Grassmarket

Bisseger gets matching holes in his pants, both left side & right side.

Bissegger looking like a swan landing on ice all ride: eventually goes down.

Yes. For those of you who weren’t around…..EPO increases red blood cells. However, these cells can clot & give you a heart attack. The only way to stop it is to exercise every eight hours. So that includes the middle of the night (work it out) at about 01:00 in the morning. Back at the height of TdF doping era about 20 years ago, many teams were somehow smuggling huge amounts of equipment into their Hotel Ibis, Formule 1 etc without being noticed by journalists, race officials, the Gendarmerie etc etc

Click on it & scroll, it works.

Only put back things that have been taken out & separate the three climbing.

Got it second time!

DL for me. European Cheerleading Champs from Athens coming up over the weekend, unfortunately clashes with the Tour de France.

You should still be able to edit it - I can still edit the post above. Mykolas Alekna impresses on his big league debut. Bet Jepkemei never put up a yurt in her life! Dos Santos looks like The Man this year with Warholm out.

@intorontoSure this is the right thread, mate?

New NR for Chopra in the javelin.

The fearsome Col de Trianglen is where the race will be won or lost.

After the selection repechage, adds 14 athletes for a team of 77. https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/final-british-athletes-confirmed-in-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-team-for-the-world-athletics-championships-oregon-2022/

I believe the lucky Number 16 to be……. https://www.worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7137279?eventId=204594

Hours of fun for Stats nerds: - the official World Rankings upon which Oregon non-automatic invitations will be based. https://www.worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7137279?eventId=204594

Annemiek van Vleuten announces retirement, but will continue beating everyone up for another 18 months or so. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61987765

Take away Turkey & you take away 50% of Nato's actual armed forces. ( accounts for another 40%).

Next meet is Stockholm, the last of the pre-Worlds DLs. Stockholm stages strong test for stars on road to Oregon | PREVIEWS | World Athletics

British Team - Men 100m: Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet) Reece Prescod (Marvin Rowe, Enfield and Haringey) 200m: Joe Ferguson (Lewis Samuel, Leeds City) Adam Gemili (Blackheath & Bromley) Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Ryan Freckleton, Newham and Essex Beagles) 400m: Matthew Hudson-Smith (Gary Evans, Birchfield Harriers) 800m: Max Burgin (Ian Burgin, Halifax Harriers) Kyle Langford (Jon Bigg, Shaftesbury Barnet) Daniel Rowden (Matt Yates, Woodford Green and Essex Ladies) 1500m: Neil Gourley (Ben Thomas, Giffnock North) Josh Kerr (Danny Mackey, Edinburgh) Jake Wightman (Geoff Wightman, Edinburgh) 5000m: Sam Atkin (Mike Collins, Lincoln Wellington) Andrew Butchart (Gary Lough, Central) Marc Scott (Jerry Schumacher, Richmond & Zetland) 10,000m: Patrick Dever (Andy Bibby, Preston) 110m Hurdles: Andrew Pozzi (Stratford-upon-Avon) Josh Zeller (Adrian Brown, Bracknell) 400m Hurdles: Alastair Chalmers (Matt Elias, Guernsey) Pole Vault: Harry Coppell (Scott Simpson, Wigan & District) Discus: Lawrence Okoye (Zane Duquemin, Croydon) Hammer: Nick Miller (Tore Gustafsson, Border) 4x100m Relay: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (Benke Blomkvist, Sutton & District) Jeremiah Azu (Helen James, Cardiff) Jona Efoloko (Clarence Callender, Sale Harrier Manchester) Adam Gemili (Blackheath & Bromley) Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet) Reece Prescod (Marvin Rowe, Enfield and Haringey) Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Ryan Freckleton, Newham and Essex Beagles) 20km Race Walk: Callum Wilkinson (Rob Heffernan, Enfield and Haringey) Marathon: Josh Griffiths (Swansea) Chris Thompson (Alan Storey, Aldershot Farnham and District) Mixed 4x400m Relay: Athletes already selected for the women’s 4x400m relay team will be available for selection for this event. Joe Brier (Matt Elias, Swansea) Lewis Davey (Newham and Essex Beagles) Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow)

