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Yeah, Eurosport have a lot of stuff on TV starting with the Opening Ceremony on Friday, with more on Discovery Plus. Fisu.tv have web-based coverage, and also apps on all the major hosts. Usually commentary is good - for the winter games they actually had US college coaches and ex-athletes, not just your random selection of aussies, kiwis & saffers () that the Olympics use. You have to register & give some personal details, but otherwise free.

Yeah, amazing coincidence that so far every single swimming heat has finished in the exact lane order that they started.

We have streaming! Not much commentary though. Commentary on the Athletics, plus annoying pop music.

Yeah, we have lots of Polish people now even in strange games like Rugby League - no cricketers yet though. Our national handball league is mostly Polish & Spanish people.

Here's the Team. We are not participating in all sports. Artistic Gymnastics: Alexander Niscoveanu, aged 17 from Cardiff Jonas Rushworth, aged 17 from Leeds Sol Scott, aged 16 from Huntingdon Ema Kandalova, aged 14 from London Ellie Lewis, aged 13 from Bridgend Jemima Taylor, aged 14 from Newport Cycling: Max Standen (mountain bike), aged 16 from Barnstaple Rory Gravelle (road cycling), aged 16 from Carmarthen Max Hinds (road cycling), aged 16 from Worcester Luca Bednarek (road cycling), aged 15 from Harrogate Evie Strachan (mountain bike), aged 15 from Stafford Abigail Miller (road cycling), aged 15 from York Erin Boothman (road cycling), aged 16 from Glasgow Arabella Blackburn (road cycling), aged 15 from Aberdeen Judo: Jesse Chraniuk (-55 kg), aged 16 from High Wycombe Ross McWatt (-60 kg), aged 17 from Aberdeen Irakli Goginashvili (-66 kg), aged 16 from London Derek Marczak (-73 kg), aged 15 from London Eva Ewing (-44 kg), aged 15 from Stirling Amelia Alder (-48 kg), aged 16 from Guildford Lola Hodson (-52 kg), aged 17 from Llantrisant Chloe Link (-57 kg), aged 17 from Ashford Julia Marczak (-70 kg), aged 16 from London Swimming: Evan Davidson, aged 16 from Texas Dean Fearn, aged 15 from Aberdeen Joshua Inglis, aged 16 from Sidcup Jacob Mills, aged 15 from Leicester Kourosh Khodakhah, aged 16 from Tehran Filip Nowacki, aged 15 from Jersey Charles Simpson, aged 15 from Durham Isaac Thompson, aged 15 from Jersey Amelie Blocksidge, aged 14 from Salford Mabli Collyer, aged 14 from Caerfyrddin Phoebe Cooper, aged 15 from Sheffield Coco Croxford, aged 14 from Glasgow Gabrielle Freeman, aged 14 from Joondalup Martyna Karabacz, aged 14 from London Theodora Taylor, aged 14 from Newport Hollie Wilson, aged 14 from Harrogate

For us in Britain the CWG does two things now Debut Multi Sport Games for those transitioning from the obscurity of Juniors to the spotlight of full international competition A way of saying thanks to all those hard-working amateur & semi-pro sportspeople who are not going to ever win the big prizes. That’s good enough for me. No need for the hosts to spend a fortune to transform their cities - just do what Munich 2022 did & make sensible use of pre-existing resources.

Oh wow, quite a lot of streams being created!

He beat the African Record Frankie Fredericks set Atlanta 1996!

Incredible men’s 200m, getting into Bolt territory.

Streams are here. https://eoctv.org/live/

European Record 51.45 for Femke Bol in the Hurdles.

Set a WL 37.80 in a test 4x100m - gets them Q for Budapest, assuming 16 other countries don’t beat them next week.

Oh really? Seems to me to indicate the club are a gang of bedwetting cowards who won’t protect their employees against pathetic internet incels.

Bah, still a long way short of Wolfgang Wolf, ex-manager of VFB Wolfsburg.

Think so. They will be shocked, shocked on Monday

Moto guides Pinot up the hill. Graciously steps aside to let him join the lead group.

Carlos Rodriguez crashes, is going to need a concussion inspection……….would probably be off already in rugby, boxing etc.

Nah, strictly speaking Monaco athletics comes from the poverty- & crime-ridden banlieu of Fontvielle, not the luxury suburb of Monte Carlo. https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/monaco

Well, George Best, greatest in the world 1964-71, then struggling for a payday ever after.

Wow, WR, ARs, NRs & PBs all the way down the card! Every single finisher got something!

Mary Decket & Zola Budd still hold their respective women’s Mile NRs. Another WR for Kipyegon!

Lots of Age Group Champs all across the world this week, all the ones here are on YT. Balkan Champs from , Scandi U-20 match from Oslo, U-20, U-20, North American & Caribbean NACAC U-23s from . There’s a good meet in Madrid, but seems to be locked away on Spanish pay TV. Otherwise, a big Combined Events meet from Bydgoszcz.

Sydney McLaughlin last minute withdrawal.

Warholm sets the WL 46.51. Dos Santos looking short of practice.

All live on YT on Saturday & Sunday morning. https://youtube.com/@worldrowingofficial