with solid points from the Top 3 predictions, he secured himself the second highest spot on the podium. This is his second medal of 2021 and the first of silver. Big congratualtion with a deserved 2nd place and silver medal! Last predictor on the podium is one who probably came in with big ambition of winning a medal and that is of course none other than @Vojthas. The keen curling enthusiast and curler himself, wasn't in a position of a medal before the counting of the Top 3 predictons, but with a great score of 15 points, he jumped from a place outside the podium to a 3rd place in the final standing and securing the bronze medal. This is his first medal of 2021 and one I assume he really appreciate to have secured. Big congrats with the bronze medal! The three honourable mentions for this contest will be, @Monzanator, @hckošice and @Henry_Leon. @Monzanator was by the end of the contest firmly in the race for a podium spot and even with a solid 12 points from his Top 3 predictions he just narrowly missed out on winning his second medal this year. Still a very great contest from the always solid Polish predictor. In 5th place came @hckošice. He was long in a position for a medal, but with only collecting 2 points from the Top 3 predictions he unfortunately fell out of the contest for a medal. However, from his reaction earlier in this contest, a 5th place overall seems to be a satisfying result for him. His eyes are now set for the upcoming prediction contests which probably are the most important ones for him personally with the women's and men's ice hockey world championships prediction contests. Will he finally be able to win a gold medal in an ice hockey prediction contest? Only time will tell. Last honourable mention goes to @Henry_Leon who once again had a solid contest and got a 6th place in the final standing. He continues his good 2021 prediction form. Lastly, thank you to all who participated in this prediction contest, and once again, I'm sorry it had to end prematurely. Sometimes things out of our control happens unfortunately. As teased above the next two prediction contests will be the women's and men's ice hockey world championships. The women's will kick-off in the beginning of May and the men's will begin later in May. I hope to see many predictors giving it shot for glory in these contests. Finally, an updated version of the General Standings and the Medal Tables will be published later this week. That's all from me, your prediction contest manager, Wumo.