Monzanator

Might as well close this thread since there is no bidding "process" to begin with. Brisbane gets it and everyone else can f### off

12 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Insane start for Slovenia. They might have already exceeded their expectations.

Could be gold in women's team event too.

6 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Andrew Cuomo should resign or be removed from office, and I say that as someone who is a fairly partisan Democrat.

Why? More of the "moderate vs progressive" internal war for the Democrats? Or simply Cuomo has become too powerful and might upset Kamala Harris' Presidential bid when Joe Biden retires with health issues? I didn't hear ANY of this Cuomo backlash when Trump was still President

Changing the gates in women's ski jumping is so frequent and unneccessary everyone except FIS is tired of it. Nothing you can do about it though.

Tremendous choke from Kramer. Takanashi only bronze is also a loser. Ema Klinec is World Champion. Really happy for the Slovenians!

Kramer choked too!!!

She just did.

11 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Heard that Juliane Seyfarth posed naked for Playboy last week and will be the march edition magazine face in Germany.

 

Interesting and inovative practice for a home world championships

She can't possibly do worse than Miriam Goessner... when it comes to sporting performance

Vogt only got a place in the team because of her name. Lisa Goerlich should have been selected. German women are quite clearly in ddcline in ski jumping.

with 45 athletes.

We field six women in 4x400 relay which probably means Swiety & Holub will only run in the final.

1. Katarzyna Sokólska (bieg na 60 metrów)
2. Ewa Swoboda (bieg na 60 metrów)
3. Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik (bieg na 400 metrów, sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
4. Justyna Święty-Ersetic (bieg na 400 metrów, sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
5. Angelika Cichocka (bieg na 800 metrów)
6. Joanna Jóźwik (bieg na 800 metrów)
7. Anna Wielgosz (bieg na 800 metrów)
8. Martyna Galant (bieg na 1500 metrów)
9. Klaudia Kazimierska (bieg na 1500 metrów)
10. Karolina Kołeczek (bieg na 60 metrów przez płotki)
11. Pia Skrzyszowska (bieg na 60 metrów przez płotki)
12. Adrianna Szóstak (trójskok)
13. Klaudia Kardasz (pchnięcie kulą)
14. Paulina Ligarska (pięciobój)
15. Adrianna Sułek (pięciobój)
16. Aleksandra Gaworska (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
17. Natalia Kaczmarek (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
18. Kornelia Lesiewicz (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
19. Joanna Linkiewicz (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
20. Dominik Kopeć (bieg na 60 metrów)
21. Remigiusz Olszewski (bieg na 60 metrów)
22. Przemysław Słowikowski (bieg na 60 metrów)
23. Kajetan Duszyński (bieg na 400 metrów, sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
24. Mateusz Borkowski (bieg na 800 metrów)
25. Patryk Dobek (bieg na 800 metrów)
26. Adam Kszczot (bieg na 800 metrów)
27. Adam Czerwiński (bieg na 1500 metrów)
28. Marcin Lewandowski (bieg na 1500 metrów, bieg na 3000 metrów)
29. Michał Rozmys (bieg na 1500 metrów, bieg na 3000 metrów)
30. Damian Czykier (bieg na 60 metrów przez płotki)
31. Krzysztof Kiljan (bieg na 60 metrów przez płotki)
32. Artur Noga (bieg na 60 metrów przez płotki)
33. Adrian Świderski (trójskok)
34. Piotr Lisek (skok o tyczce)
35. Robert Sobera (skok o tyczce)
36. Paweł Wojciechowski (skok o tyczce)
37. Konrad Bukowiecki (pchnięcie kulą)
38. Michał Haratyk (pchnięcie kulą)
39. Jakub Szyszkowski (pchnięcie kulą)
40. Paweł Wiesiołek (siedmiobój)
41. Dariusz Kowaluk (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
42. Jakub Krzewina (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
43. Mateusz Rzeźniczak (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
44. Wiktor Suwara (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)
45. Karol Zalewski (sztafeta 4 x 400 metrów)

2 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

My cousins in New York have hated him for years. They always knew he was a phony and now everyone else is starting to notice that too.

