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Yeah, we've seen worse mistakes before that ended unpunished. Shiffrin and Vlhova are so far ahead of the rest thay can finish on the podium even with mistakes. Alpine skiing is very predictable on the women's side these days.

1 minute ago, hckošice said:

+ It is without debate our only and sole medal chance in Beijing. The pressure of he whole nation on her will be enormous. I really hope she will return home with at least one medal.

I assume the combined will be a sure thing given how easy the slalom will be? Gisin, Shiffrin & Vlhova should walk away with the medals there.

I assume Liensberger will hit peak come Beijing. Pretty much four names for three medals in slalom but Shiffrin & Vlhova still have a clear step on the rest. Of course the OG unknown course can favor someone out of nowhere but I don't see it. And Holdener is the most vulnerable mentally as usual.

Shiffrin makes a mistake in 2nd run but Vlhova makes even a bigger mistake and Shiffrin wins.

Panna Udvardy won the W60 in Brasilia and is set to enter WTA Top 100. After Nuria Parrizas Diaz she is the second player this season to crack Top 100 playing mostly ITF events.

3 hours ago, hckošice said:

So I just realized Uliana Kaisheva is now Nigmatullina. Always nice when "fresh" news arrive also under the rock where I live

Pre-season martial updates:

Olena Pidhrushna ---> Olena Bilosiuk
Iryna Kryuko ---> Iryna Leshchanka
Evgeniya Pavlova ---> Evgeniya Burtasova
Uliana Kaisheva ---> Uliana Nigmatullina
Marion Deigentesch ---> Marion Wiesensarter

What happened? Been watching some football and I see GS is cancelled?

Does anyone else find the new bib numbers weird?

Great to see Davidova take an early win! Elvira Oeberg had insane pace but forgot how to shoot. Somehow Hanna was equally as bad.

Nothing to see from Polish athletes, this was as bad as it gets.

draws . Obviously could have been worse. vs is the other match in that section.

The UEFA playoffs draw ceremony has started. and + and + and . So either Italy or Portugal won't be at World Cup finals!

2/3 Thanksgiving games are over. Raiders beat Cowboys 36-33 in overtime! Lions drop to 0-10-1 after losing to Bears 14-16.

This sure makes this whole vaccination thing completely expendable and worthless? What's the point of vaccinations if you have to put in a full lockdown anyway? The politicians are totally out of ideas if they can't come up with reasonable answers.

9 hours ago, Vic Liu said:

He also has another mental health card.

An 8-year old boy has also died bringing the total of deaths to six. And given some of the injuries these children will face a very long and expensive way to ever get healthy again.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/22/us/waukesha-wisconsin-parade-victims/index.html

Meanwhile the bond has been set at 5 million dollars, quite an upgrade over a thousand bucks this guy got last time.

3 hours ago, Belle said:

That’s it!!

 

Magdalena Andersson is Sweden’s first Female Prime Minister!!! 

 

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/G350J9/klart-magdalena-andersson-blir-ny-statsminister

Guess Sweden isn't so progressive after all. Even an outdated and conservative Poland had three female Prime Ministers in the last 30 years

Meanwhile in Wisconsin a registered sex offender who was released on 1,000 USD bail for running over the mother of his child run over a Christmas parade and killed five people. Oh yeah, the guy is black and all the deceased are white hence why the BLM movement stays silent on the matter. I wonder if this guy will use the race card to escape getting jailed for life?

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/23/us/waukesha-car-parade-crowd-tuesday/index.html

16 hours ago, opruh said:

Is Djokovic a major antivaxer?

Technically he says he's for the freedom of choice (the choice NOT to have a vaccine)

Well, Hamilton's win was NID and Verstappen needed five laps to grab second. The rest was history but the race had some overtaking against the odds.

As usual, no luck for Bottas

Well, the global press has given up on Taiwan and Hong Kong already so they have to find something else for the next two weeks

41 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

Even North Korea wouldn’t have someone with global name disappear. They would pull the same stunt. 

Peng Shuai isn't a global name. She's not been a top player since injury in 2015. What's more, she's been suspended for offering money for a player to withdraw from 2017 Wimbledon. She's hardly won a singles match in the last three years and was basically semi-retired. Her last good season was 2017.

Well, at least the idea that "she disappeared" is nonsense. China is what it is but it ain't North Korea

So apparently this flag ain't new but just goes back to the traditional version. Again, people just don't notice that because everyone probably realizes it's dark blue (and different to Russian blue or Swedish blue).

On 11/15/2021 at 11:32 PM, hckošice said:

so today I learned that the French changed the color of their flag. Last year ! from blue to dark blue

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/15/sacre-bleu-french-flag-changes-colour-but-no-one-notices

Wut? French blue was always darker than EU blue. No wonder nobody noticed.

Neah, that won't happen, Federer is a broken down dinosaur, Nadal is also missing time with injuries and I'm pretty sure ATP will drop all the money for the Next Gen guys (Sinner, Alcaraz, FAA etc.). Any breakaway series only has sense at the height of the given federation's power (darts & American open-wheel in mid 90s for instance). If the tennis breakaway happened it should have been when the Top 4 was at its top (mid 2010s). Now it's too late IMO.

46 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

The thing is Djokovic has been hinting he might boycott it despite likely being personally vaccinated. 

He won't boycott his most successful Grand Slam

Btw, we have a new WTA record in broken serves in a single match. World junior #1 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva beat Maria Lourdes Carle 7-6 5-7 7-5 in a match that lasted 3h 47 minutes and featured 26(!) broken service games in the Montevideo Open 125k. VJK is only 16 years old so you'll probably hear about her in the future anyway.

If Djokovic plays then everyone plays. Hell, even Sabalenka got vaccinated after missing Indian Wells with COVID. This controversy is basically over.