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Way to kill your sport. Inspirational surfing star Bethany Hamilton has threatened to boycott the World Surf League tour after it changed the rules allowing transgender athletes to compete against women without consultation with the current surfers. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-11717059/Pro-surfing-legend-Bethany-Hamilton-boycott-World-Surf-League-transgender-policy.html

Just 0.08 between Hall & Friedrichs going into run 4…. Auurgh, not really a great last run from Brad, so we tie for silver with .

Femke Bol beats the WR* for 500m in Boston *yeah, OK, sort of kind of.

I once was in the stadium for a v Rugby International - think it was 1983 - when we could not see even halfway across the pitch. You just had to judge from the cheering on the other side to know what was happening.

Bah, get 1-7 like the Norwegians did in the Men’s Cross Country Skiing & then you can brag. Did once get a 1-6 in a European Athletics CC Champs, junior girls I think.

We are actually good at Telemark, regular medals.

And that’s silver!

Podium!

Even the BBC is showing some races.

Don’t think it’s anywhere, not on Discovery or YT.

According to the Commentators they have to be based in because just does not have the high-quality mud that you need for cyclo-cross domination.

Sure, there’s lots on but I’m just highlighting the ones people can actually watch!

3 good meets tonight. Time Val de l’Eure 17:30 YT European Athletics Gent 18:00 YT European Athletics Boston 21:00 YT World Athletics / TV

Was it on Q? Thought it was in the Mixed Team and that was the point they called the whole day off as being too dangerous.

Good news is that Athletics have come up with a fairly* robust defence of women’s sport. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/64514819 * Fairly. They say the Govt needs to pass new laws. Others don’t think that’s needed.

Startlists for Boston tomorrow night. As is usual in the US, the races featuring Olympians, WR holders etc are squeezed in between the local High School shootouts. https://www.nbindoorgrandprix.com/events-results/

Team is subject to fitness. Bit frustrating because on paper we have a decent team events squad. Men’s Dave Ryding (SL) Billy Major (SL) Laurie Taylor (SL) Charlie Raposo (GS, PAR) Ed Guigonnet (SL, AC) Calum Langmuir (GS, SG, AC, PAR) Roy Steudle (SG, DH, AC) Owen Vinter (SG, AC) Women’s Charlie Guest (SL) - Fitness testing! Alex Tilley (SL, GS) - Fitness testing! Reece Bell (SL) Victoria Palla (SL, GS) Good news for British fans is that BBC are covering the classic events. https://gbsnowsport.com/12-athlete-squad-marks-biggest-british-alpine-world-championships-team-of-recent-years/

Hadn’t seen the Parabob before, but it looks worthy of an Paralympic place. Driver starts seated in a monobob sled - all standard specs with I guess whatever steering & braking adaptations necessary customised. There’s then an automated mechanical push start and then the rest rolls on as normal. Because it’s 100% driving, it’s an open event, although there was only one lady driving today.

Waitta second here are we saying the 2022 season finished on Sunday & 2023 started today? Where did everyone go for their break?

The Karsten Warholm meet from Norway is not geo-blocked & is live. https://tv.nrk.no/serie/friidrett/202302/MSPO34080123/avspiller

Americans don’t know that marmots brought the Black Death to Europe. We don’t interview them on TV.

If you put this in a film, it would be a racist stereotype & you’d be arrested by the Woke Inquisition, but this is real life. A convicted Italian mafia killer on the run since 2006 has been caught in France, having hidden in plain sight as a pizza chef for at least three years https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64495564

Baltic Republics threaten to join Paris Boycott if Russia is present. Olympics 2024: Latvia could join Ukraine in boycott of Paris Games - BBC Sport

Exactly. It has been in all their Opening Ceremonies lately & Thomas BachGoldMedalFencing1976 mentions it in all his many speeches.

Good for him. It’s easy to burn out. Although it’s only the Europeans.