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Olympics prefer diversity and quota for lesser nations. Top-heavy approach just won't get the go ahead at the Olympics. You can't have it both ways. They cut down on China in table tennis, overall number of entries in weightlifting and so on. Judo will get those random judokas from Cameroon or Gabon that get bounced 30 seconds into their first fight rather than have a second national quota for a country with multiple elite judokas like Canada in women's 57kg.

If the commentators don't know what the selection criteria is then of course it's dumb if decided for pure speculation. If the criteria was whomever does better at WC goes to Olympics then it's pretty clear cut.

That was the popular explanation of the WR back then - that Wang ran 24 laps instead of 25.

Well, Dems are trying to make Harris do something so maybe her lies aren't so clean cut this time? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57408094

I haven't paid attention to these 10,000 results lately but are the miracle shoes making their way into stadium running now? Don't tell me it's a coincidence these WRs are beaten by several seconds just like that?

H2H between Deguchi & Klimkait doesn't matter IMO. It's about their h2h versus all the top competitors in the division. That's the details I need to know. Besides, Japan faces the same problem in more than one category each & every year. Nobody will make them a favor at the Olympics so nobody will make Canada a favor either.

Tim Duncan was born in US Virgin Islands. Technically that's only an US overseas territory.

Kamala Harris tells immigrants from Guatemala to fuck off. Of course there will be no outrage like when Donald Trump played the same tune. The hypocrites in US politics strike again https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57387350

Yeah, waza-ari 30 seconds before the finish

Yeah, I noticed the draw. No luck there with Gjakova but no easy outs. Monteiro, Liperteriani & Klimkait into R3.

Has Julia Kowalczyk fought already?

Clippers win it...

Atlanta Falcons have traded WR Julio Jones to Tennessee Titans for picks. Falcons are in rebuild mode and 32yo Jones will be a high-profile mercenary for a playoff contender. He is a Top 5 WR of the past decade but trending down due to age & injuries. He can still make a difference on the field even if he's not gonna post 1,000 rec yds anymore.

First time Grand Slam finalist confirmed from the bottom half as Elena Rybakina takes out Serena Williams 6-3 7-5. The last four standing in the bottom half are Rybakina, Badosa, Pavlyuchenkova & Zidansek.

Finally a rare Hamilton error that gets punished! Perez wins after all

There will be a two lap shootout. Back in the old days the race would be called under yellow and Perez would have won it. But Liberty goes for the useless GWC soap opera crap.

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TART COPYING HERE ---> [hide] Knockout Round June 3rd - June 6th, 2021 4 Nations, The Winner of each Semifinal will qualify for Gold Match, and the losers will play the Third-Place Match Semifinals Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 5th 2021, h. 14:15 United States 2 Canada June 5th 2021, h. 18:15 Finland 1 Germany [/hide]

And she did. Badosa saves MP and wins 6-4 in the third. Sabalenka is out which means my final pick is narrowed down to Swiatek/Badosa

Magda Linette advances into R3 after Ashleigh Barty retires in the second set. At this rate the women's draw heads into a Swiatek vs Badosa/Sabalenka final

Smarzek & Efimienko didn't play but it's still a bad loss alright.

[hide] Knockout Round June 3rd - June 6th, 2021 8 Nations, The Winner of each Quartfinal will qualify for the Semifinals Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT -3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 3rd 2021, h. 16:15 Switzerland 1 Germany June 3rd 2021, h. 16:15 United States 1 Slovakia June 3rd 2021, h. 20:15 ROC 2 Canada June 3rd 2021, h. 20:15 Finland 1 Czech Republic [/hide]

Yes, Kostyuk's emotions is one thing that puts a question mark if she can make Top 10. That's a huge road block once you reach a certain level. Meanwhile Camila Giorgi never makes it easy for her fans but battles past Petra Martic 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 in vintage WTA chokefest.

Svitolina's ultra-defensive game just doesn't win Grand Slams in this day and age. You can reach Top 10 and win some big events but there's an obvious ceiling to it. Svitolina reached the high-water mark with YEC victory. It's gonna be curious to see how Kostyuk does in the upcoming years. She's got tools to become a Top 20 player for sure.

Marta Kostyuk dumps out Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-4. Teenagers on the rise! Kostyuk can obviously go places in the future.