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Woho was that Thomas Bachgoldmedalwinnerfencing1976 in the audience there? He is normally such a recluse.

How good is your , Митя? https://tv.nrk.no/serie/friidrett/202306/MSPO34050923/avspiller

Kambundji should not have started, really.

Crikey, little-known guy beats the home favourite in the 110m H!

Weather in Lausanne looks a bit greyish & rainy by standards, but are in shirt sleeves so they know best.

Hey, we invented football, rugby, tennis, boxing, golf, cricket etc etc* & how does that help us? *Also alpine skiing & bobsleigh, look it up.

Mind you, it does give me a kind of historian’s eye view of the stadium & I diagnose that it dates backs to the Golden Age of East European Concrete Construction (1945-1989).

Damn, sorry to see that the Ski Jumping team have wimped out of their hardline “No information for the viewer” policy & are now providing us with all the usual crap like names, distances, judges’ marks etc that only distracts from the Polish pop in the background.

Good news: It started. Bad news: Torrential rain, so way too dangerous for electrics etc.

Was returning vital intelligence on Average wait times in Polish McDonalds % of Polish males with so-called “mullet” haircuts Wi-fi signal strength in Polish hotels Frequency of restroom cleaning in Polish sporting arenas.

Good FTA meet coming up on Sunday from - this is one of the big annual sprint meets. It’s up at altitude, so everyone who needs a Q Time for the year’s big major goes here.

I like the way that a team - let us say for example - can suddenly be demoted & another team - hypothetically - can pick up a medal instead. N

His handler was posing as a dentist, so he had a perfect excuse for visiting his office every Monday. An ice hockey player from Poland's major league has been charged with spying for Russia, Warsaw says. The man, a Russian citizen, was arrested on 11 June in Silesia, southern Poland, and is believed to be part of a Russian spy ring. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66063406

Huge amount of coverage this weekend from the Henley Regatta. If you haven’t seen it, a real old school event with all levels represented from Schools, Universities, Clubs right up to full Olympic level, from many different countries. https://youtube.com/@HenleyRoyalRegatta

And the innovative “no on screen information at all & no commentary” approach extends to the ski jumping.

What’s the worst that could happen? No reason not to enjoy the beach on the 4th of July. A massive 395-pound shark named Jekyll is stalking the coast of Maine, north of Cape Cod, just weeks after it left the Hamptons as families gear up for a holiday beach weekend. Jekyll the Shark, who was named after being tagged off the coast of Jekyll Island in Georgia, has been making his way up north since December last year and is now lurking off the coast of Maine ahead of the Fourth of July. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12247313/Massive-395lb-great-white-shark-named-Jekyll-stalking-coast-Maine.html

Preview for Lausanne tomorrow night. Yeah, you probably want the link as well. https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/athletissima-lausanne-2023-ingebrigtsen-girma-bol-crouser-hodgkinson

We have got calm conditions, beautiful sunshine & thick, thick snow* for the Mixed Team Ski Jumping. *Two out of three ain’t bad.

Meltdown for on last shoot, storming run from for Gold.

Good news is that the Laser Run is pretty close with 7 teams within 12 secs so should be exciting. No distracting timings or shooting graphics of course. But wait, what miracle?

Tv Coverage continues to be pathetic. Not only no commentary, but no on-screen scores, timings or information of any kind.

Restart & reschedule tomorrow 10:30 Polish time.

Looks like we’re heading for a one round competition in the ski jumping, wind is hopeless. But not as bad as Polish pop music.

Gold for Penny Healey in the Recurve Archery, Silver for Ella Gibson in the Compound.

Magic Darts from Penny Healey!