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into the semi-finals! I did my study abroad there, so happy to see them succeed.

She attends the University of South Carolina (my state). (Jacory Patterson on the men's side, who also won his heat, is also from SC.)

The whole World Athletics page is broken for me...

Sleep may be for the weak...but it's almost 10 pm and it's time to go to bed here. Will wake up in time for the finals.

Looks like Paternain doesn't even have a Uruguay flag to wave behind her!

Sullivan 4th place And McClain 8th

Doesn't even have to be a long race...love the Track Cycling sprints when they're moving at a snail's pace at first.

Sullivan climbing again...will she catch Paternain?

Brooke Andersen 3 strikes.

Crazy how different the four heats of the 1500m were. There were 60 athletes in total, and the athlete who clocked the 41st fastest time is now qualified for the semis. (But I suppose that's not to be too surprising, giving it's just the top X from the heat, no time qualifiers.)

Me: Kids, don't rot your eyes out on screens! Also me: Brb...the marathon is on.

Sullivan lead gone

Yes...two states to the north. Per Live Results, Sullivan's lead is down to 15 seconds.

Sullivan's lead shrinking...just over a half minute from the chasing pack.

South Carolina...I was impressed once when I was in Iceland and the guy in the restaurant not only knew where that was, but also knew that the college I went to was good at (American) football!

For LA28, it will be nice because events will start around lunchtime for me (East Coast...3 hours difference), but won't finish until 1 or 2am...but I am a teacher and have summers off, so I could stay up late each night...

(BTW, I'm impressed at all you Europeans up watching the marathon...do you not ever sleep? )

So how long will the American be out front like this? Edit: Apparently she likes taking the lead. This is on her Wikipedia page, about her race at 2023 Budapest: "Sullivan took the lead in the first section of the race in the hot weather. The field of elites at one point was nearly two minutes behind her as the announcers told her story and she reached unimpeded for her water bottles. She faded in the later miles to finish 58th in 2:44:24 while Amane Beriso took the win in 2:24:23."

Zahid Valencia into the Gold Medal match in 86kg. He took down Kamran Ghasempour , who is a 2x WCH gold medalist. Valencia hasn't lost a match this year...hopefully the streak will continue! Will face Ishiguro Hayato in the GMM tomorrow.

They have the .1 FS system in Speed Climbing as well. With that, it's not a random start. They have the 3-2-1 beeps, so they know exactly when to go...except they have to time their response to some (arbitrary) 0.1 sec *after* the last beep. Let's set it at the beep.

I had just watched the Paris 2024 mountain bike event the other day...congrats again to Rissveds !

with a high schooler in the Bronze medal match in 61kg! Jax Forrest is 18 years old, 2025 US and PanAm champ. Lost in the semis to Tokyo Gold medalist Zaur Uguev

WTT Champions Macao 2025 Tomorrow will see the results, with Semifinals mid-day, then the Finals at night. For the Women, it's an all bout: Chen Xingtong vs. Wang Manyu; and Sun Yingsha vs. Kuai Man For the Men, it's Asia vs. not Asia: Jang Woojin vs. Wang Chuqin ; and Hugo Calderano vs. Anders Lind

US still with one athlete hanging in there, and she made it to the Gold medal bout. Yoseline Perez will take on Huang Hsiao-Wen in the W 54kg bout tomorrow. She won the Youth Worlds in 2022, but this will be her first Senior Worlds medal (and the only one for in this championship).

Finally got to watch a few highlights from today and managed to see the relay live. Glad the US didn't bumble the baton, as our men tend to do. Two golds for today! And congrats to all the other medallists/athletes as well!