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Ok, just going to triage a bit here…. I’d drop the surfing from El Salvador, the Brazilian Swimming & the…..Ice Hockey

VP often a bit slapdash at keeping their online schedule maintained. It has now appeared live at 21:00 Saturday, then the FTA repeat on Sunday morning. Can’t help with the RL though!

Got a nicely varied weekend coming up Triathlon from Sardinia Rowing from Slovenia Athletics from three continents Cycling - 2 women’s tours, 3 men’s tours & Belgian one-dayers. Rugby League

Think we’d have a very different approach if Evenepoel was still there. But leaving it to the last 1500m? OK, I understand why, but it’s very very textbook.

Well the snoozefest continues. We go to the ITT tomorrow with Thomas having a slight edge over Roglič.

Race 3 this weekend from Cagliari . Big news is that Rio 2016 Champion Gwen Jorgensen returns on Saturday morning. https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/olympic_medallists_jorgensen_and_zaferes_ready_to_heat_up_the_action_in_cag Men’s race on Saturday afternoon features Yee v Wilde again. https://www.triathlon.org/news/article/yee_and_wilde_ready_for_a_running_battle_at_wtcs_cagliari

And of course this is the Gotzis Multi-Events weekend. Usually this stream is not geo-blocked. https://tvthek.orf.at/livestream/LIVE-Mehrkampfmeeting-Goetzis-2023-Tag-1/14229284

Mire good news on streaming coverage - European Athletics has signed up a whole lot more meets over the summer, including many from the French & German domestic calendar. Full list here. https://www.european-athletics.com/news/european-athletics-to-offer-extensive-streaming-of-world-athletics-continental-tour-events-in-2023- Some are on Facebook - I refuse to sub to spyware - but others are on YT. Nordic Championships from Copenhagen this weekend.

Looks like the day has settled down now - big group of odds’n’ends away. Gee & Nielsen the best-known. Some duelling between Pinot & Healy to get away but that’s ended in a 0-0 draw. Hugh Carthy DNS this morning - he certainly looked off-form yesterday.

Only sensible decision. Let’s hope other Feds follow suit - sadly the looks like a lost cause.

The NCAA Division II Finals this weekend are on FTA streaming.

It was supposed to be a double-header with Florence next week so we will see....

Rabat up next on Sunday. Start list here - Marcell Jacobs a DNS as we know. https://rabat.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results-rabat/

It’s on VP Xtra 07:30 Sunday FTA.

TV Coverage is on BBC streaming. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/65672266

It’s on Viaplay in

Here you are! Lineups for LA this weekend. https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/los-angeles-grand-prix-duplantis-crouser-camacho-quinn-andersen

Fair enough for active athletes, but we’ve seen plenty of cases where athletes retire in their own heads but don’t go through all the bureaucratic crap necessary to satisfy their national team, the governing body, doping inspectors etc etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Rowing_Championships Click on year.

There’s a YT stream.

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120k to go & all the sprint teams controlling the breakaways so we’re heading for a big gundown.

Plenty work in Venice if not for restrictive Trade Union rules.

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Simon Clarke another DNS today. Ben Healy going for KOM points. Otherwise all calm. Weather sunny, so no excuses.