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This is a total tragedy Kobe Bryant is apparently dead

Just more of the same today. Russians getting overscored beyond belief.
 
Yeah, they deserved their pairs clean sweep, but throwing positive GOE for obvious mistakes again and again is just pathetic.

Laser and Finn seem to be the only battles left at this point. I guess there’s a slight chance that  could catch  in laser radial, but I doubt it. Same goes for  against  in 470.

I watched some goals and I'm pretty sure the bolivian players don't have anyone above 170cm in the team. 
 
And since this is a round robin they still have to play Brazil...
 
 
Btw there was a big upset, Uruguay defeated Chile! Both will likely qualify anyway.

You're all watching the exciting European championship, but meanwhile in south america...  82-7  

Exactly

CONCACAF's qualification format confirmed.
 
Top 6 teams in FIFA's ranking by June 20, 2020 will contest the Hexagonal round. Top 3 qualify to the World Cup.  
The other 29 teams will contest a separate qualification round: Round one: 8 round robin groups, 5 groups of four teams and the rest with 3 teams. Group winners advance to two legged knockouts, until a winner is defined. Winner of the knock out round will face Hex's 4th place to advance to the Intercontinental playoffs.  
 

Honestly, multi-juries would work best with preferential voting, but of course that would require jurors to rank all of the songs and not just top 12...

I think that’s a fair suggestion so if the new change is implemented we will look at it after the contest and maybe even after each of the first couple of editions to see if it is proving effective.
One thing to look for is whether (a) the favourite of each member is making it into the combined vote and (b) whether the songs that are being voted for by each member or by the majority are still making it in also. I think if those 2 conditions are being met it will prove to be a good change. If not then we can consider revising the scale. 
 
I don’t have access to the individual votes of the Italian jury from previous editions so I can’t project how it might operate so I can only review it after each of the next couple of editions and then offer a review of how it seems to be working and what isn’t working. 

Update  - Week 3 - January 13 to January 19 - 2020
 
Men's High Jump
 +1
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/darryl-sullivan-309585
 
Men's Marathon 
 +1 (Achieved via a Top 5 result in a Gold Label race)
https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ireland/stephen-scullion-223786
 
Women's Marathon 
 +1 (Achieved via a Top 5 result in a Gold Label race)
 https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/azerbaijan/marege-hayelom-274423
 
Qualified Quotas Overview Men (Total Quota: 465) Women (Total Quota: 452)  
After some quiet weeks, we can finally add some more athletes to the list of qualifed athletes for Tokyo 2020. 
In the women's marathon in Houston,  Ursula Sanchez was really close to achieve the Olympic Standard with a 6th place and a time of 2:29:32. Only 2 seconds shy of the Olympic Standard! 
https://track.rtrt.me/e/HOU-2020#/leaderboard/top-women-marathon-_ALL/FINISH

Syria lost after extra time.

Ugandan umpire officiating at Indonesia Masters had her bag stolen.. She lost her important documents, credit card, and a few hundred dollars 

First, and in the foreseable future, only Mexican medalist in a Winter discipline 

Event 30/81
 
ICE HOCKEY

Women's Mixed NOC 3-on-3:
 
