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Anna Hall is only 13 pts behind Dobrynska's pentathlon WR after three events at the US indoor nationals...

Doha 500 semi-finals are set:

Iga Świątek vs Veronika Kudermetova

Maria Sakkari vs Jessica Pegula

Świątek had a bye in R1, destroyed Danielle Collins 60 61 in 52 mins in R2 and had Bencic walkover in the QF

Sakkari showing some strenght as she beat Garcia in final set TB few minutes ago...

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

11 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

We can't do much about it, you know.

 

 

Btw, I prefer alpine than biathlon ofc

But if you dig deep you will find some BLRUS in alpine skiing WCH as well, I'm afraid...

Russia has been a non-factor in alpine skiing days since the Zelenskaya & Gladishiva days tbh. Khoroshilov was a total aberration but he would have probably retired even w/o the ban given his age. The bigger drama would be Vic Wild in freestyle skiing but I don't follow that stuff to know if he's still active?

Belarus is what it is, I suppose Darya Domracheva isn't getting kicked out of Norway anytime soon even though she was working for KGB during her career

35 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

Yes, ofc.

 

tell us sth we don’t know already 😉

 

good we still have some good sports this week, alpine and biathlon and whatever anyone likes

Let’s enjoy it while we still can

You mean biathlon with represented by Russians?

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

Samuelsson took the lane that hasn't cleared the targets yet so he had to move over. And that clearly unsettled him. Italy will hang on for bronze.

JTB says bye... Komatz silver... Giacomel on the penalty loop...

Penalty loop for Boe!! Giacomel & Komatz take the lead but JTB can still easily catch them...

Olsbu goes clear in the last stand while Hauser & Vittozzi need spares so JTB gets 8 secs lead on the last leg...

Austria, Norway & Italy with 30 secs lead at half-distance.

Krcmar with two penalty loops on the first prone

Italy leads after 1st exchange. Poland's Anna Mąka the only one who didn't need a spare round. Haecki & Remenova on the penalty loop. Lithuania with TWO penalty loops already...

I was the only one who picked Shiffrin-Brignone gold-silver GS combo? It was hardly a swing for the fences

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

Shiffrin ties Anja Paerson with 7 WCh gold medals in stand alone events in post-WWII history.

Good to see Mowinckel not miss out on a medal here and Worley will be kicking herself for that error. She would have probably won it if she finished.

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

Worley crashes out in the last section while leading by 0.11!!!

Medal for Mowinckel...

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

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

Mowinckel takes the lead from Bassino and actually the first who gained time at the bottom. Four left to go...

Maryna G-D run out of steam at the bottom after stomach flu earlier this week but still won't finish worse than 12th

Nina O'Brien with a good run that might vault her around Top 10 finish...

Grenier got lucky to finish 30th after the first run but another big error in the second run and I don't think she'll make the "30th to Top 6" charge here...

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...