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So no need to speculate where next year’s Tour of Croatia is going.

I do remember she was a musician as well as an athlete.

Controversy over Michael Johnson’s - BBC Pundit - comments on the first hurdles semi. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11046681/Michael-Johnson-accused-RACISM-questioning-Nigerian-athletes-world-record.html

Here's a much more complete version of the Commonwealth Games Universal Event Time Calculator spreadsheet. Birmingham results website is still a bit buggy so I can't find see times for all the events - 110m hurdles has heats but no final, apparently No detailed times for sports like judo & wrestling which are one bout just follows the next. Not much detail in the boxing, lawn bowls etc. Some events listed that might have been cancelled for want of entrants in paralympic sports especially. Birmingham time calculator.xls

Commonwealth Games start on Friday! Lots of sports, not just lawn bowls. Slalom Canoe Worlds just starting. Speedway of Nations. TdF Femmes / Tour de Wallonie / San Sebastian.

Also: at the end of every year, all medical exemptions & formal prescriptions.

Music’s coming home. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC have confirmed that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted in the United Kingdom on behalf of this year’s winning broadcaster, Ukraine’s UA:PBC. https://eurovision.tv/story/united-kingdom-host-eurovision-song-contest-2023?fbclid=IwAR0NytYf7kaSdLK_vM6vyXdlathbNi_ytwsp6CRLWbwL-jk7GEfBR6wawSk

6.21!

6.06 CR to warm up….

The good news for Champion Allison is that he will be allowed to keep his name. Bronze pour le plat pays!

Apparently she did not even have the qualifying mark for the champs, only got here through an invitation to make up the numbers!

Obiena Heading for their first-ever medal. Confirmed!

Usually there is a one WR per session rule. So Jonathan Edwards only beat the Triple Jump WR once in Gothenburg, even though he did two WRs in the competition.

Oro Melo lands one legit jump. Huge PB, goes home with bronze! & leave it late for their only golds. Can still go wrong for Mayer, though.

Russian chess robots just as reliable as Russian everything else. A chess-playing robot broke a child's finger during a tournament in Russia last week, with the incident being captured in CCTV footage. The robot grabbed the seven-year-old boy's finger because it was confused by his overly-quick movements, Russian media outlets reported, quoting the President of the Moscow Chess Federation - who seemingly blamed the child. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11043807/Chess-robot-breaks-finger-seven-year-old-boy-tournament-Russia.html

Based on the 13th Century position, of course.

Exciting stuff, duels for both Gold & Bronze in the last lap.

You have never heard of Culicoides impunctatus. They’re small, but kill more people annually than boa constrictors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_midge?wprov=sfti1

Munich 1972. John Akii-Bua won Olympic 400m Hurdles Gold & set a WR running in Lane 1.

BBC daily preview. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62222629

Three good changes often beat four fast guys.

Michael Johnson thinks USA are DQF on last change.

Not going to let you edit that!

3 90m+ throws!

Daryll Neita ran the fastest 4th leg split!