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And its official, will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games

Als liefhebber van de veldnummers baal ik wel van de beperkte aandacht van de NOS daarvoor. Ik hoop daarom nog altijd op wat komende veldtoppers. Misschien dat we er op hoog ook langzaam bij kunnen gaan zitten bij de dames.

Bij de vrouwen geen succes, maar bij de mannen wel een medaille. 14.7 op voltige voor De Munck is een mooi resultaat. Natuurlijk, Fraser en Rhys (in de Q) brachten niet wat gewenst was, maar je moet er maar wel staan. Zilver.

Personally, I don´t mind Sports Climbing. Skateboarding is a bit so-so and Golf needn't be included, because they don't really take it all that seriously.
 
However, I can understand why they cut the canoe sprint programme somewhat. Comparing to swimming, everything feels unfair, however.
 
I can imagine why some of these changes are happening, but they are always forgetting part of what is important in actually making these changes.

Maybe a chance for them to medal for the first time ever in Paris. 

Maybe a chance for them to medal for the first time ever in Paris. 

Maybe a chance for them to medal for the first time ever in Paris. 

I think  benefitted the most from the ban with those "easy" gold medals in Artistic Swimming. And hey, I think this is the new norm anyway, not just a fluke event. Now that everyone crossed this bridge, it's probably going to turn into a South Africa ban situation where we won't see Russia at international events for a looong time. I mean, as long as Putin's system stands in Russia and I think he ain't going anywhere for at least one more decade. 

The 10 meters they actually showed well in the 50 fly final were pretty close, fun race as always  

Ik zou dit team al niet bijzonder veel kansen toedichten als er geen gezeur was. 

Here to hope De Waard can medal. Giele or Steenbergen would be nice too.

Either talking about his own career or praising other American athletes it feels like. 

And has anyone who might be watching the WA YouTube stream noticed how Dan O'Brien, who is doing co-commentary here, is almost literally all the time talking about his own career?  

This is over. Spain are tired. Sometimes goals like the 1-1 would be ruled a foul, but I'm fine with these type of goals not being ruled a foul. Oh well, the more important tournament is next year, hopefully everybody is fit to play then.

It's 12:43 am here in Poland. That's not exactly prime time
 
Barrondo in the penalty box. It seems like he's always DQ since winning OG silver in 2012

I'm always curious what it takes to get the job at the official Olympics site.

BBC Coverage is already . If you like to watch lots of ex-athletes expressing banalities about modern athletics the BBC is for you.  If you want to watch athletics, VPN & YT.

Miedema also tested positive. This spells only more trouble. Losing the two best players in preparation doesn't help, even though Portugal and Switzerland shouldn't be problematic.

I would like Guatemala to qualify, because it will be their only chance to have a team in collective sport in Paris, the Dominican Republic has a big chance in women's volleyball to have a team

Finally the WC break for Sharon van Rouwendaal. As per usual,  salvaging what little is left in the marathon tournament. Happy to see her on top form on the Olympic distance again.
 
She was a bit helped by Cunha and Beck battling it out together, but that's what can happen in a three-way race to the finish.

Finally the WC break for Sharon van Rouwendaal. As per usual,  salvaging what little is left in the marathon tournament. Happy to see her on top form on the Olympic distance again.
 
She was a bit helped by Cunha and Beck battling it out together, but that's what can happen in a three-way race to the finish.

Expected, but still unbelievable. Oh well, backwards courts making their country going backwards, what else is new.
 
Next step is making sexual education illegal, because they obviously don't want people to be somewhat safe, and since the obvious goal is more misery all around, that'd be a logical next step.
 
It's interesting how they do whatever they can before someone is born, but once a child goes to school, authorities are happy to let them serve as shooting targets.

The “unnamed teammate” seems to be Vera van Pol.

The hype was quite low even here in Hungary for this WCh. You can sense that this was a last minute thing and not everyone took it seriously. Having three WChs in one and a half year is a terrible idea from FINA, they should have cancelled the 2022 edition after Japan refused to host it this year. 
 
2022 should have been the "quiet" year for the Olympic cycle, as usual, the year without WChs, where the FIFA World Cup is the main event and the big Olympic sports only have EChs. Now 2022 is way too crowded with events, while at the same time none of them truly feel special because we just had two Olympic Games in a short amount of time. 

Luckily it is the 21st century in which watching on demand is way easier than before. However, combining work and my wish to watch the “morning” sessions makes it a bit harder.
 
I also don’t really watch the morning sessions for the swimming these days, which I did when I was back in University. Growing old and being responsible, I bet. It also didn’t help that Dutch TV wasn’t showing them, although I could have used the EBU. Maybe that was the reason I rarely saw the Spanish flag these days..