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Meltdown for the ages for  Bence Demeter - came into the last shoot with a 5 sec lead….finished fifth.
 

 Olympic selection going to be a nightmare - Elgendy won today, Shaban third, Hamed fourth.  

 Balasz Szep got the Silver.

35 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Daryll Neita just won the Diamond League 200 in 22.6

Also a fine PB in the 5000m 14:43 for Megan Keith, up to fifth in the UK all time list.

7 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said:

noooooooo,come on Mondo,DO IT

Not too far off on the third, but will try again another day.

3 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said:

this official site is hot garbage

Mondo is XX at 6.25___

1 minute ago, Biathlonfan said:

i saw that like ten minutes ago on the site

Hah hah. Anyway, best-ever win for  Daryl Neita in the 200m.

Keeps the tension building with 6.00m.

Ba

12 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said:

Well.....only Mondo's left in the Pole vault

The bar is on….Гул затих 

Prima donna behaviour from  Amusan.

Hey,  Mondo, windspeed 0.1.  Just sayin’.

3 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said:

Akani Simbine[10.01] defeats Christian Coleman[10.04 and Fred kerley[10.11] .

No repeat of  Emma Coburn’s brilliant bluff in 2014 on this track.

42 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said:

What information do you need ? i'm asking you what  do you think she should do,since clearly you have an issue with her[or any belerussians] competing right now the way things are at the moment 

It’s an imperfect world, but no, I don’t want them doing anything in Paris except taking a boat trip.

4 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said:

you didn't answer my question....like at all

Just have no information.

11 minutes ago, Biathlonfan said:

I'm just curious....what do you expect someone like Prokopenko to do ? she's been in this sport for over 20 years,should she just retire because of what's going on ? ,this is someone who had to wait 9 years for her olympic medal from Beijing and won world championships late in her career do you expect her to just try to flee her country for.....where exactly ? here in Lithuania  ? sure,i wouldn't mind her finishing her career under our banner,many people would,so that's not really even a possibe option... 

Well I’m that like for biathlon & CC which we see on YouTube, there is still an active Modern Pentathlon Tour within Russia & they are probably making as much money as the international athletes are.  My theory is that when they come back they will have a generation of stars, because right now the Juniors are in the same competition as the Seniors every week

First big Multievents meet of the year this weekend (posting a bit late) - the Multistars from Brescia.  

 Seong is cracked now.

Gnedtchik wins,  Seong Silver,  Micheli bronze.   Gulyas a bad day, fell to 10th.

 Seing looking strong, battle between  Gnedtchik &  Gulyas for silver.   Asadauskaite being let down by her shooting.

Gnetchik takes the lead…..

So going into the laser run we have

 Seong

 Gulyas

 Clouvel 

in the lead, but still tight.   Asadauskaite has about 50 secs to make up, but I bet she will.

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

The entry at #30. Recommended!

 

And what distinguishes that from  # 20? 

1 hour ago, bestmen said:

The best cookies in the world, Africa leads  

 

Now just a minute here…. Shortbread & Petticoat Tails are like  spaghetti & farfalle - same thing different shapes.

20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Judging by the massive number of z's in this example (and the overall lack of feeling like anything resembling German), not at all, no

 

Ah, OK, it’s like Ulster Scots, Kernow & Valencian then ie peasant dialects that existed in the pre-literacy era, but which died out with compulsory schools, railway lines & national service.  Only to be reborn in the era when people discovered that there were €€€s in the  budget for regional languages.

Errm......isn't this just the language the rest of the world knows as....German?

The Polish Sejm has taken a great step towards officially recognizing the Silesian language as a regional language, potentially making it the second such language in Poland, alongside Kashubian.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/poland-takes-a-step-toward-official-recognition-of-a-new-language/ar-AA1nHSS2?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=abc9a00b8c854399c3b816c05ceaa9f2&ei=17

Cool, am enjoying my Saturday MP double headers this year.  

Timetable and Entries for the Shanghai DL this Saturday

Programme 2024 (diamondleague.com) 

Full team lists.  Draws end of next week.

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/news/press-releases/entry-lists-world-athletics-relays-bahamas-24

Don't see flame-throwing robot dog battles as an Olympic sport anytime soon, sadly. Maybe the World Games.

A flame-throwing robotic dog has been invented by a company in the United States that is capable of delivering “on-demand fire anywhere”.

Watch: Fire-breathing robot dog that can torch anything in its path (yahoo.com)