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Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from Eastbourne and apparently she is still feeling the effects of virus that forced her to withdraw mid-event from Roland Garros

Yeah, Mancini lost to Sandra Drabik on Saturday.

Well, I had live timing from the EA site and it was OK as usual, thankfully my original login still works and more importantly I didn't forget it

Overall a good showing from Poland and we still remain a top European nation in the sport

Bernadette Szocs wins the women's QF and celebrates briefly on the table itself

This week's finals:

Berlin 500

Petra Kvitova def. Donna Vekic 6-2 7-6(6)

Birmingham 250

Jelena Ostapenko def. Barbora Krejcikova 7-6(8) 6-4

Fun fact: Kvitova and Ostapenko will meet in R1 in Eastbourne most likely on Tuesday. They actually played the 2022 final there.

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

The padel venue is fantastic. Nice crowd too.

It's literally downtown Kraków and a popular tourist location

In the end Angels beats Rockies 25-1!  They set franchise record for most runs (25) and hits (28) in one game

Their previous record was 24 runs vs Blue Jays in 1979.

LA Angels just scored 13 runs in one inning vs Rockies (in Colorado). 15-0 is the score after three innings

Well, this whole thing could have been aimed at removing Shoygu & Gerasimov but Putin misjudged how powerful they really are and suddenly it's Prigozhin who will be getting the axe instead as the "coup" turns into a failure?

@heywooduWelcome to XXI century, I guess people want to watch knowing the results in advance? Maybe you could find a way to click on the replay without looking at the video icon? Or tell Bruna to start the video for you?

1 hour ago, Swewi said:

Finland are 11 point back compared the calculations so this was "meant" to be a better day for them actually.

 

Antoher thing maybe someone knows , when givning out individual medals, not that I know if the athletes care, but do they also compare with the other divisions and there could be such results as the men's 800m where the winner comes from a lower ranked group?

Like mentioned above, medals are given based on results from all three divisions, so yeah, even a winner can come from Division II or III.

If Prigozhin goes for an actual coup attempt - against both Putin & the Army - then he is way more stupid than anyone thought and this will be over real fast.

Prigozhin has been talking negative things about the regular Army for some time. This suggests he is being allowed to say that by someone real high... i.e. Putin himself. Putin might not be able to openly criticize the Army since that might cause a true revolt but if a third party does that then it's suddenly Putin's gain.

33 minutes ago, stepansevs said:

I really do not understand why Polish does not go to this athletic team Championship. Ok European Games does not have good reputation. But itnis team Championship. I was in Bydhošť 5 years ago and there were full stadium. Maybe one of reason Is that it it 3 times in row in Poland and it Is time to change it and give it to sb else. Moreover I think great times of athletics in Poland Is over. It Is time for Italy

Bydgoszcz is in a complete different part of the country so it's not really the case of the same people (non)-attending. Like I said before the two reasons are:

a) lack of promotion, I didn't realize athletics will be held in Chorzów until few days before EG and I live less than 20 kms from Chorzów itself

b) EG started in the last week of school when most adults are still working and before the actual holiday period in Poland.

PS. It doesn't help Chorzów will host the Skolimowska Memorial on July 16th. I suspect there will be more people for that meeting than EG three weeks prior.

Klaudia Kardasz is furious after the shot put drama. Apparently the electronics measurement was also affected hence they had to reboot the system and start the competition from the scratch.

https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/lekkoatletyka/polka-w-centrum-duzego-skandalu-jest-wsciekla-zostalam-oszukana/h2x6xpe

The mascot is the dungeon dragon, a Polish children's fairy tale that takes place in Kraków

Fantini wins the W Hammer with 73.26. Kosonen and Kopron on the podium. Payne in 4th place.

2 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Who said, that people would come, when we reach Division 1.. Imagine having 4 years to promote this big event, that your country is hosting, that you should be proud of and then the first 3 days have a lower combined attendance then a single Ekstraklassa match.

 

I refuse to believe, that Poland, one of the biggest European sporting nations in my opinion, doesn't care one bit about this event. Even if you don't know karate, BMX, taekwondo etc. this is most likely the golden age for Polish athletics and they can get even 5000 people, let alone 50 000. 

The promotion was sub-standard IMO. I don't know if people here even realized that the Euro Games will have multiple hosting venues and thought it will all happen in Kraków. The multi-location promotion was nowhere to be found and most media here only went gaga that ski jumping will be held in the summer alas even Kamil Stoch recently said he will only compete because the ski jumpers were forced to take part in this event (since it's held in Poland). Yeah, so much for the positive vibes.

The timing is something else, June is not a total holiday period here, school only ended today and most families plan their free time for July & August.

Femke Bol wins 400 with 49.82. Natalia Kaczmarek in 2nd place so all according to plan.

Jaeger 51.66 PB in women's 400 Heat B.

Toimil got a 15.32 mark so some points there.

And they're wiped all the shot put R1 results away (ten marks in total) and we start from the scratch

Yeah, the lines in women's shot put are totally wrong. Dongmo under 19 meters per lines and 19.78 per the measurement. Now there is a delay to change the lines. Sigh...

Klaudia Kardasz measured with 18.56 but even Chmara said the shot landed around 17 meters mark

Katrin Brzyszkowska. A name any Pole would be proud of