It's funny how Cuomo was the face of COVID on TV when Trump was still President and suddenly they all hate him. If the COVID situation doesn't get better in USA Democrats have nobody else to blame but themselves anymore since thet have full power now and I bet they know COVID will cripple them too. So they're setting up to throw people to the wolves. Cuomo is obviously one of the first who will have to fall on the sword.

Looks like Democrats have to find a new scapegoat now that Trump is out of office and they can't blame everything on him anymore.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo is suddenly feeling the heat

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56120500

Let's see if Takanashi doesn't choke at WCh for a change It should be Kramer vs her for the gold. Kriznar & Opseth didn't look impressive in training & quals so should only fight for minor medals.

Thankfully no gold medal sweep for Norway. Sundling with a power performance in the final whereas Svahn completely flopped in the SF

14 minutes ago, intoronto said:

I'd like to think this is increasingly more likely. However, Toronto/Montreal are currently in discussions with the IOC so who knows.

You think IOC will bankroll the Canadian bid just to keep the Games away from Qatar or Russia? They can get away with this shtick only as long, not to mention four straight Olympics in French/English speaking countries? (Paris, LA, Brisbane, Toronto). That's like zero diversity involved on top of everything else

Just now, George_D said:

russia wouldnt because of doping, Turkey for various reason wouldnt have chance. Spain/Madrid and Canada/Toronto could be potential and interesting bids

Canada? After Montreal spend 40+ years paying off the 1976 debt? Canada ain't hosting the SOG in my lifetime ever again.

Madrid lost three straight times recently and I think they're done with more bids for a while too.

1 minute ago, mrv86 said:

This "preferred bid" is basically to tell the rest: "if you even want to us to consider your proposal then be sure to built a lavish hotel, complete with every amenity possible, and waste your entire budget on unecessary arenas with "eco-friendly" materials that only our partner firms can provide you; if not, screw you"

 

So much for equality and transparency, less for a renewal of the Olympic host role.

The most serious bids would be Russia, Turkey and Qatar anyway. These are countries which can spend all the public money they want to and nobody would ask anyone if hosting the Games is "sustainable financially"  IOC might as well drop the transparency bullshit but they can't prevent Qatar from hosting SOG forever. Unless flexing them between USA and Australia every four years would be a sign of "diversity"?

2 minutes ago, Braulio said:

Covid concern ???

 

 

Russia as per se, wasn't going to be allowed to participate. But maybe the 'Russian Athletics Federation' will send athletes

 

 

They won't. They are officially banned because their doping plan apparently can't be approved in time for the start of IEC. World Athletics rejected their first plan. It's done.

7 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

It's more likely the IOC takes over weightlifting like it did with boxing.

There is no "professional weightlifting" that sucks all the talent out of the Olympics pool though. The thing with boxing is that all the teenagers from USA, UK, Latin American countries are lured by the big pro contracts and don't need Olympic medals anymore. World Amateur Boxing championships are dominated by Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cuba lately so by countries that get zero love from IOC to begin with. The cold war USA vs The East in amateur boxing is long extinct.

5 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Bach also raised the possibility of kicking weightlifting off the program.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1104676/bach-latest-iwf-warning

Heard this before. How often can you hear the same bullshit and still buy it? China won the weightlifting medal table at the last FIVE Olympics and we all know Bach and IOC won't do anything to hurt China. C'mon, you ought to know better at this stage

6 minutes ago, rybak said:

I wonder why Stefanidi started today in Gold Tour meeting in Madrid but will not come to Toruń 

Appearance fee

Russia has been banned from taking part in these Championships wholesale. Let's hear it for integrity values, we're back to 2016 collective responsibility again

Behind Norway there's simply more depth in the women's events

Amnesty International is no longer supporting Alexei Navalny

Russia is having a field day in 2021 after Biden's quiet approval of Nord Stream 2 and now this

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56181084

Just now, Vojthas said:

Once in a lifetime even Monzanator can say something I agree with in 99% - the 1% is the emoticon in the end, because I don't find it funny in any context.

I put the emoji since I'm not surprised by IOC turning out to be a bunch of corrupt two-faced fools again. Who really believes in the "integrity" and "transparency" anymore? Professional sport has become business and is driven by one thing only - money. IOC can afford to erase Belarus but they can't afford to erase China! What a shock!