Monzanator

WTA finals this week are set:

Abu Dhabi 500:

Belinda Bencic vs Liudmila Samsonova

Linz 250:

Petra Martic vs Anastasia Potapova

Maria Sakkari fell to 7-20 in WTA semi-finals by losing to Martic 6-3 3-6 4-6 @Makedonas

Ahonen's record run only ended because he skipped Kulm ski flying round. After that he won in Titisee-Neustadt for one more podium that officially doesn't count in the streak.

Lisa Vittozzi DNS in pursuit due to illness...

Femke Bol 49.96 in Metz.

Only the 4th woman in history to run under 50 secs indoors (after Kratochvilova in 1982, Kocembova in 1984 and Nazarova in 2004).

11 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

Source?

Berliner Zeitung, Washington Post etc. The head of CIA's "secret mission" in January had this purpose but it failed so Biden had to force Germany to approve the tanks shipment against previous statements.

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/bericht-us-praesident-joe-biden-bot-wladimir-putin-20-prozent-der-ukraine-im-gegenzug-fuer-frieden-an-li.313482

It's been leaked that Biden tried to negotiate "peace for land" and sell Ukraine short back in January but got rejected by Russia which forced the Leopard tanks move. Precious time was wasted but USA still views China as the main enemy so let's don't kid ourselves Biden wants this war to end anytime soon. They want Russia to bleed out now that "peace at all costs" has been rejected. I don't need any explanations on the matter whatsoever...

12 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

I wonder if it ever happened at the OLYMPICS.

 

4 athletes per NOC able to participate in an event

 

and they finished 1-2-3-4

It happened in Nordic Combined twice

In biathlon and had four men in top six before but only one medal each time

Some bad skiing by Strolia. He's behind Guńka with the same number of misses...

Dale misses the medal by 3.7 secs.

Pidruchnyi finishes ahead of VSC but sadly Tarjei will push him off the podium

Tarjei Boe 10/10 and we're looking at Norway 1-2-3-4

Laegreid 40 secs back at the finish so even 10/10 wouldn't be enough.

20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Lottery potential  

 

1. Christian Gow

2. Mikhail Usov

3. Alex Cisar

 

 

Gow with three misses in the prone

QFM 9/10 but even 10/10 wouldn't be enough...

Nine out of first twelve shoot clear but Giacomel two misses...

JTB with two split rounds and one miss...

Hey, the race is on so we're back to Nozawa Onsen 1998!

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Huh, I had no idea the Olympics were here  That's pretty cool indeed  

The 1992 OG speed races were in Val d'Isere and the technical races in Tignes IIRC.

Sun should make the course faster as we get closer to mid-day for later numbers but guess not...

Gut-Behrami miles off the pace.

But Stuhec SHOULD challenge for gold?

WTA Semi-Finals this weekend:

Abu Dhabi 500

Beatriz Haddad Maia vs Belinda Bencic

Zheng Qinwen vs Liudmila Samsonova

Linz 250

Anastasia Potapova vs Marketa Vondrousova

Maria Sakkari vs Petra Martic

Some early Formula E racing today - Hyderabad round at 10:30 am CET so even before the women's WCh downhill @Dolby

Also QFM #3 and Laegreid #6  The podium could be settled right away. Could we challenge the lowest podium bib # total? The Vancouver OG weather shambles is the record?

IOC proposed a 2x 35 km mixed race walk relay. So they got rid of 50km and now want a 70km relay instead? Or a marathon distance race-walking

I'm not even going to say anything about the reasoning crap and the usual politically correct excuses

Looks like another pitch for the mythical new fans that will never come anyway

It turns out Pia Skrzyszowska has pulled a thigh muscle and her indoor season is over