British team announced - based on having official Qualifying Times, results at National Champs and official exemptions. There'll be more once the World Ranking fill-ins are named. Women 100m: Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley) Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers) Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Stuart McMillan, Sutton & District) 200m: Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley) Beth Dobbin (Leon Baptiste, Edinburgh) 400m: Victoria Ohuruogu (Christine Ohuruogu, Newham & Essex Beagles) Ama Pipi (Marco Airale, Enfield and Haringey) Nicole Yeargin (Quincy Watts, Pitreavie) 800m: Alex Bell (Andrew Henderson, Pudsey & Bramley) Keely Hodgkinson (Trevor Painter, Leigh) Jemma Reekie (Andy Young, Kilbarchan) 1500m: Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Rob Denmark, Poole) Laura Muir (Andy Young, Dundee Hawkhill) Katie Snowden (Herne Hill) 5000m: Jessica Judd (Mick Judd, Blackburn Harriers) Amy-Eloise Markovc (Chris Fox, Wakefield) Eilish McColgan (Liz Nuttall, Dundee Hawkhill) 10,000m: Jessica Judd (Mick Judd, Blackburn Harriers) Eilish McColgan (Liz Nuttall, Dundee Hawkhill) 3000m Steeplechase: Lizzie Bird (Pat McCurry, Shaftesbury Barnet) Aimee Pratt (Vicente Modahl, Sale Harriers Manchester) 100m Hurdles: Cindy Sember (Jeff Porter, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) 400m Hurdles: Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow) Lina Nielsen (Shaftesbury Barnet) Pole Vault: Holly Bradshaw (Scott Simpson, Blackburn Harriers) Long Jump: Lorraine Ugen (Dwight Phillips, Thames Valley) Shot Put: Sophie McKinna (Paul Wilson, Great Yarmouth) Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Aston Moore, Liverpool Harriers) 4x100m Relay: Dina Asher-Smith (John Blackie, Blackheath & Bromley) Beth Dobbin (Leon Baptiste, Edinburgh) Imani-Lara Lansiquot (Stuart McMillan, Sutton & District) Daryll Neita (Marco Airale, Cambridge Harriers) Ashleigh Nelson (Leon Baptiste, City of Stoke) Asha Philip (Amy Deem, Newham and Essex) Bianca Williams (Enfield and Haringey) 4x400m Relay: Zoey Clark (Ryan Oswald, Thames Valley) Jessie Knight (Marina Armstrong, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow) Laviai Nielsen (Enfield & Haringey) Lina Nielsen (Shaftesbury Barnet) Victoria Ohuruogu (Christine Ohuruogu, Newham & Essex Beagles) Ama Pipi (Marco Airale, Enfield and Haringey) Nicole Yeargin (Quincy Watts, Pitreavie) Marathon: Rose Harvey (Phillip Kissi, Clapham Chasers) Jess Piasecki (Robert Hawkins, Stockport) Charlotte Purdue (Nic Bideau, Aldershot Farnham and District)

Team Ineos https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61952346

French Police make an early intervention. Riders and staff of Bahrain Victorious have had their homes searched by French police just days before the Tour de France. The team said in a statement they will "co-operate in all procedures". But they added "the timing of this investigation is aimed at intentionally damaging the team's reputation". https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61961251

Okagbare's doping ban also takes Nigeria's 4x100m squad out of the Worlds because she was in the squad that set the qualifying time. So an bit of luck for someone. Okagbare's further ban disqualifies Nigeria's 4x100m squad's qualifying time for World Championships | NEWS | World Athletics

More about the obstacle race. Basically, it is a hostile annexation of an Olympic sport by a non-Olympic sport. “Tomorrow they will all have the chance to race over the course, built on site in collaboration with World Obstacle (FISO) and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS), which owns the rights to the hugely popular SASUKE / Ninja Warrior TV show, and Spartan Race, the world’s largest obstacle event producer with over 5 million finishers.” https://www.uipmworld.org/news/new-pentathlon-discipline-test-event-i-all-you-need-know

Raducanu through, so the great soap opera supertanker sets sail.

I hope rules will be bent to allow them to send a couple of participants, even if a full lawn bowls squad are going to take time to organise. Actually, I will bet there is at least some bowls in Gabon, which has a community of expat oil engineers.