1. TEAM YELLOW    
Magdalena Luggin (AUSTRIA)
Anke Steeno (BELGIUM)
Zuzana Trnkova (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Ludmila Bourcet (FRANCE)
Leonie Bottcher (GERMANY)
Elisa Innocenti (ITALY)
Luisa Wilson (MEXICO)
Iris Van Houten (NETHERLANDS)
Katya Blong (NEW ZEALAND)
Nora Pollestad (NORWAY)
Shin Seo-Yoon (SOUTH KOREA)
Eva Aizpurua (SPAIN)
Nubya Aeschlimann (SWITZERLAND)
2. TEAM BLACK    
Courtney Mahoney (AUSTRALIA)
Zhang Xinyue (CHINA)
Chang En-Ni (CHINESE TAIPEI)
Emilia Kyrkko (FINLAND)
Amy Robery (GREAT BRITAIN)
Luca Marton (HUNGARY)
Carlotta Regine (ITALY)
Reina Sato (JAPAN)
Kimberly Collard (NETHERLANDS)
Alicja Mota (POLAND)
Daria Petrova (RUSSIA)
Nikola Janekova (SLOVAKIA)
Angelina Hurschler (SWITZERLAND)
3. TEAM BLUE    
Nikki Sharp (AUSTRALIA)
Karolina Hengelmuller (AUSTRIA)
Maria Runevska (BULGARIA)
Aya Juhl Petersen (DENMARK)
Maya Stober (GERMANY)
Mirren Foy (GREAT BRITAIN)
Regina Metzler (HUNGARY)
Yuna Kusama (JAPAN)
Anna Kot (POLAND)
Yana Krashenina (RUSSIA)
Zuzana Dobiasova (SLOVAKIA)
Valerie Christmann (SWITZERLAND)
Sidre Ozer (TURKEY)
 
Full Final Result HERE

Also world number 1 in doubles  Robert Farah also is suspended by doping 

Nicolas Jarry was found positive to an antidoping test and is currently suspended from ITF

I'm just glad a Mexican athlete will earn a medal in women's mixed team 3x3 hockey. 
 
That would probably make her the first athlete from a Latin American NOC to earn a medal in a Winter Olympic Games 
 
 

Congratulations Canada 

Canada came back from two sets down to win against Cuba.

@hckosice

New winter Olympic sport?
 
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/activities-and-interests/the-absolutely-positively-insane-sport-of-icecanoeing/article28947992/

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1089018/panam-sports-esports-santiago-2023
 
Goodbye

no, she's currently 58th in the OQR...no chance for her to climb up so many positions in the standings...
 
her only shot at the Olympics is the global tournament in Paris next May, as it's a 1-day shot with 3 spots up for grabs for all who doesn't make it through the OQR (or the continental/host Nation places)...
basically, it's a true world championship, where the 3 medallists book their ticket to Tokyo 2020...

Karate1 Serie A, Stage #1 (Santiago, CHI)
 
 
today's action recap...
 
 
women's Individual Kata
Gold Medal match: Viviana Bottaro vs Dilara Eltemur
Bronze Medal match #1: Sakura Kokumai vs rosa Almarza
Bronze Medal match #2: Sanae Agalmam vs Ayse Yilmaz
 

women's Individual Kumite, -68kg
Gold Medal match: Irina Zaretska vs Silvia Semeraro
Bronze Medal match #1: Feryal Abdelaziz vs Halyna Melnyk
Bronze Medal match #2: Miroslava Kopunova vs Gong Li

women's Individual Kumite, +68kg
Gold Medal match: Cao Hanqi vs Hamideh Abbasali
Bronze Medal match #1: Sofya Berultseva vs Meltem Hocaoglu Akyol
Bronze Medal match #2: Sachiko Paulina Ramos Akita vs Laura Palacio Gonzalez
 

men's Individual Kumite, -60kg
Gold Medal match: Kaisar Alpysbay vs Douglas Brose
Bronze Medal match #1: Oussama Edari vs Dany Cabello
Bronze Medal match #2: Darkhan Assadilov vs Yerkinbek Baitureyev

men's Individual Kumite, -67kg
Gold Medal match: Alì Elsawy vs Burak Uygur
Bronze Medal match #1: Didar Amirali vs Andres Madera Delgado
Bronze Medal match #2: Assylbek Muratov vs Christian Wever

men's Individual Kumite, -75kg
Gold Medal match: Bahman Askari vs Breno Teixeira
Bronze Medal match #1: Thomas Scott vs Erman Eltemur
Bronze Medal match #2:  Yermek Ainazarov vs Yassine Sekouri
 

When they gather all their best players and train a little they are better than Chile. 
 
Chile scheduled this match on the first day on purpose because they thought they would arrive unprepared like always, but this time they played several friendlies with Cuba. 
 
 

Martha Del Valle easily confirmed her MER after scoring 68%+ in Wellington. Path is now wide opened for the selection.