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Yeah, I’ve seen documentaries; they are disciplined & obsessive in ways that no western countries could tolerate.

Catching up with the Athletics from this morning. & have also sent strong teams, so there’s going to be some good events.

Murky case here as Peter Bol exonerated & reinstated. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-66368074

Can’t agree. Why is University sport worse than teams of millionaire mercenaries? Sports always exciting & dramatic when you have evenly matched teams & players.

Goid article for techies about Ryan Crouser’s technique. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/66312451

Victory for Zografski! Don’t get many of those.

Athletics at the FISU Games start tomorrow. Shaping up to be mostly an Asian showdown, I think.

Pointed this out before, but any country whose aristocracy talked French in the 19th century counts as a Francophone country, no matter what language the serfs spoke.

Funny incident in the relay in Sunderland today when a lady mixed up the & flags - got a time penalty which cost bronze.

Tom Daley announces his un-retirement; will attempt to make Paris. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/diving/66353357

If only there was a equivalent to the word “taquinage”.

Got whacked, though.

Sheesh, there’s no point in us hosting international events if are going to win everything. Wow, incredible, there are actually dolphins swimming on the swimming course in the harbour! Dunno what their running & cycling is like though!

In European Athletics there is definitely more emphasis on the annual U-20s (next week) & U-23s (couple of weeks ago). Maybe also in rowing, canoeing etc.

Ever watched the All Blacks playing a minor rugby nation?

Summer Jumping in Courcheval this weekend, both ladies & men. Only 26 in the Woman’s but some big names.

More National Champs. Is gb’ed, but others aren’t. https://www.youtube.com/@fidalservizi1553/streams https://swiss-athletics.ch/de/schweizer-meisterschaften/live-stream-sm-bellinzona/

Thomas Bacholympicgoldmedalfencingmontreal1976 realises that he & the FIE have pissed in the bed, reinstates Olga Kharlan. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/fencing/66339461

Shame because Kinshasa is one of the world’s greatest cities for music. Also intestinal parasites.

Reckon so - they always keep samples back given that new tests are always being invented. But it’s a tough one because he did not do anything really extraordinary in 2016, he won just by hitting his targets first time not third.

Plus the futility of going up against in . But you’re right. Take away and you’re really down to scraps in the synchro events.

Pole Vaulter & national hero Thiago Braz gets a provisional ban for Ostarine, commonly used as a hot milky pre-bedtime drink…..no, wait a minute…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/66341498

Team - Men 100m: Eugene Amo-Dadzie (Steve Fudge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet) Reece Prescod (Marco Airale, Enfield & Haringey) 200m: Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet) 400m: Matthew Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield) 800m: Max Burgin (Ian Burgin, Halifax) Ben Pattison (Dave Ragan, Basingstoke and Mid Hants) Daniel Rowden (Jon Bigg, Woodford Green & Essex Ladies) 1500m: Elliot Giles (Jon Bigg, Birchfield) Neil Gourley (Stephen Haas, Giffnock North) Josh Kerr (Danny Mackey, Edinburgh) 110m Hurdles: Ojora (Joanna Hayes, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) 4x100m Relay: Eugene Amo-Dadzie (Steve Fudge, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) Jeremiah Azu (Marco Airale, Cardiff) Jona Efoloko (Clarence Callender, Sale Harriers Manchester) Adam Gemili (Marco Airale, Blackheath and Bromley) Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet) Reece Prescod (Marco Airale, Enfield & Haringey) 4x400m Relay: Joe Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea) Lewis Davey (Trevor Painter, Newham and Essex Beagles) Charlie Dobson (Benke Blomkvist, Colchester) Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow) Matthew Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield) Rio Mitcham (Leon Baptiste, Birchfield) Discus: Lawrence Okoye (Zane Duquemin, Croydon)

Team - Women 100m: Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley) Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Ryan Freckleton, Sutton & District) Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers) 200m: Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley) Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers) Bianca Williams (Linford Christie, Thames Valley) 400m: Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles) Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield & Haringey) 800m: Isabelle Boffey (Luke Gunn, Enfield & Haringey) Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh) Jemma Reekie (Jon Bigg, Kilbarchan) 1500m: Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Rob Denmark, Poole) Laura Muir (Dundee Hawkhill) *coached by World Class Plan Endurance Performance Manager Steve Vernon and the wider WCP Endurance team at UK Athletics. Katie Snowden (Stephen Haas, Herne Hill) 5000m: Megan Keith (Ross Cairns, Inverness) Amy-Eloise Markovc (Rob Denmark, Wakefield) 10,000m: Eilish McColgan (Liz Nuttall, Dundee Hawkhill) Jessica Warner-Judd (Mick Judd, Blackburn) 3000m Steeplechase: Aimee Pratt (Thomas Dreißigacker, Sale Harriers Manchester) 100m Hurdles: Cindy Sember (Chris Johnson, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) 400m Hurdles: Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) 4x100m Relay: Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley) Alyson Bell (Anne Scott, Glasgow Jaguars) Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Ryan Freckleton, Sutton & District) Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers) Asha Phillip (Amy Deem, Newham and Essex Beagles) *subject to fitness. Annie Tagoe (Vince Anderson, Thames Valley) Bianca Williams (Linford Christie, Thames Valley) 4x400m Relay: Amber Anning (Chris Johnson, Brighton & Hove) Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) Laviai Nielsen (Phillip Unfried, Enfield and Haringey) Victoria Ohuruogu (Newham and Essex Beagles) Ama Pipi (Linford Christie, Enfield & Haringey) Nicole Yeargin (Boogie Johnson, Pitreavie) High Jump: Morgan Lake (Robbie Grabarz, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) Pole Vault: Molly Caudery (Stuart Caudery, Thames Valley) Long Jump: Jazmin Sawyers (Aston Moore, City of Stoke) Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Aston Moore, Liverpool) Marathon: Natasha Cockram (Robert Hawkins, Micky Morris Racing Team)

Great weekend coming up Scottish National Bowls! Tour de France Femmes Mountain Stages FISU starts Speedway World Cup from Wroclaw World Triathlon from England EYOF finishing Ski Jumping from Courcheval European Rugby League getting near play-offs