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Two accessible meets today. Gold Tour event in Chorzow in the afternoon, on the World Athletics YouTube channel & the Diamond League from Rabat in the evening.

If you’re in need of either a cycling fix or a chance to practice your Italian, the PMG Sports YT Channel is another which shows races that don’t always turn up on ES. In particular they have the Adriatca-Ionica live this week, which is highlights only on ES. https://www.youtube.com/c/PMGSPORT

Well, she’s not dead yet, which is the first hurdle.

Like is a monarchy. It is only Republics that bribe athletes. The rest of us compete for glory.

Tom Dumoulin announces retirement. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61684326

First time in Europe I think. 18 years old, did the race in Nairobi a few weeks ago.

Nor does it work just immediately to your South. Oregon's first-in-the-nation scheme to decriminalize drugs and encourage those caught possessing them to seek medical help has been blighted with problems, officials admitted on Thursday - as one Republican politician said there had been a 700 percent in overdoses in her district in the last year. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10880193/Oregon-botched-drug-treatment-plan-tied-decriminalization.html

Expect to see more if this as Qazaqstan creates a trend. Guess Constantinople is right out. Turkey will be known as Türkiye at the United Nations from now on, after it agreed to a formal request from Ankara.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61671913 Before we get that far, I am sticking with 中國.

it’s easier when you think in Cyrillic - Быдгощ.

Two YouTubed events tomorrow night. Both with English Comms and no geoblocking. First, the CT Gold Irene Szewinska Memorial from Bydgoszcz . (2137) World Athletics - YouTube And then, starting 45 minutes later, the CT Silver Meet from Manchester.

Another cycling training crash, this time / Katie Archibald. Big medal hope for the Commonwealths. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61661522

Think that was a junior comp with a light javelin.

100m runner Reece Prescod who has been in no-mans land for a few years hammers a huge 9.93 PB on Ostrava. Kaczmarek 50.16 PB in the 400m, always a big fight to be Polish No.1 Femke Bol huge new WR (sort of)36.86 in the 300m hurdles. Tamberi has brought back the half beard!

Busy week coming up on the Continental Gold Tour Tuesday -. Golden Spike, Ostrava Friday - Irena Szwinska Memorial, Bydgoszsz Sunday - Janosz Kusocinski Memorial, Chorzow. All should be live on the World Athletics channel on YT. https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldAthletics

So I guess we saw a former champion who was bluffing & a new champion who did not have the confidence to call his bluff.

Ok, To explain. i am referring to the people of Pompeii who were buried by a volcano & dug up 2000 years later.

Carapaz & Hindley both confident they can take it on the wheel throw at the line.

Don’t think you understand humour.

Better tidy your house or in 2000 tears time archaeologists will be laughing at you. Get all those porny pictures off the wall for a start.

Late weather forecast change, seemingly.

Agree, it has been a borefest this last week for everyone except Koen Bouwman’s family & friends.

Videos from the Friday Night Prefontaine pre-Prefontaine Classic session are available for free & no spoilers at https://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do=videos&mgroup_id=45365

Official coverage is Modern Pentathlon style PayTV. https://live.weightliftinghouse.co.uk/

Should have mentioned that commentary is half in , half in , so a rare chance for anyone eager to improve their Slovak.

It’s not a question of changing permanently, but just for this event.