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Nastja Kolar and Alexandra Riley banned for life for match fixing between 2015-2020. Both were ITF regulars.

https://www.itia.tennis/news/sanctions/kolar-and-riley-banned-from-tennis/

So, the biggest prospect goes to a huge market aka the third biggest city in USA instead of Anaheim or Columbus? Is the NHL lottery as fixed as "Ewing to New York" back in the day?

Daniel Tschofenig leads after the 1st round which isn't a surprise given his training jumps.

Hektor Kapustik will finish 37th and he managed to beat the entire 4-man contingent

wins in women's foil. It's as predictable as winning in table tennis?

Four Olympic quota bouts today and lost all four of them. So much for any domestic help from the judges. They must be helping some other nations

Perijoc looked better in my eye, much faster than Drabik who is almost 35 years old tbh.

18 minutes ago, ChandlerMne said:

Cakiroglu won Rok but bout was terrible. 

No single clean shot from both of them.

Yeah, the bout was chaotic at best. Cakiroglu landed one good combo in the third round which was enough to look better

Cakiroglu takes the women's 50 kg QF over Rok. takes the Iberian derby over

Surmeneli wins the 66 kg QF. I have no idea what was Rygielska doing there in the final round?

Here are the quota matches today (for Paris, not Tokyo ):

5 hours ago, dullard said:

Isn't she required to have competed in BJK Cup or have an exemption from ITF?

Yeah, that is required but I believe she will be called up for the November finals so that would take care of it.

15 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Damn, the whole Mongol Invasion story was made up!    You'll be telling me next that no town in Holland was ever saved from flooding by a brave boy covering up a crack in the dijk!

Yeah, the story about the trumpeter is a medieval myth but the Mongol Invasion was real I presume most adults in Poland have heard the Kraków Trumpet Call hundreds if not thousands of times in their lives. It's played every hour from the tower of the St. Mary's church so any tourist who's been to Kraków must have heard it numerous times as well

On 6/24/2023 at 9:43 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Okay, what’s the deal with the horn blare at the start of competitions. I swear I heard that same noise in Europe when I was over there…

It's the start of the St. Mary's Trumpet Call - another thing heavily associated with Kraków for several decades.

A lot of cities in Europe - especially those dating to medieval times - have similar calls but it's obiously not the same one for each city

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary's_Trumpet_Call

As one-sided final as it gets. Nothing for the highlights outside of UK

Szocs totally crushed it - 11-3 in the decider!!!

The Chinese from Monaco is furious, almost threw the racquet and kicked the boards.

Szocs in line for a massive comeback. Down 1-3 in sets and leads 6-1 in the decider...

Seifriedsberger wins the women's ski jumping 0.3 pts ahead of Prevc. Kramer with bronze.

Seifriedsberger vs Prevc for the gold after the first round given their advantage. Kramer with a 6 points gap over 4th place.

Five jumpers in and Tamara Mesikova leads the women's competition @hckošice

Elizabeta Samara beats Natalia Bajor 4-3 in the bronze medal match. So that's two medals for in women's singles

3 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Neither that nor ski jumping are on europeangames.tv 

Given how TVP lost World Cup ski jumping coverage before last season I wouldn't be surprised if they blocked all outside broadcasts of the sport for EG

22 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Why aren’t the table tennis medal matches being broadcast?

They are on TVP Sport. Watching Bajor vs Samara bronze medal match right now

Going topless in public is suddenly an equal rights thing in Catalonia. Guess the conservatives won't protest that idea too much

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66029635

@Rafa MacielSince Sandra Drabik is in the 54kg division, our media say that all EG semi-finalists will qualify for the Paris OG

33 minutes ago, Benolympique said:

Can she compete in the 2024 Olympics?

I think so. There is no Olympic tennis qualifying per se, the WTA ranking is the official measuring stick and French women have completely lost depth in the last few seasons. Other than Garcia & Cornet there is nobody who can play at Gracheva level atm. Parry & Paquet have stalled, Ferro was out injured and Mladenovic is a joke in singles these days.