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38 minutes ago, FireRun said:

What did Lampič do wrong? Our girls would have finished 9th which would gave them valuable nations cups points for next season. 

It turns out she only used two spare rounds on the standing shoot. Automatic 2 min penalty IIRC.

The smackdown is complete. Iga Świątek wins Doha 500 beating Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-0 in the final.

Świątek lost FIVE games in three matches here. Fives games to win a WTA title is unheard of dominance, even peak Chris Evert didn't manage to do that in her clay court heyday...

Poland hasn't had a dominator like this in a GLOBAL sport since maybe Irena Szewińska...

Polish Ekstraklasa at its finest. How to shoot on open goal from three meters out and hit your own backside

Starring Maciej Nalepa from Lechia Gdańsk...

4 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

See, it is like Belgium - you can never tell anyone’s mother tongue just from their name.

It could be worse, Schweiz-German is somewhat strange on the ear and I say this as someone living in Oberschlesien

Auchentaller speaks English without the usual hard German accent for Sud-Tirolers? Dominik Windisch could never...

9th place for is a great result. Our new junior wave is slow on skis as hell but at least they can shoot reasonably well.

gets 10th despite two penalty loops on the first shoot.

adjusted time penalty? Did Lampic miscount the penalty loops or something?

No medal for France and I wonder if Chloe Chevalier only has a free pass due to being the "lesser" sister on the team. Gross mismanagement there...

Woo!!! Andiamo!!!

Two penalty loops for Charvatova... another Czech medal chance gone...

Fall for Finland at the exchange... who has the voodoo doll out there?

1 minute ago, JonPhi said:

Chevalier again and again! What a stupid decision to let her start!

Yeah, Chauveau would be a better choice here...

Finland is having a shocker and this after Seppala rifle dramas last week already...

Wierer gives Italy the lead.. nightmare for Tandrevold again...

Canada used their lucky charm in Courchevel today

9 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

The draw sizes in Linz and Lyon for example were 32 for singles and 16 for doubles, but they played both finals on the same day.

Most players in Doha also entered Dubai the next week so I guess it's better to have a day off between events rather than before the final. Linz was 250 and most players are too low ranked to make the Doha 500 w/o qualifying and basically skipped it.

Persson with two spare rounds on the first prone.. Estonia on the penalty loop...

12 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

Thanks for explaining, but why would they play the doubles final the same day as the singles semifinals? It should be played the same day as the singles final in my opinion.

 

Also what if the singles final is a quick match, then these fans bought tickets just to watch less than an hour of tennis? Should have both finals on the same day. That's how it normally is at WTA events anyways.

Singles draw is 32 names, doubles draw is only 16 teams so one less round hence the final is one day earlier.

First WCh gold in slalom for Canadian women since Anne Heggtveit won the Squaw Valley OG in 1960

Shiffrin only 2nd!!! St. Germain is world champion with bib #18

Holdener blows it with a huge lead Medal for Duerr...

Laurence St. Germain takes the lead by 0.69!!! What a run!!! Medal for Canada!!!

Duerr beats Holtmann by 0.02! Three to go...

No luck for the juniors, Aronsson down in 5th, Ljutic DNF. Holtmann leads with six to go...

Sara Hector finally takes the lead, she lost 0.67 but had 0.07 left at the finish...