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8 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Jan is absolutely an old school name here  

Yeah, Jan is also old school name here. But there is some old school revival in names in the last few years. When I was at school the most popular boys' names were Marcin & Tomasz (Martin & Thomas). They are no longer that popular.

Most popular 2021 names in Poland through June (Zuzanna (Susan) & Julia are the two most popular girls' names of the 2010s. Antoni (Anthony) has somehow emerged as #1 in 2020 too after years of Jakub, Szymon & Marcin dominance (the latter isn't even a Top 10 anymore). There are more old school names among the boys, who the hell uses the name Leon in 2021?

Girls

• Zuzanna - 3251
• Zofia - 3178
• Hanna - 3064
• Julia - 3022
• Maja - 2812
• Laura - 2679
• Oliwia - 2377
• Alicja - 2362
• Lena - 2309
• Pola - 2190

Boys

• Antoni - 3862
• Jan - 3535
• Aleksander - 3353
• Franciszek - 3252
• Jakub - 3236
• Szymon - 2575
• Mikołaj - 2536
• Leon - 2479
• Filip - 2372
• Stanisław - 2295

25 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Don’t forget Canada, another country to watch closely.

 

I just can’t see any scenario where Canada doesn’t announce a full boycott by November 2021. Erin O’Toole will surely be prime minister by then.

Checks the calendar... doesn't compute....

Zhao Xintong won the UK Championship beating Luca Brecel in the final 10-5. One of the most shocking final line-ups for such a big tournament (effectively the most important ranking event after World Championships).

Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from Australian Open 2022. Well, a lot of fancy wording about "inspiring people off court" (like really?) but maybe she isn't vaccinated and that's the only reason behind her decision?

Norway will never boycott Winter Olympic Games. You are totally delusional.

Yeah, I was about to write that. Lions stop a 15-game winless skid and beat Vikings 29-27. First win for QB Jared Goff under a coach not named Sean McVey.

More drama late in the race with Hamilton running into the back of Verstappen (brake-testing?) and Hamilton eventually wins. Both are tied on points heading into Abu Dhabi.

Oh, and Michael Masi needs to go after the season. FIA has completely lost the grip with some of these calls between Hamilton & Verstappen.

Pile-up at the restart. Another red flag. Verstappen cut the corner so he might have to give this one back. We're in for a long afternoon, folks!

Schumacher crashed. Red flag. Verstappen could change tires and retain first place.

F2 sprint race had three SC in 20 laps. I expect three-four in F1 unless Mazepin and Stroll won't make it past T1

The gap is only 0,84 this time

Btw, Kjetil Jansrud could be done for the season and it's unlikely he would stick for another year?

The guy from Salvador probably only watched England games at Euro 2020 (or maybe only the final)?

Iga Swiatek parted ways with coach Piotr Sierzputowski. Radwanska's former coach Tomasz Wiktorowski will take over on interim basis.

Verstappen was set to take pole but crashed in the last corner so Mercedes takes front row. I wonder how many SC we get in the race?

Frida Westman might be the first noteworthy Swedish ski jumper since Staffan Taellberg 25+ years ago

Serbia wins 25-21. We had a chance for upset score but completely misplayed the last five minutes. Next up Russia. This should be a one-sided beatdown.

Only three women came within two seconds of Goggia. Top 10 for Nicol Delago on her injury comeback.

It looks like Sofia Goggia killed the competition with that run.

vs has started

Right. But Premier League isn't the Alpha & Omega of soccer. How many Americans actually know what Norwich City colors are for instance? Or such a club like Norwich even exists? And this is a really low-hanging fruit.

6 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

 

Salt Lake City is ready to jump all over 2030.  So the IOC has absolutely nothing to worry about.  They have the United States and maybe if Sapporo can get public support (much easier said than done), they're an option as well.  

 

Different this time around though.  A lot of the political strife they dealt with in the 70s wasn't of their own making.  These days, there's a lot of animosity towards the IOC that isn't going away any time soon.  Cities and countries are flat out rejecting them.  For well over a decade, we've seen the field of interested cities slowly dwindle, especially when it comes to the Winter Olympics.  As long as they have 1 willing partner each time, that's all that matters, so they'll probably be fine.

There's so much money to be earned that someone will always take a bite at the cherry. FIFA and IOC have had bad press for years and maybe Americans don't really realize that since they don't care about soccer and NBC hardly shows anything not involving US athletes that for them it sounds different than it really is. There's not a snowball's chance in hell a country like Norway will boycott the Winter Games and since they are not member of EU they don't have to listen to those buffoons either

11 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

What happens if no one applies. Or only problematic counties apply. Can the games survive more problematic hosts.

OG survived two global wars, political boycotts (like who remembers the African boycott of '76 anymore or which countries actually boycotted the '56 games and why) and multiple terrorist attacks (again, who actually remembers the '96 bombing if only Clint Eastwood didn't make a movie about it lately?). They will be fine. If the choice comes down to host OG in Qatar or don't host OG at all, it will be a simple one indeed

16 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Where did he get the idea that Sander would get a podium? :P

 

Edit: very annoyed that Peacock (US broadcaster) cut the stream after the first 30 starters...

Sander was in 3rd place when Thompson came down to push him off the podium