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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.

Sorry, Thai winter skiing is kind of a running gag here.

Any number of tax exiles live there, so only being a native counts.

& cyclist Mark Cavendish will retire at end of the year. Surely the the all-time best athlete from the Isle of Man. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/65665546

Lucky they have skiing to fall back on, then.

Enjoying the early stages of this. How is it that all amateur club athletes know that if you are being lapped, it’s your responsibilityto run into an outside lane & get out of the better runners’ way? Yet hardly any elite professional Olympic athletes ever bloody well do it?

Well, they’re going over it, but not much happening. Some of the usual suspects in the Big Break. Rain’s on, so looks like it’ll be safe to watch something else for the next three hours or so.

And two more big meets on Sunday - see post #340 in this thread for international transmission info. Yokohama, https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/seiko-golden-grand-prix-yokohama-kerley-wang-barber-2023 Bermuda geographically, but actually presented by the T&F Federation https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/usatf-bermuda-grand-prix-lyles-grasse-camacho-gardiner-2023

Another very good quality FTA event on Sunday is two Road 10ks from Bengaluru . Many African stars. Here’s the preview https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/news/bengaluru-10km-cheptai-kipkorir-2023

Ugh, Rubio contributes nothing during the final climb, takes the win. Minor shuffling in the top 10, but no big moves.

Two good FTA events this weekend, both on the European Athletics YT channel. Night of the 10,000m PBs from London on Saturday. Whole lot of races, top of the bill races start at 20:00 UK. European Race Walking Team Champs from Podebrady on Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanAthletics/streams