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We need rain so that the grass will be green.

As expected, Cavendish will not be riding. Local hero Alaphillipe has not recovered from injury. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61953009

Former biathlete Miriam Goessner, now Miriam Neureuther, turns up in a completely unexpected context in the Daily Mail! Keeping it casual! Carrie Johnson and Brigitte Macron lead the stylish G7 wives | Daily Mail Online

Incredible from GTB!

Wow, Georgia Taylor-Brown is putting in a killer bike leg.

Paying the price for not working on the second bike leg & letting back into it.

Bike crash takes out &

TV director missed the sprint dives, which are the best bit! Surprise leader Crazy cycling tactics from , give away a good lead.

Don’t know. We have three good legs, but one weaker one.

@Mkbw50explained it earlier. have a host’s place. If they win, the second place team gets the place.

Yeah, it almost happened to a few people, if you were on the wrong line you could be just swept all the way to the ocean.

And Mark Cavendish takes the British title. Got into an early break & won it solo.

They can certainly sweep the diving, though.

What is going on? Wilfried Happio has sensationally won the French 400m hurdles championship - despite being assaulted just 20 minutes earlier in shocking scenes. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10954245/Wilfried-Happio-ASSAULTED-20-minutes-race-national-400m-hurdles-champion.html

Swimming’s over, Diving is starting. For those of you who can get to it, here’s the BBC schedule for the week. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/diving/61909579

And you have a very good cricket-playing neighbour

Elliot is Daley’s son & he has just put in an incredible 1500m run to go from bronze to gold!

I was thinking: if I won the lottery, could someone build one in my garden?

Nothing wrong with shinty, mate! One of those sports invented by dentists to liven up those quiet Monday mornings.

Also, there is no way you are ever going to set a decent time in a temporary pool, rather than a fixed one.

Great moment in the Nationals as Stadium announcer Geoff Wightman gets to commentate on his son Jake winning the national 1500m title.

Actually enjoyed the new format, made for a much neater TV package. If only more people could see it! To remind everyone, new format is: Semi-final produces 18 athletes in the final. Fencing Round Robin the day before. Then on final day everything on one site. Show Jumping Fencing Knock-Out Swimming in portable 25m pool. Laser-run is now more biathlon-like with 5 600m runs & 4 shoots, so athletes run a lap, then shoot & run a lap after the last shoot.

It’s going to be like an 80s teen movie, where at the end both the factions come together in a dance off & prevent the evil greedheads building a mall on their favourite dancepark.

You must learn how to play cricket. It is the law.

Jeez, how did I miss that one? Going to get all my Kraftwerk remixes fired up!